Barcelona suffered to beat Zunder Palencia, a recently promoted team. The same thing happened this Sunday with MoraBank Andorrathe other team that rose to the ACB League and that lost by a tight 91-87.
The final inspiration of Laprovittola (17 points), Satoransky (15) and Abrines (10)combined with the visitor’s fatigue, to maintain the unbeaten record at the Palau.
The characteristic of Sarunas Jasikevicius’ Barça was its strong defenseespecially when the Lithuanian coach raised his voice during one of the time-outs when his players did not pay attention to him.
Roger Grimau’s new Barcelona has a hard time defending. He demonstrated this lack against a MoraBanc Andorra team that gave him more enthusiasm under his newly promoted status.
Thus it is understood that the visitors will command the scoreboard with a first lead of 37-47. And they had a maximum income of 15 points (26-41). Okoye basically did what he wanted in attack, well supported by Andric. Between the two, 23 points were shared in the first 20 minutes.
No news from Parker and Willy Hernangómez, the star signing of the new Barça project. A point on a free throw. The other one missed it. No local player reached ten points after the first two quarters. Grimau exhausted the time-outs, but couldn’t find the key.
The average number of assists for the Andorrans was 13 per game. They are the same ones that already appeared in their statistics at half-time. Willy woke up in the continuation and ten of his points in the third quarter, including a triple, led Barcelona’s reaction.
Laprovittola’s inspiration
Laprovittola appeared and the game changed. A triple from the Argentine point guard confirmed the comeback: 59-58. Center Maric kept his team alive with 19 points in the ‘paint’.
At 78-81, the referees signaled a foul on Andric’s attack, which was a turning point in the match.. The blaugranas once again took the lead, helped because they were not in bonuses for fouls, and they didn’t let her anymore. The difference between the bench made the differences in the end.
2023-10-08 12:16:04
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