Barça claimed Europa with a prestigious victory on the court of Olympiakos and he did it from defense, curiously, which appeared to be his Achilles heel at the beginning of the season. Laprovittola (17 points) and you open (16, with five triples) were the executors on an inspiring day from the triple (15 of 26, with 58% success), but the defensive energy that the team gave off in the last three minutes was key, with vesely exercising his leadership.
“It’s a great, great victory on a very complicated field,” he remarked. Laprovittola. “We managed to have a significant level of energy in the final minutes and a great level of defense. We offered a great image as a team and that is the line we have to maintain.”
The initiative in the first half was already Barça. The team offered great performance grimace in attack. But his defensive work turned out to be even more effective, to the point that he even collapsed at times while Olympiakos, the European runner-up, who had a hard time scoring baskets. The inner couple formed by Vesely and Da Silva She was very effective on both sides of the court, dominating the fight for the rebound against one of the most solid centers in the tournament like Milutinov. The German power forward elevated his prominence from the starting role that has been given to him grimace and his ability to contribute in many facets was one of the keys to Barcelona’s image.
Furthermore, the Blaugranas were tremendous from the triple (7 out of 10) in the first half, with Abrines, Laprovittola and Kalinic as protagonists. The Serbian wing was the first to help open the field with six consecutive points, which increased the gap in the first quarter (11-23, m. 8), but then an infallible you openwho scored the three triples he attempted, served to raise the doubts of the Greek team.
Stocks on the limit
He Olympiakos He only managed to restore balance when the rotations began. He Barça He did not find as much effectiveness with the entry of bench players. The fight for the rebound was equaled by the presence in the inside game of Jabari Parker and Hernangómez, who suffered before the 221 centimeters of Fall and the size of Milutinov. The Piraeus team also raised the intensity with excellent minutes of Father Nicholas and that allowed the painting Bartzokas reduced the injury at half-time (34-40).
The energy level of Barça fell on the restart and, instead, shot up in the Olympiacos who took their defense to the limit with surprising referee permissiveness (they swallowed an unsportsmanlike foul by Canaan a Laprovittola manual). The consequence was a 10-2 partial that put the Greek team in the game, although the Barça responded to every blow and every questionable decision to close the third quarter still ahead with important triples from Jokubaitis y Laprovittola (54-56).
The change in dynamics was palpable and the team Barztokas This was evidenced by the individual actions of Walkup, protagonist of the 12-3 partial with which the last period started, to lift the Greek team (66-59, m. 36). But in that maximum pressure situation, the Barça was able to strengthen its defense and grow a huge partial of 2-18, with a you open lethal, to start the victory on one of the most demanding tracks in Europe.
Olympiacos, 68- FC Barcelona, 77
Olympiakos: Walkup (14), Canaan (9), Papanikolau (7), Peters (11), Milutinov (10) – initial five – Lountzis (3), Larentzakis (5), Fall (4), Brazdeikis (5)
7 of 25 triples (Peters, 2), 26 rebounds, 10 offensive (Milutinov, 4), 17 assists (Larentzakis, 3)
FC Barcelona: Satoransky (5), Laprovittola (17), Kalinic (8), Da Silva (7), Vesely (8) – starting five – Hernangómez (-), Abrines (16), Parker (3), Jokubaitis (10), Parra (3), Brizuela (-)
15 of 26 triples (Abrines, 5), 32 rebounds, 7 offensive (Hernangómez, 7), 20 assists (Laprovittola, 7)
Partials: 16-23; 18-17; 20-16; 14-21
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