AS Monaco soured Ricky Rubio’s return to Barcelona. The Monegasques took the victory from the Palau on the evening in which The point guard dressed in Barça again after 4,644 days. He played just over 11 minutes and ended with five points (2/4 on two-pointers and 0/1 on three-pointers), two rebounds, one assist and four PIR. She should go further. On his first day he left flashes, but he seemed to lack competitive rhythm and suffered against one of the most physical teams in the Euroleague.
Datasheet
- 67. Barça (21+14+16+16): Satoransky (8), Laprovittola (13), Kalinic (2), Parker (7), Vesely (19) -starting team-, Jokubaitis (2), Hernangómez (3 ), Abrines (4), Brizuela (2), Da Silva (2) and Rubio (5).
- 77. Monaco (12+21+27+17): James (17), Strazel (13), Blossomgame (10), Brown (3), Motiejunas (12) -starting team-, Diallo (4), Okobo (7 ), Jaiteh (1), Hall (10), Walker (-) and Cornelie (-).
- Referees: Sreten Radovic (CRO), Seffi Shemmesh (ISR) and Saso Petek (MAC). Without eliminated.
- Incidents: matchday 27 of the Euroleague played at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona before 7,045 spectators.
Barça fell victim to its poor aim from the triple (4/27) and of his inconsistency in rebounda battle that he lost and in which he suffered a lot under his own basket, although at the last minute he managed to adjust the numbers (38-45). Vesely was the only support that the Blaugranas could hold on to. He had 19 points, 10 rebounds and a PIR of 32. Some local troops were especially misguided: Kalinic missed all seven of his three-pointers, Parker finished 2/11 from the field y Willy, without scoring in the game, added three points and his defensive weakness was once again noticeable.
Mike James did not achieve his aspiration of becoming the top scorer in Euroleague history. It’s a matter of time. But it went from less to more to end 17 points and give the final touch to Barça. They took away a solid Strazelthe versatile Motiejuna and the muscles of Blossomgame y Hall. Too many arguments for the culés.
And the start was hopeful, with a good defense, Laprovittola overtone from the triple and James misguided. The first quarter closed with a 21-12 which would be the maximum Barcelona. Then, to suffer despite Ricky’s departure two minutes into the second act to the applause of the Palau. Barça’s sights deviated even from the free kick and at the same time they were showing fragility on the rebound. Monaco took the lead, although at half-time the score was 35-33.
Neither Vesely nor Ricky reassure him
Motiejunas and Vesely engaged in a scoring duel upon returning from the locker room, but the fouls weighed on the culé. After it was Hall who took over visitor abusing Willy’s defense. Not even a sensational 2+1 from Ricky was reassuring. At the end of the third period, 51-60.
The rent went above 10 now with Blossomgame shining on both sides of the court (57-70). Barça got into a rush. He tried to come back with triples and was not having his day. Vesely, at 1:33 gave the last sign of life (65-72). James, with five points in a row, certified the defeat in the revival of Ricky and a black week for the Spanish teams in the Euroleague: all four lost.
2024-03-01 21:43:20
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