He Barcelona momentarily put aside its crisis of play and results (three losses in a row), in the best possible way, overwhelming a direct rival that also needed victory but he found the best defensive version of his rival. The 82-62 score demonstrates the difference in energy with which each team played. The match served Barça well to rediscover victory and the best sensations.
Although Baskonia started strongly and put the score at 3-11 that made us fear another local tragedy, was just a mirage. Barça began to get going soon and the entry of Jokubaitis activated an attack that had been dormant until then. A three-pointer by Howard at the end of the first quarter made it 17-19, demonstrating the offensive failure of both teams. And it was Baskonia’s last advantage in the match.
With the Lithuanian point guard in charge and Willy on the court, Barça began to open a gap that reached 10 points, 35-25 at 1:37 for the end. The two teams continued to make mistakes on the perimeter, but Barça’s defense was much better. Two triples by Moneke (his only points of the game) brought Baskonia closer to halftime, 37-33.
After the restart, equality was approaching because Baskonia scored and went within two. It was the turning point of the clash because from there Barça went 13-0 partial with which he definitively broke the match.
Baskonia was going through its worst moments and began to give up. In the last quarter, Barça began to score three-pointers that had not gone in, up to five almost consecutive, and began to run over his rival. He had a maximum of 30 points, 79-49.
At Barça they shared the scoring task a lot, 14 did Willy y Parker and 12 signed a big Jacobite. In Baskonia he had 21 losses in the game, only Howard He gave the best in attack, 24 points, too alone and a little hasty at times. Miller-McIntyre He finished with 11 for a team that must continue rowing to try to get into the Cup.
Datasheet
82. Barça (17+20+19+26): Satoransky (3), Laprovittola (8), Kalinic (5), Parker (14), Vesely (-) -starting team-, Da Silva (5), Brizuela (5), Hernangómez (12), Abrines (9), Jokubaitis (12), Parra (9) and Nnaji (-).
62. Baskonia (19+14+11+18): Howard (24), Miller-McIntyre (11), Diez (-), Moneke (6), Kotsar (7) – starting team – Raieste (-), Chiozza (2), Sedekerskis (4), Marinkovic (-) , Rogkavopoulos (-), Diop (8) and Mannion (-).
2023-12-17 18:59:26
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