The exam of Belgrade he passed it Barça with A’s, defusing the hell out of Stark Arena and demonstrating his status as a title contender. The Catalans beat Partizan (80-89) with a lesson in solvency in front of 20,041 fans, a new public record this season in Euroleague.
Victory approaches Barça a little more to the home field advantage in the playoffs that could be secured tomorrow by beating Alba if today the Fenerbahce cae Madrid. That objective, then, is close but it is not utopian to dream of leadership either. With this victory, the Catalans now have 21, the same as the Real y Olympiakosthe only ones ahead.
Laprovittola (23 points and a PIR of 29) brought out his best version and was accompanied by Mirotic (19) at the moments when he was most needed to break the streak of Partizan, the team of the moment.
The chants of ‘Samo Partizan’ in the stands had not been silenced and Barça already led 2-8 in a brilliant start by Nico Laprovittola, stimulated by an impressive environment. The Argentine was not intimidated and completed an exquisite first quarter with 11 points and 3 of 3 triples, being key in the dominance that the Catalans maintained over an intense and energetic opponent. those of Jasikevicius they played intelligently too, taking advantage of the angles and finding the greats with an advantage until 21-25.
Obradovic he became more serious if possible and he Partisan began to react in the second quarter with initial triples from Smiley and Dante Exum, both coming off the bench. The Australian took over from Laprovittola as the most inspired player, achieving baskets of all bills, even taking advantage of the concession of the defense of the Barça in the shot An 11-2 run for the Serbs made the crowd go crazy and gave control to Partizan, who led by eight (40-32 min. 16) after a few minutes of prominence for LeDay and Lessort, his inside partner. He Barça stopped the bleeding, again with Laprovittola on the track and managed to reach the break with minimal damage (45-44).
Later, he took advantage of that inertia to take control in the third quarter with baskets from you opena triple of Satoransky and with Laprovittola y Mirotic dominant. The 49-61 in the 28th minute was a reflection of that Barca emergency. Partizan’s last blows came in the last quarter but they barely reduced the differences to three (63-66 and 68-71) with Exum forcing personnel in penetration. Laprovittola y Mirotic they signed the actions of the sentence to demonstrate before the Serbian public that Barça is here to win everything.
Datasheet
Partizan, 80 – Barça, 89
80. Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrado (21+24+13+22): Nunnally (5), Madar (6), Punter (16), LeDay (10) y Lessort (5) -equipo inicial- Vukcevic (-), Avramovic (6), Smailagic (6), Papapetrou (2), Exum (24), Trifunovic (-) y Andjusic (-).
89. Barça (25+19+22+23): Satoransky (10), Laprovittola (25), Abrines (5), Mirotic (19), Vesely (14) -initial team- Da Silva (-), Sanli (2 ), Kalinic (4), Higgins (5), Tobey (3), Kuric (-) and Jokubaitis (2).
Referees: Borys Ryzhyk (UCR), Anne Panther (ALE) and Seffi Shemmesh (ISR). They eliminated the local Avramovic with five fouls (min.40).
Incidents: game of the thirty-first day of the basketball Euroleague played at the Stark Arena in Belgrade (Serbia).
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