Five days after taking a breather in Kaunas with a hard-fought victory against Zalgiris, the Barça suffered a setback again. It is true that she played him a very complicated visit, but much more was expected from the team Roger Grimau. Its remarkable beginning barely continued and ended sunk against a Unicaja that added its 12th consecutive victory in the ACB League, its best streak in history of the tournament.
The clash began with a cheer for Darío Brizuela, the former Unicaja player who now wears the Barça jersey. The pulse opened with three minutes without baskets that gave way to a scoring festival with Joel Parra as Barça’s undisputed protagonist. Up to 11 points without a mistake, including three of three in triples, the former player of the rockthe offensive beacon of a team that closed the first quarter with a hopeful 19-26.
Catalan jam
Far from confirming these good feelings, the Catalan bloc suffered a awesome jam in the second quarter. Ibon Navarro He adjusted his team’s defense and Unicaja passed in front of Barça with Will Thomas, sensational throughout the game, and Kameron Taylor as main stylets. From free shots He hit me Sima They put the team from Malaga ahead (31-30, m. 14), who went on to complete a 16-4 run.
The rest of us immortals are incapable of doing this… ????
KAMERON TAYLOR UNLEASHING THE MADNESS AT THE CARPENA! ????
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— Liga Endesa (@ACBCOM) December 27, 2023
The Andalusian team did not stop its deployment and left at halftime with an 11-point lead (48-37) after a devastating quarter in which he scored 29 points and suffocated Barça, only capable of adding 11. Things changed little after the break. The local advantage always remained above the psychological barrier of 10 points until a triple de Kalinic gave Barça a modicum of hope (65-58, m. 28).
Kalinoski, lethal
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The Catalan team did not cross that border. Kalinoski assumed the offensive responsibility of his team with nine consecutive points and sank an opponent without response to stop the guard of Cincinnatiwhich catapulted the locals (83-64) with only five minutes left.
????️ Roger Grimau: “It’s very difficult in El Carpena”.
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— Liga Endesa (@ACBCOM) December 27, 2023
Unable to stop sangria and obtuse in attack, the azulgranas They collected losses and failures of all kindseven in comfortable positions, such as consecutive missed shots by Laprovittola, Parker and Satoranksy. The pulse between the second (Unicaja) and the third (Barça) It ended with the well-deserved victory of the people from Malaga, who are getting closer to Madrid. The team of grimaceMeanwhile, the year 2023 will close this Friday with a visit to the Monaco in the Euroleague.
Unicaja, 91; FC Barcelona, 71
UNIVERSAL: Perry (6), Taylor (12), Djedovic (0), Osetkowski (15), Kravish (6) -starting quintet- Thomas (16), Díaz (4), Carter (8), Kalinoski (12), Lima ( 0), Ejim (5), Sima (7).
BARÇA: Satoransky (5), Laprovittola (10), Parra (11), Parker (8), Vesely (11) -initial quintet- Nnaji (0), Jokubaitis (4), Da Silva (0), Brizuela (5), Kalinic (8), Hernangómez (9).
PARTIAL: 19-26; 29-11; 21-23; 22-11.
2023-12-27 21:06:17
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