A great Barça seals the leadership of the ACB before traveling to Kaunas

NOr is there a better recipe to face a whole Euroliga Final Four to travel after a victory of enormous merit and, above all, that assures you first place in the Endesa League. That’s what he achieved Barça with their victory at the Buesa Arena, 84-91. He defeated the Baskoniahe gave himself a bath of confidence before the clash against Madrid and assured the first place of the ACB to play with court factor all the qualifiers.

He Barça played a very serious game in Vitoria, with spectacular performance for you openwith 18 points in a series of 6 of 8 in triples, Miroticwho made 13, had 10 in the first quarter and, above all, Laprovittolaill-advised at first but lethal when the Barça broke the game in the third quarter (62-73). The Argentine finished with 18 points, a PIR of 22 and signed a sample of actions full of talent.

All this was achieved by Barça with the uncertainty due to the drop in Veselyfor whose recovery the blaugrana sigh, and Tobey (four fouls at halftime) y Sanli , very weighed down by the personal ones. For that was the tireless work of Oscar Da Silva (6 rebounds), the Rokas Jokubaitis (4). And the extraordinary defense on Howard of you openwho is not just an accomplished shooter, whom he left at 9 points and without prominence.

The Barça won of solid form, but suffering, how could it be otherwise in the fort that has been the Buesa all year. only the Lenovo I had won there, and we talked about matchday 3. Baskonia managed to chain 14 wins at home before the visit of Barça. And he not only stood up, but also showed why he has been on top all season and was fighting to be first. Marinkovic20 points, Thompson14 y Men, 13, gave a lot of life to a team that rivaled its rival in intensity and rhythm. They also highlighted the 7 rebounds of Costello.

With one minute to go, the Barça won 84-88, but the ball was from Baskonia. Instead of playing a quick possession of two, the locals played it with triple Men that the landscape would have changed… but that it did not enter. From there, the Barça was increasing his advantage from the free kick to sealing his lead in the Endesa League. Now, for Barça, he plays the appointment of the year to which they arrive at the best moment of the season for them.

Datasheet:

84 – Cazoo Baskonia (21+24+19+20): Thompson (15), Marinkovic (20), Giedraitis (4), Hommes (14) and Costello (4) -starting five-, Howard (9), Sedekerskis (5), Díez (2) and Kotsar (10).

91 – Barça (24+21+28+18): Satoransky (8), Laprovittola (18), Abrines (18), Mirotic (13) and Nnaji (6) -starting five-, Da Silva (5), Sanli (8), Kuric (6), Jokubaitis (4), Sergi Martínez (-), Paulí (-) and Tobey (5).