Catalan steamroller | Total Basketball

Barcelona crushed Bruno Fitipaldo’s Lenovo Tenerife at home and took the lead 1-0 in the semifinal of the ACB League. The Catalans put up a 69-33 run in the second half.

In the match corresponding to the first point of the semi-final series of the Endesa League, the faces Barcelona and Lenovo Tenerife were seen. The former came from beating Joventut with a 2-1 aggregate, while the latter swept San Pablo Burgos. Sarunas Jasikevicius presented a quintet made up of Nick Calathes, Cory Higgins, Alex Abrines, Nikola Mirotic and the North American Brandon Davies. For his part, Txus Vidorreta started with Bruno Fitipaldo, Charles Jenkins, Aaron Doornekamp, ​​Tyler Cavanaugh and the Georgian Giorgi Shermadini.

The match held at the Palau Blaugrana had a very close start, where the defenses clearly outweighed the attacks. Little by little, both teams were loosening up and began to capture their main offensive attributes in the rectangle. The local cast hurt with Greek Nick Calathes’ medium and long-distance throws, while the visiting team had an inspired Bruno Fitipaldo, who was aggressive when attacking the basket, but who in turn generated play for his teammates , especially for Giorgi Shermadini. At the start of the second quarter, with Nikola Mirotic as a figure, well accompanied by Pau Gasol, the Catalans managed to open a six-point lead (32-26). However, with a good contribution from the bench of substitutes from both Fran Guerra and Sasu Salin, those of the island placed a partial of 7-0, which gave them the possibility of going on to win.

In the final minutes of the opening stage, led by a fiery Kyle Kuric, the homeowner responded with an 11-3. Therefore, at the beginning of the second half, Barça was at the forefront in the field in figures from 43 to 36. In the first bars of the complement, those of Catalonia continued with their overwhelming rhythm, obtaining an income of 18 points (56- 38) in the blink of an eye. In that period of the game, Mirotic and Gasol were decisive again, both scoring practically everything they threw. The people of Tenerife ate 40 points in the third quarter, figures that at the highest level are paid dearly. With Huertas and Shermadini well controlled, it was Guerra the only one who showed his face for the team led by Txus Vidorreta. The last period was plenty and served only for both coaches to give their main figures a rest, thinking about Wednesday’s game. Finally, Barcelona was left with the victory by 112-69 and thus took the lead 1-0 in the semifinal series of the Spanish ACB League.

The winner was the performance of Nikola Mirotic, who scored 21 points (5/5 doubles), seconded by Argentine Leandro Bolmaro with 17 goals. On the loser’s side, Fran Guerra finished as a scorer with 14 points.

Uruguayan point guard Bruno Fitipaldo spent 26:00 minutes on the court, in which he contributed 5 points (0/4 triples, 2/7 doubles and 1/2 free), 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal, for a total valuation of 5.

The second point of the series will be played next Wednesday, but this time at the Santiago Martín Sports Pavilion.

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