Fibwi Palma added his first victory of the pre-season winning at the home of the Classe Bàsquet Sant Antoni in the second day of the AON Illes Balears Trophy. The Majorcans played a great game in which they went win even sixteen points and they knew how to suffer and recover from an irregular third quarter to achieve the first victory of this month of September. The Majorcan team entered the match a little cold, conceding an initial score of 4-0 but quickly the Pablo Cano They were in charge of reversing the score with a partial 0-8 that gave the advantage to the Majorcans, who from that moment were not going to stop controlling the scoreboard with good collective work and good success in the offensive rebound that allowed them. close the first quarter with 19-26.
In the second quarter, Fibwi Palma did not take his foot off the accelerator and continued to hold firm in the match with an Owen Long who also maintained the good success already seen in the Spanish Cup match against Amics Castelló with high quality baskets. In addition, the Mallorcans were always very serious about the rebound and They managed to place themselves with a clear 23-36 passing through the middle of the second quarter of the match. Pablo Cano’s men confirmed their progress with a final straight of the second quarter in which they scored go to the break with a clear 32-46 on the dashboard.
The start of the third quarter was accompanied a spectacular triple from Xabi Beraza who, almost without time and from more than eight meters, scored from three to give even more advantage to the Majorcans. However, Ibizans react to reduce the gap and placed itself at 41-49 on the scoreboard against a Fibwi Palma that could not find the basket of the Class Bàsquet Sant Antoni so easily and that saw how the Class Bàsquet Sant Antoni reduced the gap on the scoreboard, placing itself at 50-55 on the scoreboard, taking advantage of the local problems to capture the rebounds until A triple from Tiago Dias brought the game to eight points for the locals. The referees pointed out the technique to Jon Ander Aramburu and the match was adjusted, placing the score at 54-60, closing the third quarter with 56-60 for Pablo Cano’s team, which, yes, had a not very successful third quarter.
The third quarter did not start very well for Fibwi Palma who saw how The Bàsquet Sant Antoni class managed to obtain 61-63 on the scoreboard but a good basket from Owen Long put the game at 61-65. The Mallorcans recovered by increasing their defensive intensity and managed to score on the triple thanks to Owen Long to leave the duel at 61-70 after scoring earlier. a good Franco Miller basket. Pablo Cano’s men were steadily marching towards their first win of the pre-season after a good recovery move from Beraza which was capped by Owen Long with an easy lay-up. The Ibizans reduced the deficit further and Pablo Cano stopped the game to avoid problems when the scoreboard showed a 65-74 favourable to Fibwi Palma. In the end the match ended 69-80 for Fibwi Palma who thus won his first victory of the pre-season and also saw how Owen Long was named the game’s MVP after his superb performance
Sant Antoni basketball lessons: De la Rua (4), Álex Llorca (13), Jaime Llamas (5), Jan Zidek (19), Samuel Taiwo (8). Josep Peris (12), Antón Bouzán (2), Javi Rodríguez (3), Laron Smith (1), Erik Borg (0) and Edu Arqués (2) also played.
Fibwi Palma: Owen Long (19), Álex Huguet (4), Franco Miller (7), Xabi Beraza (13), Jone Pedro (5). Also present were Pau Tendero (0), Jon Ander Aramburu (6), Jorge Martínez (10), Patrick Santos (5), Sidney Correia (11), Tiago Dias (0).
Partials: 19-26, 13-20, 24-14, 13-20.
Referees: Presseguer Bombardó and Cervero Fraile. No eliminations for personal fouls. They called Jon Ander Aramburu technical and Peris unsportsmanlike.
