Ourense gets hooked on basketball again. The Cobista coach, Moncho López, had advanced it in the days before the game against Cantabria: “Ourense is a basketball city. “He knows how to appreciate good play.” Thinking about that argument, it is better to start at the end, when the Ourense fans were still standing and hugging each other, still excited after Ourense’s reaction and takeoff on the scoreboard. A COB that on Saturday afternoon was a whirlwind, especially in the second half, where, under the premises of not kneading the ball excessively and paying attention to the players who move and cut to the basket, it imposed a cruising speed , in their mission to achieve a consecutive triplet, which Cantabria was unable to counteract.
The defense exercise carried out by Moncho López’s team was decisive, however. What has allowed it to dominate, on this occasion and so far in the League, the pace of the matches and deactivate the rival.
The Cantabria was also not able to follow a COB that imposed its cruising speed
Besides. Neither spectacular nor explosive, this is what Ben Krikke’s “insiders” thought. And it may be like that, but he understands and plays “an egg” basketball. Seriously, he doesn’t seem to lose concentration at any time. Although on Saturday between the congratulations of his teammates and the MVP who emerged from the stands, his smile gave him away: “I also get excited but I suppose that everyone chooses their places, their moments and this game has been one of those emotional moments,” These are not the words of Krikke, but of veteran Al Horford after a great personal performance with the Celtics, although they could well be from the Canadian center, whom former players Peter McNeilly and Mindaugas Kacinas, teammates in the Edmonton Stingers of Canada, helped convince for your arrival in Ourense.
