The calendar does not give truce with the fourth week in a row of three games and Barça will have to combine the fight for victories with the recovery of their injuries, thinking above all of the Euroleague quarterfinals while waiting to find out the rival. And incidentally he will have to get up after Sunday’s defeat in Badalona (83-72).
The situation is similar to the one Barça futsal has experienced in recent weekswhich has had up to five casualties and could reach the Spanish Cup this week with only one, although aúpa, that of the Brazilian Ferrao.
The truth is that Jasikevicius has five casualties and will travel to Murcia in a precarious situation in the ‘painting’. The club announced on Monday that Brandon Davies will miss all three games this week “due to post-traumatic arthritis of the acromioclavicular joint in his right shoulder and his return will be evaluated week by week. At least, he rules out a serious injury despite the spectacular nature of the blow received.
Davies retired injured on Sunday in Badalona
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In addition to Higgins (he is expected in April after undergoing surgery for plantar fasciitis) and Jokubaitis (sprained right shoulder), Oriola (KO since December due to a sacral injury) and Sanli (suffers from lower back pain).
Options to reinforce those positions near the rim could be reset one more time to the ‘wild card’ Rolands Smits with the help of Nikola Mirotic and also the very young James Nnaji (17 years old), while Nigel Hayes will have to be more interior acting as ‘four’.
Abrines leads the way for the less usual
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So, the time has come for the second unit to step forward like Àlex Abrines did with his great match against Fenerbahçe. The Balearic must be joined by other players such as the aforementioned Smits (goes further), Hayes (has not just woken up) or Sergi Martínez (especially in attack). He is also going to have minutes, a Nnaji that continues to evolve.
demanding rival
Barça visits in these extreme conditions this Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in a postponed duel from the Endesa League to a UCAM Murcia who also comes from falling to Valencia Basket 71-72 with a missed triple at the horn by Isaiah Taylor after scoring 19 points.
The team led by former Barça coach Sito Alonso it’s eighth and they are fighting to qualify for the playoffs for the title with the second best attack in the League (86.29 points on average), ahead of the Blaugrana (83.79). The problem is that he receives 82 per game for the 74 of his rival.
Taylor is one of the stars of UCAM Murcia
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With an average of 16.6 points, Taylor is the second highest scorer in the tournament although in valuation it drops to +13.2. Also noteworthy are the Spanish-Brazilian center Augusto Lima (8.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and +14.6), the American power forward James Webb III (11.9 points and +13.4) and the Georgian nationalized American shooting guard Thad McFadden (12.6 points). In addition, according to what is pointed out from Murcia, the German-Israeli Chris Czerapowicz could return after his injury.
