It cost Barcelona, but they took advantage of Real Madrid’s first defeat in the Euroleague to get behind them. A single victory separates them. The Blaugranas suffered against a ASVEL who clung tightly to the Palau parquet (101-92). He could only expel him the best version of Laprovittolathat of the big days, that of the player who scores everything he throws. He scored 28 points, equaling his best in the competition and beating the number of triples, reaching eight. With 20 points in the second half, the Argentine dynamited the match. He also added nine assiststwo away from his record, and ended with 31 ratingone credit from its summit.
Datasheet
101. Barça (28+22+28+23): Satoransky (12), Laprovittola (28), Parra (-), Parker (13), Vesely (14) -starting team-, Hernangómez (12), Da Silva ( 10), Kalinic (6), Abrines (2), Jokubaitis (4), Brizuela (-) and Paulí (-).92. ASVEL Villeurbanne (24+17+24+21): Lee (5), Lighty (-), Luwawu-Cabarrot (20), Lauvergne (17), Fall (15) -starting team-, De Colo (16), Scott (15), Jackson (4), Egbunu (-), Ndiaye (.), Yaacov (-). Referees: Tomislav Hordov (CRO), Gytis Vilius (LIT) and Robert Vyklicky (CHE). No eliminations. Incidents: matchday 11 of the Euroleague played at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona in front of 4,612 spectators.
It was a offensive bacchanal the kind that fans love, but that usually piss off coaches. At times, no one defended. Other times, talent prevailed over efforts behind. 193 points of spectacle with sensational percentages: 20/29 in shots from two and 17/26 in triples for Barca and 13/25 from the arc for the French. And many players at a high level. Six locals reached ten points to five in the visiting ranks.
Barça started with a 10-2 lead led by Parker and Vesely, already recovered. But the Catalans soon found themselves with a couple of problems: Fall’s 2.21, unstoppable in the zone, and Luwawu-Cabarrot’s triples. The threat of the frenetic first quarter (28-24) became more tangible in the second, when ASVEL got on top of its rival. Now it was Of lapwith his eternal talent, which tied the score with nine points in a row. Scott completed the comeback (32-33).
The exchange of blows did not favor Barca, a priori superior, but the defensive errors They followed one another and were an impediment to getting separated. Laprovittola, at the half-time horn, set a vibrant 50-47 with a triple, preview of what would come later. Because the point guard was about to break the collision alone with three triples almost in a row in the third quarter. One more of Da Silva put a maximum difference of 14 points (76-62).
ASVEL believes it
Barça had gotten tougher at the back. Less was difficult. In front he left everything in the hands of the inspiration of his base. But ASVEL returned. Again with De Coloaccompanied this time by Lauvergne. A distant success from Luwawu-Cabarrot closed an 8-21 partial that set off alarms in the Palau (84-83). The French, who had only won two games in the current Euroleague, were believing it.
There the Barça success appeared again. With the game turned into a three-point contest (30/51 between the two teams)participate Satoransky, Kalinic and Laprovittola, the champion of the same, who scored his last two to reach eight and beat his record in the Euroleague. Four in a row from Barcelona to put the 96-85 missing 2:32. The culés finished securing the victory after a technique to the histrionic Pozzeccovisiting coach. The Argentine point guard scored the free kick to equal his scoring record in the Euroleague and put his team in the wake of Madrid.
2023-12-01 21:37:59
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