Barcelona recovered from the beating they took in Vitoria by securing a hard-fought victory against Valencia Basket (74-70). It was a thick, even and lackluster match that also far exceeded two hours between numerous referee reviews. The blaugranas recover sensations and the taronjas close the European double day with defeats against Barça and Real Madrid. They were close on both occasions and the scores were similar, but In neither case did their effort allow them to reach the shore.
Datasheet
74. Barça (25+12+17+20): Satoransky (9), Laprovittola (7), Kalinic (7), Da Silva (-), Vesely (17) -starting team-, Hernangómez (9), Parker ( 9), Jokubaitis (2), Abrines (12), Parra (2) and Nnaji (-).70. Valencia Basket (16+17+19+18): Jones (15), Puerto (2), Ojeleye (8), Reuvers (2), Touré (4) -starting team-, López-Arostegui (10), Claver ( 3), Davies (5), Jovic (6), Pradilla (2), Inglis (13) and Ferrando (-). Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Igor Dragojevic (MON) and Steve Bittner (ALE). They called out an unsportsmanlike foul against the local Vesely (min.4) and the visitor Ojeleye (min.5). Incidents: match of the ninth day of the Euroleague played at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona before 5,128 spectators.
Vesely, with 17 points, was the best of the Blaugranas. The center marked territory from the beginning and only foul problems prevented him from improving his record. Abrines seconded him with 12 pointsalthough he missed the shot, like his entire team. Barça reached the break with 1/15 in triples and finished with 5/30 after hitting some decisive shots in the last period.
Chris Jones (15 points) from England (13) They commanded the taronjas, who were not at all fine either: 6/16 in triples and, what was more worrying in such an even duel, 10/17 from the free throw. His lack of fluidity was evident in the eight assists they distributed.
More equality than brilliance
The match had more equality than brilliance. Between Vesely and Willy they scored 14 of Barça’s first 25 points, which led by 11 points in the first quarter (24-13). It was the maximum of the entire game. From there, no one managed to escape. Inglis responded in the second period and Valencia came within one (29-28) after a 4-12 partial. Satoransky came to the aid of his teammate and compatriot to leave the score in 37-33 at halftime. The aim was poor: 1/15 in triples for Barça and 2/10 for Valencia.
In the second half, as a sign of equality, there were seven ties. The score was a push-and-pull swing López-Aróstegui, Satoransky, Inglis… The exchange of blows left it 54-52 before the last act. An 8-0 run with three-pointers, finally, from Abrines and Kalinic could seal it (68-60). Furthermore, Valencia lost Jovic, his brain, due to a sprained ankle. But the visitors resisted with a triple from Jones and two free throws from López Aróstegui.
A dunk after an offensive rebound by Vesely opened another small gap (70-65). The procession to the personnel line began: three hits from Ojeleye, two from Abrines and two others, those who closed the scoring, from Laprovittola with seven seconds remaining. In between, a basket from Jones and a final miss from López-Aróstegui seeking the equalizer with a 3+1 that bordered on the impossible. Barça had a tight, tough and eternal match. Valencia fought against the two greats, but left without a prize.
2023-11-17 22:21:22
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