Minute 27
Oriola’s shot does not touch the rim. Seek to drop below 10 Manresa. And Ubal cuts this difference to precisely 10 points. But Brizuela continues doing his thing, shooting from mid-range (52-64). 20 points for the Basque. And triple from Clyburn! Barça suddenly stops Manresa’s reaction. Xavi Pascual’s men are clearly in charge again. 52-67. Time-out.
Minute 26
Norris tries it but bad three-point shot. It’s not his strong suit. And Reyes scores against Fall, weak in defense. 50-62. And carousel of changes in both teams.
Minute 25
Two points for Norris, good with a fake under the rim. 7 points, keep contributing. 46-62. And easy for Obasohan. 48-62.
Minute 24
Good rebound from Norris. Barça continues to dominate this section. Another bomb from Brizuela. Basket and 18 points already. 44-60. Olinde, first points. 46-60.
Minute 23
Norris triple that doesn’t even touch the rim. But Barça prevents Manresa from running. Pascual said it at half-time and the Barça team continues to do so. Brizuela fails a triple.
Minute 22
Of two Kings, great action. The third quarter has started strong. Bombita from Brizuela, which is still plugged in. Barça leads 16 (42-58). Golden scores just to close the gap some. 44-58.
THE THIRD QUARTER BEGINS
And he does it with a rebound from Willy and a triple from Brizuela, the fourth. Manresa responds with a triple (40-53). And this is about triples, now, from Satoransky (40-56).
Xavi Pascual’s assessment
Barça’s coach,
Top scorers
Obasohanwith 8 points, is Manresa’s top scorer while Barça, Willy (12), followed by Brizuela (11) are the most outstanding players in attack.
REST: 37-50
Punter’s triple almost went in, although it was very far away, on the last possession of the second quarter. Barça goes into the break with a lead of 13 points after a very serious first half. Willycon 12 pointshas successfully taken Vesely’s place after the Czech’s ankle injury.
Minute 20
Possession is running out for Barça, who were not paying attention to the clock. Seven seconds of possession before half-time but Manresa loses it. There are two seconds left in the second quarter and Xavi Pascual calls a timeout to shoot for the scoreboard. Barça continues to lead from 13 (37-50).
Minute 19
9-21 in rebounds for Barça. This dominance of the Blaugrana is making a difference, as they increase the intensity in defense to maintain the good difference on the scoreboard before the break.
Minute 18
Assist from Brizuela for Willy, who is dominating the low post. He scores 2+1 and celebrates it effusively. Score the extra and Barça reaches 50 points! 37-50.
Minute 17
Satoransky sits down. And after the triple missed by Punter, triple by Reyes, who also takes the extra. It can be a 4-point play. He scores the extra and Manresa is now only 6 points behind (37-43). Good reaction from Bages. Barça no longer scores so easily. Although Brizuela does, going up to 11 points (37-45). And Willy rebound and basket (37-47). Norris, who scored a block, is also contributing.
Minute 16
Free throws for Obasohan, who scores both (33-43). Juani Marcos directs Barça’s game. Willy loses it due to pressure from Oriola but Manresa rushes and they also lose it.
Minute 15
Reyes notes. 6-0 partial. Satoransky finishes it with a good penetration. Good game from the Barça point guard. He proves it again with an assist for Willy. 31-43.
Minute 14
Gaspà scores with a good action and Clyburn’s triple goes off. Manresa wants to get back into the game and Ubal scores to get within 10. And they call a foul on Fall. The timeout went well for the local team. Willu will come on. 29-39
Minute 13
Punter basket, of two. And Barça goes from 11. And triple from Norris! After Fall’s rebound. 7-16 in rebounds for Barça, which increases its advantage to 14 points, with a partial score of 0-8. 25-39 Barça rules. Xavi Pascual’s men score very easily now. And time out that Ocampo asks for.
Minute 12
Another great action from Golden, from the middle distance. He is holding his team (25-31). Barça plays patiently, and Punter takes three free throws. Score the three (25-34).
Minute 11
Brizuela’s third triple! 9 points now for the Basque, top scorer of the match. Golden responds with a one-handed shot. Loss of Satoransky but Barça is attentive in defense, not letting Manresa run. Vesely is still in the locker room, he will hardly play more today.
END OF THE FIRST QUARTER
21-28: Fall enters the court after a few good minutes from Willy. Ocampo complains after a foul on Clyburn. Keita also enters the court. Clyburn does not fail, scoring both free throws (19-28). Last possession for Manresa and Golden scores to close the first quarter. +7 for Barça.
Minute 10
Akobundu also shows off with a blow but Willy continues doing his thing. Rebound and basket. (18-24). Free throws for Clyburn, which makes the score 18-26 with less than a minute left in the first quarter. Maximum difference for Barça.
Minute 9
¡Another triple from Brizuela (16-20)! And Willy in the low post so that Barça leads by 6 on the scoreboard (16-22). Diego Ocampo calls a time-out to stop these good minutes from the Blaugrana.
Minute 8
Manresa continues to defend with great intensity. And a kill from Norris after an assist from Juani Marcos. His first points in ACB. And he takes the foul too, although the extra misses. A lot of equality in this first quarter (16-17).
Minute 7
Brizuela’s triple to equalize the duel (15-15). Barça begins to fuel.
Minute 6
Without Shengelia, nor Vesely, who seems unlikely to be able to play again today, problems in the inside game for Barça. Willy will get a lot of minutes and maybe Fall will get his chance. Enter bonus Manresa. Free throws for Satoransky, who converts both (13-10). Good action by Manresa to continue scoring (15-10). Sato’s rebound, one of the most successful for Barça today (15-12).
Minute 5
Another good action by Willy on the offensive rebound, after a triple missed by Brizuela, and he again causes a foul. Barça loses and Obasohan scores easily in transition, who gets a 2+1 due to a lack of Willy. The additional fails. 13-8 for Manresa.
Minute 5
Free throws for Willy, who only makes the second (9-8). Brizuela also comes out on the court, replacing Clyburn. Oriola rebound and basket. Manresa is more focused at the start of the game (11-8). It’s costing Barça.
Gaspà bomb and Clyburn responds with a quality action under the rim. Look, Vesely’s ankle hurts on the ground! INJURED! Ugly fall for the Czech, who goes to the bench. Manresa scored, taking advantage of the superiority (9-7).
Minute 3
Inaccuracies in these first minutes. Easy basket by Golden to make the score 5-2 but it was equalized by Punter, who had a great game against Olympiacos, with a triple (5-5).
THE GAME START!
Defensive rebound for Norris in his first action in the Endesa League. Satoransky gets the first points of the game after the first three failed possessions. Steinbergs responds with a triple (3-2).
Referees
Carlos Cortés, Juan de Dios Oyón and Yasmina Alcaraz will be in charge of directing today’s match.
Initial quintets
BARÇA: Satoransky, Punter, Clyburn, Norris and Vesely.
Norris makes his debut in the Endesa League.
Last visit to the Gorge
On the last visit to the Nou Congost, in December of last year, Manresa clearly beat Joan Peñarroya’s Barça (85-72).
Manresa irregularity
Despite these absences, Manresa came close to winning in Badalona on the last day and achieved a convincing victory in the Eurocup in midweek. Despite this, they have only one win in the last three league games and need to rediscover victory to avoid moving further away from the first eight places. He is currently fifteenth.
Many important casualties
Barça also faces the duel with the last minute losses of Joel Parrawho suffers a nasal fracture after the hard blow he received from Vezenkov last Friday, and from Shengelia Storeloss due to pubic discomfort. In addition to the already known Laprovittola y Núñez. The non-EU discard is Cale. For his part, Diego Ocampo will have the important losses of the point guards Dani Pérez y Hugo Benitez.
Barça, on a roll
Separated only by two victories in the classification (5-4 for the Blaugrana and 6-3 for Bages), the team Xavi Pascualwho has completely changed the face of the team after taking over from Peñarroya, arrives on a roll after five consecutive wins between the two competitions and after Friday’s exhibition at the Palau against Olympiacos (98-85). The challenge will be physical recovery and “the change of chip”, as he pointed out Juani Marcos.
Good afternoon and welcome to the live match. Baxi Manresa-Barçacorresponding to the day 10 of the Endesa Leaguewhich starts at 7pm.
Minute 28
Barça remains intense behind and forces the loss of Manresa. Fall rebound and three Brizuela misses. But good recovery by Juani Marcos against Oriola to score. Maximum difference for Barça (+17). 52-69