He Barça closed the regular season Euroleague con defeat, after falling into the visit to Asvel by 76-72, in an inconsequential setback at a sporting level, which continues to leave doubts about the team’s performance away from the Palau, and in which it was learned that Olympiakos will be the rival in the quarterfinal playoff prior to the Final Four, which defeated Fenerbahce by 84-81.
The first quarter started at a high pace, without excessive defensive discipline, and with a Darío Brizuela, starter, who scored five of the Barça’s first seven points. The player from San Sebastian had a greater role after the absence of Nico Laprovittola for rest.
Youssoupha Fall He took advantage of his physical superiority to punish in the paint. After two games without being called up, Joel Parra He had minutes again, but Barça did not show its best defensive version in the first act, and a couple of triples from Edwin Jackson y Joffrey Lauvergne They made it 24-18 after the first 10 minutes.
The beginning of the second quarter left a fantasy assist from Ricky Rubio, finding on the counterattack Rokas Jokubaitis. But beyond this action, Asvel started better and threatened to go 10 points ahead on the scoreboard (27-18), at which point Roger Grimau and his players reacted, led by a 2-10 run culminated by a triple from ‘Joku’, which made the score change to 29-28. The French were less inspired from 6.75, and in the Catalan team, until Jan Vesely He scored three (his second triple of the season).
Oriol Paulí He had minutes that he took advantage of, and after a total partial of 14-24, the Barça They left with a +4 (38-42) at halftime. An advantage that evaporated at the beginning of the second half, due to a 6-0 run broken by James Nnaji.
Nnaji seized the opportunity
After the absence due to injury of Willy Hernangómez, with discomfort in his right knee, The Nigerian center had minutes, and finished the game with 9 points. The third quarter was marked by mistakes, the slowdown in scoring. The blaugranas only scored 15 points, and although Asvel was not brilliant either, he managed to close the period with a tie at 57, and with everything to be decided in the final round.
Driven by the fans that packed the newly released LDLC Arena, The locals came out better in the last act, and Lauvergne placed +6 on the scoreboard (66-60), well answered by two consecutive ‘2+1’ from Jokubaitis and Paulí, although the Catalan missed the extra. In the final stages of the game, again, baskets were exchanged between the two teams, and the appearance of an inspired Lauvergne, who with two consecutive baskets, left the game practically in sight.
‘Joku’ could have won the match
With three seconds left, Jokubaitis had the winning basket in his hand, but his shot made the tie. Paris Lee, from the free throw line, placed the 76-72 final. Despite being inconsequential, Barça closes its away record with seven wins, two of them in the first three days, and 10 defeats. A performance that can be improved, away from the Palau, and that will require the best version at home to try to achieve, for the fourth consecutive season, a presence in the Final Four.
Datasheet
76 – Asvel Villeurbanne (24+14+19+19): Lee (10), De Colo (9), Lighty (6), Thomas (4), Fall (15) -starting team-, Jackson (6), Yaacov (-), Lauvergne (20), Ndiaye (2), Luwawu-Cabarrot (4) and Kahudi (-).
72 – FC Barcelona (18+24+15+15): Satoransky (-), Brizuela (7), Kalinic (3), Da Silva (-), Vesely (9) -starting team-, Parker (7), Rubio (5), Nnaji (9), Parra (5), Jokubaitis (12), Abrines (6) and Paulí (9).
Referees: Sreten Radovic (CRO), Anne Panther (ALE) and Gentian Cici (ALB). No eliminated.
Incidences: Matchday 34 of the Euroleague played at the LDLC Arena in Lyon (France).
2024-04-12 21:28:57
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