Draw some conclusion from the friendly between the Levitec Huesca and Basketball Navarra disputed in the Palacio de los Deportes would be a daring. The first and conclusive reason is nothing has to do with the starting five of Sergio Lamúa with whom, predictably, the preseason will end. Well, as long as the recruits arrive and the Justiz enigma is solved. With seven men on the court and no pivots, such a friendly can only be encapsulated in the need to break the monotony of workouts. Every player likes to compete. There is a string of statements from players in any sport who say that what they like is to win and ‘even to marbles.’
For this reason, with seven players, without those called to be the reference under their own and improper hoop, with a friendly behind closed doors, the best thing was that no one was injured and that Sergio Lamúa was adjusting from where he started with an opposing opponent. The friendly took the lane of every game that comes after starting to put the pieces together. Turnovers, positioning errors, perfect little slate games. Well, all that a friendly entails when players with little glue come together on the court. It is also true that the Navarrese were missing pieces. Nor did he arrive with an inside game since the players are on their way to old Iruña. Thus, with the two quintets, without towers, the derivative was a basketball starring the ‘little ones’.
The Peñas, one more season, rests on a new structure. And one more campaign has to build a team. Driven by Ayoze Alonso, with captain Jorge Lafuente and, mainly, those on loan from Basket Zaragoza, Levitec Huesca put the bow in the first quarter against those from Pamplona by a tight 16-15. As in any friendly, the score was the least. Even more so when the possession time was not activated. Taking feelings, knowing where you are starting from is more important than winning or losing.
With 32-24 – for the results – the second part opened. And it was almost a copy of what was seen in the first 20 minutes. Even the castanets and the Jota from outside continued to be heard in the dead times and the creaking of the ceiling of the Palace. All this was audible over the voice of the technicians in the time-outs requested by each coach. With regard to the game, both were infected with losses of the ball, errors in the pass and in the launch as in hits. Yes, tThere was also some delicatessen. Van Oostrum put a ball to Lafuente under hoops from which you are going to get the subscription ipso facto. Against Cabrera to make it 51-43, too.
The passing of the minutes weighed on body and mind. A friendly carries tension that adds to the training and that implies wear and tear. With 49-39 there was a certain runner-up, nothing strange when it is at the beginning of the preseason and that serves to accustom decision-making under high pulsations and fatigue. The last quarter opened with 51-43 for Peñas and more success for the Navarrese who got to put one.
Lamúa resolved the ‘rapprochement’ of the Navarrese with five plus five of what he had. A couple of baskets of those that you get by theft and desperation of the rival served to open a gap in the electronic one again and open the door to some other play of those that the fans like so much. Closed the friendly and waiting for those who are yet to arrive – better tomorrow than the day after – Levitec burns stages to assemble the team.
