Ocampo: “We have not competed”

The coach of Kids&Us ManresaDiego Ocampohe stated, after his team’s defeat against Río Breogan (95-101), that his team has not “competed” during the match, except for five minutes in the first period and the last moments of the match.

The Galician coach has been visibly displeased with the “low defensive level” of his players, especially in “one on one” and “direct blocking”, in which they are not “solid”: “I am concerned about the lack of control and defensive solidity. I understand that the public is discouraged when they see their team defend like this.” All this has led to the Manresa awarded “easy points”.

Ocampo He has also referred to the floating defense that Breogán has proposed to point guard Rafa Villarwho “blocks” in this situation. “We have to get to the defensive level that the league demands,” he added, by way of summary. However, he did not want to detract from the performance of the Galician team.

The offensive performance has also been the subject of criticism from the coach. “We have scored too many individual baskets, we need to play more as a team. We need to play 38 minutes to do what we do in training. It cannot be that they score 38 points in the third quarter,” he criticized.

However, the path is clear: “We need to improve our physical condition, our defensive level and play in attack. These are things that depend on us.” Likewise, he is confident that next Wednesday’s game against the Ratiopharm Ulm in the Eurocup help them turn the page on this Saturday’s match.