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Cory Higgins: “We have to change everything”

BarcelonaAfter a very solid stretch of the season, doubts have taken hold of Barça. The Barça team won the Copa del Rey and secured the first position in both the Euroleague and the Endesa League, but at the key moment it is not competing with the same solvency. The Catalan team suffered more than they had imagined to advance to the qualifiers against Bayern Munich, Gran Canaria and Badalona Youth and, after winning the last five direct clashes, punctured against Real Madrid in the Euroleague semi-finals. The reigning champion has a key match this Wednesday (9pm, #Vamos) at the Palau Blaugrana, where he needs to beat the eternal rival to match a final that did not start well.

“We have to change everything. They beat us in every way possible in the first game, physically and mentally. So we have to change our approach and our mentality, be ready for the second game. If we don’t improve in all we will have no choice between the two, “said Cory Higgins. The escort, who has not yet regained the pace of play he had before the injury, is a key player for Sarunas Jasikevicius, who on Monday ruled out Dante Exum. “We always play with pressure, this is a final. It’s important to rest, but it’s also beneficial for the game to be so early because we want to recover after our bad game. The atmosphere at the Palace is always amazing, so I hope we can do better, ”added the US escort.

Encouraged by 16 victories in the last 17 matches, Madrid wants to leave the playoffs sentenced in Barcelona. Despite having many injuries and not being able to count on Pablo Laso on the bench, the white team has arrived fresher in the final. His players are very experienced and have perfectly assumed roles. The victory against Barça in the semi-finals of the Euroleague also boosted his self-esteem.

Barça, on the other hand, are full of doubts. Sarunas Jasikevicius would have preferred to play on, but his coach decided otherwise. Nick Calathes didn’t turn round and the input from Brandon Davies and Nigel Hayes-Davis was very insufficient. After a stretch of the season with well-defined roles, the return of Cory Higgins dislodged some players from the perimeter. The injuries of Sertaç Sanli and Pierre Oriola have not helped and the team feels much inferior to Madrid near the basket.

“A different party”

“I expect a very different game. I’m sure they will come out from the beginning to put a lot of pressure on us, to try to play very physically. We have to play our game and think about ourselves. We must not forget that Barça has been in He lost track of the situation play-off of the Euroleague and also against Joventut and always raised the situation “, analyzes Ádám Hanga. The former Barça player had a very outstanding performance in the first game of the final.

“Winning twice in a row is difficult for Barça. We will try to put the same intensity into it as in the first game. Obviously, success is a very important part of our game. The rest is to defend and run. I tried to catch the opportunity to be playing without bases, to have many minutes to have the ball in attack. I try to give what the team needs “, the Hungarian thinks.

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