That he youth has options to win derbies is clear but the current state of form of the Barça It reduces the margin to a minimum at this time when key issues are already being resolved in the season. The duel between the two greats of Catalan basketball confirmed it.
Tomas Satoranskywith 19 points and 5 assists led the victory of the Barça by 87-71 against a rock that offered resistance until the middle of the second quarter and could do little to stop the local streaks after the break. The azulgranas thus place themselves provisional leaders and add pressure to Madrid y Baskoniawith whom he maintains an unusual struggle in this fight for the first position. Felizwith 15 points, and Guywith 13, were the most scorers in a Joventut that is increasingly difficult to be seeded in the playoffs.
Joventut began setting the pace of the game in view of Barça’s initial mistake in the outside shot but with the first target of Laprovittola from 6.75 things evened out. Satoransky began to do his thing and he Barça took control at the first errors of a Tomic more effective in passes than in front of the hoop. The advantage of Barçaplaying now with more rhythm, reached ten (18-8, min 8) although the first quarter ended with good flavor for the rock after baskets by Ribas and Feliz, 18-13.
Badalona’s reaction increased at the beginning of the second period, as soon as the triples began to enter. Parra y Feliz They were the architects of this visiting push that led to the tie at 22 (min. 15) after a 4-14 run: the murmurs in the Palau and a necessary timeout of Jasikevicius. The rock They felt more comfortable in attack and showed signs of defensive efficiency, but this was not going to come to rest like this.
The threat in the shot Tobey y Sanli It was the weapon that Barça found to regain control until the 39-30 break.
A streak of inspiration from Barça was going to be very dangerous in the third quarter for the rock and this arrived. This time it was Niko Mirotic the one who chained three baskets in a row, including a triple, to raise Barca’s income to 13 points (51-38 min. 25) in an area of some stability given the dynamics of both teams at that time. And that Joventut enjoyed almost six bonus minutes for the early fouls of those of Jasikevicius.
A spectacular triple of Satoransky at the end of possession and punctuated by Vives, they raised the differences to 14 (58-44, min. 28) at a critical moment for Joventut. In the following possessions the same Satoransky y Tobey they scored again from three in a moment of ecstasy at the Palau that began to see their winning team. The difference rose to 18 (65-47) in a phase of confusion for Duran’s men.
The ‘birds’ of Barça this year in controlled matches have been of all colors but it was hardly going to have much impact with that income of 16, 67-51, with one period to go.
The arbitration confusion was transferred to the teams, with techniques Duran y Vesely for protesting and mandatory compensation. The fact is that, after an unsportsmanlike Tobey who took advantage of Guy’s free throws and triple, Joventut got to twelve (72-60 min. 34). Barça’s response came with triple Sanli and mate of Satoranskythe hero of a derby, to end a derby that served to confirm the best culé good moment.
Datasheet
Barça, 87 – Youth, 71
87. Barça (18+21+28+20): Satoransky (19), Laprovittola (5), Abrines (7), Mirotic (10), Sanli (16) -initial team-, Paulí (2), Vesely (4 ), Kalinic (5), Higgins (5), Tobey (7), Jokubaitis (6) and Nnaji (1).
71. Joventut Badalona (13+17+19+20): Vives (2), Guy (13), Parra (9), Brodziansky (7), Tomic (11) -initial team-, Kraag (4), Busquets ( -), Ribas (4), Okeke (-), Ventura (-), Feliz (15) and Birgander (6).
Referees: Jordi Aliaga, Francisco Araña and Vicente Martínez. No deleted.
Incidents: match of the twenty-fourth day of the Endesa League played at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona in front of 7,215 spectators.
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