14/10/2023 and las 12:05 CEST
The Barça guard destroyed Olympiacos from the triple in the first away victory in the Euroleague
Abrines scored an excellent 5 of 7 from beyond the 6.75 line and was one triple away from equaling his record in the competition
He FC Barcelona continues to leave very good feelings in the Euroleague and the confirmation that the project Roger Grimau confirms its growth. He also does it against two of the competition’s greats, a Anadolu Efes and a Olympiakos who have suffered Barça’s best minutes so far this season.
Either with Grimau, Sarunas Jasikevicius or Svetislav Pesic, The visit to the Peace and Friendship pavilion is always marked in red on the calendar, being one of the most complicated outings of the regular season. Despite the departures of Kostas Sloukas and Sasha Vezenkov, the exazulgrana team Georgios Bartzokas He is once again in the group of favorites to win the competition. A fate he avoided Sergio Llull in the last Euroleague final, scoring an ‘impossible’ suspension with three seconds remaining in the game.
Barça ‘survives’ in Piraeus
The Barça team took the victory 68-77, in a match marked by a clear superiority of Barça in much of the first half, in which the 15 points advantage, responded in the second half by an Olympiacos that grew, managed to short-circuit the Barça attack, and it seemed that with the 66-59 With four minutes remaining, they ended the match.
Abrines leads the reaction
At that moment, Roger Grimau stopped the game. With time still ahead, it was time to try to find the key and try to fight to turn the score around. The Catalan coach trusted Alex Abrines, that at that time he already had three triples, cooked between the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second.
Álex Abrines and Nico Laprovittola, against Olympiacos
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Tomas Satoransky with a triple and Nico Laprovittola with a layup, they made it 66-64 on the scoreboard, and ‘Wolverine’ appeared, from beyond 6.75 to put Barça ahead. Vesely, with a signature mid-distance suspension, finished the partial 0-10. But Abrines had another ‘Ace’ up his sleeve, and with just a minute and a half left in the match, He ‘executed’ again with his fifth triple, placing a 66-72 on the scoreboard that would end up being final. In total, a 5 of 7 in outside shooting to which we must add a free throw to end up adding 16 points, 2 rebounds and an assist. With the five correct answers, Abrines was just one more triple away from equaling his record for outside shots converted in a game. Ante Fenerbahce, In March 2022, the Balearic Islands went up to 6.
Some incredible numbers from triple
The records against Olympiacos, added to those achieved on the opening day against Anadolu Efes, place You open with a 60% success rate from 6.75 in the Euroleague. Records that are practically maintained (57,1%) in the first four games of Endesa League, and that confirm the reliability of the Barça captain from the triple.
Demanding schedule, but with defense as a guarantee
Growing by winning is always the best option, and Barça’s performance in the Euroleague leaves no doubt. The Barça team almost achieved honors in a demanding start, with a infernal calendar that next week he will experience the first double day of the season, visiting Partisan next Tuesday the 17th at 6:30 p.m. (CET) and receiving the Bayern on Friday the 20th at the Palau at 8:30 p.m. (CET). The 71 points on average conceded after the first two games They add new certainty to the green shoots that the team is already showing in Europe.
2023-10-14 14:36:35
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