He Barça He has set cruising speed and believes, and demonstrates, that he is capable of beating anyone who gets in his way. Now, the one who has given up in a very complete game for Xavi Pascual’s team has been Olympiakoswho has received a corrective (98-85) during his visit to a Palau in love with yours.
First fleeting and equal quarter
Aware of the level of the team in front of them, both teams have jumped very connected to the game. The assholes, shiny from the perimeter with 5/6 to start with three of them from Clyburn, they have seen how the Greeks have entrusted themselves to Milutinov. The center, the highest-rated player in the competition, had Fournier as his squire to match a good first quarter for Barça, which, however, lost by a narrow margin (21-22).
In the second period equality was repeated. After a good start for the visitors (29-33), Xavi Pascual called a timeout which changed his team. After, three recoveries in a row and the Palau, dedicated to the work of its team. The culers have continued to insist on attack and bite a lot in defense, dominating the offensive rebound and penalizing second options.
Olympiacos, however, with Dorsey’s talent in attack has minimized the culer superiority, which after twenty minutes of high level has achieved a minimal advantage at rest (42-39). But the feelings they had accumulated were more than positive and all of them have combined to sign a scandalous second part.
They explode in the third
In defense everyone has multiplied, collapsing the attack of Bartzokas’s team and recovering many balls that have led to easy baskets or dunks that have delighted the Palau. But also in the static attack, with Punter and Clyburn as the main executors, the culers have been lethal. And these 10 minutes have been the best of the season and after an overwhelming partial (30-17), the game entered the final quarter half painted in blaugrana (72-56).
But if there’s one thing Xavi Pascual doesn’t allow, it’s relaxation when the game is still alive, and with each passing game his idea seems to sink in more. His soldiers have maintained the intensity and the Punter-Clyburn duo have not stopped seeing the hoop as a swimming pool. The second player also scored seven triples for the first time in a Euroleague game, and Barça allowed themselves the luxury of economizing efforts in the final stretch.
Five in a row… for more
It was a round game, with the Greeks making up the score in the last possessions (98-85), but without preventing a spectacular result. They are already 10 victories (three in a row) in fifteen days in the Euroleague, and five wins in a row in all competitions. And this Barça does not stop growing.
Match sheet
Barça: 98
Olympiakos: 85
Barça: Satoransky (3), Punter (24), Clyburn (28), Shengelia (14) and Vesely (12) – starting five – Juani Marcos (0), Cale (2), Norris (0), Brizuela (5), Hernangómez (7) Parra (3) and Fall (-).
Olympiakos: Walkup (2), Dorsey (19), Fournier (11), Vezenkov (22) i Milutinov (10) – cinco initial – Ntilikina (4), Laentzakis (0), Lee (0), Papanikolaou (0), Peters (6), Antetokounmpo (-) y Hall (11).
Partials: 21-22, 21-17, 30-17, 26-29.
Referees: Sreten Radovic, Saulius Racys and Maxime Boubert
