this Spanish basketball team there is strong win against Iceland (87-57) on the first day of the second qualifying round World Cup 2023 One week before the start of the Eurobasket, in one game Willy Hernangomez shined with 19 points Throwing the team on his back to impose his quality and experience on the Icelanders.
Sergio Scariolo’s players came into this match with the imperative to win to break the triple tie they shared with Italy and Iceland. 3 wins and 1 loss. In addition, the closeness of Eurobaket made it necessary to win so as not to leave any doubts after the recent defeat against Lithuania.
Navarra Arena recorded a grand entrance to witness the second match of the national team after the multi-purpose pavilion with the no ticket sign hung in August 2019.
It started with the date A weak Iceland on defense and conceded 7 points in just a minute and a half. Fridriksson kept his team afloat thanks to his outside kick and his fluency in moving the ball. His first 9 points came from three lines.
Spain came out with Hernangómez as the most visible faces of the top five. Motivated Willy shouldered the team to cut the balls and assist in defense and attack. The man from Madrid became the top scorer of Scariolo’s team with 10 points in the first quarter. The arena roared as Llull and Rudy entered.
The staff, led by Pedersen, did not know how to stop the blood flow he was receiving, and With five minutes left, Spain managed to reach +19.. Pradilla knew how to act perfectly inside and it was one of the highlights in Pamplona. La Familia has pretty much everything. 51-28 local intentions made clear in the 20th minute. The imposed rhythm and strength in the opposite picture were key. The negative note was 3 out of 11 in triples.
A Juancho Hernangómez was having trouble getting on paper. An alley invented by Brizuela was finished by the youngest of the brothers. After Nuñez left for Germany, a few days before he started his first major tournament, he went to Spain to gain footage, minutes and experience.
After the end of the third half, the same. The Icelanders’ indecision and failure caused the score to rise. Jaime Fernández gained confidence by making impossible shots.
Scariolo’s machines ran a test far from what they’d find in the Eurobasket when it comes to level. Finally, +30 was a mirror of how calm the 40 minutes were for red. Basketball.
Data sheet:
87 – Spain (26+25+36+XX): Brown (4), Pradilla (14), Jaime Fernández (7), Juancho Hernangómez (7), Willy Hernangómez (19) -top five-, Rudy (13), Brizuela (9), Saiz (11), Garuba ( 2), Llull (-), Nuñez (-), Guerra (1).
57 – Iceland (15+13+17+12): Fridriksson (14), Vihjalmsson (-), Steinarsson (5), Palsson (7), Hlisaon (6) -starting from five-, Steinarsson (5), Thorbjarnarson (8), Jonsson (-), Nathanaelsson (-), Acox (6), Petursson (-), Thrastarson (-), Bjornsson (11).
Events: The match of the first day of the second qualifying stage of the 2023 World Cup was played at the Navarra Arena in Pamplona.