“I am very disappointed,” Šarūnas Jasikevičius said after his team’s first loss in the Spanish league, FC Barcelona. Yet ahead of a small point at halftime, Thomas Heurtel (15 points) and his teammates did not win against Baskonia on Sunday.
It must be said that the Barcelona did not defend properly after the break, like the 31 points conceded in the third quarter. Enough to provoke the anger of their Lithuanian coach after the meeting, the latter considering the energy deployed by his family too low.
Jasikevicius’s anger: “The idea was to play harder in defense … and they score us 30 points. We have a bad idea of our attitude. It’s a sign of a bad mentality team” #LigaEndesa pic.twitter.com/QDgSvvFukb
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The departures of Ante Tomic and Pau Ribas to the neighbor from Badalon, and that of Kevin Pangos in Saint Petersburg, were only compensated by a single rookie, Nick Calathes, and their absence is felt.
Note that the former pivot of ASVEL Tonye Jekiri (9 points and 10 rebounds for 16 evaluation) played an important part in his team’s victory by spending 28 minutes on the floor of the Fernando Buesa Arena.
Here is the video summary of this match of the 6th day of Liga ACB between Baskonia and FC Barcelona (82-71):
