Important victory for Barça to stay in the fight for the top positions, with Punter’s resurgence and Brizuela’s great game
Final, 91-89
Very hasty shot by Avramovic that does not touch the rim and victory for Barça in a hasty finale. Frustration in Dubai and relief in a Barça that fell asleep in the second half, 91-89
Fourth period, 2.3 seconds left
Darío Brizuela’s basket with advance and lofted shot. The San Sebastian game was impressive, unstoppable. Timeout and possession for Dubai, 91-89
Fourth period, 21 seconds left
Wright scores one of the two free kicks and there is time out with possession for Barça, 89-89
Fourth period, 21 seconds left
Barça gains possession and Brizuela scores with a magnificent suspension. Wright takes advantage of Satoransky by feinting forward and rising to throw. He will have free throws, 89-88
Fourth period, 48 seconds away
Satoransky misses under the rim and the ball goes deep. It will be reviewed who owns it, 87-88
Fourth period, min 39
Shengelia scores with suffering after a difficult shot. Wright misses a short shot, which seemed easier. Punter fails to penetrate and triple after Bacon, 87-88
Fourth period, min 38
Loss of Avramovic in the attempted pass to Kamenjas. Punter scores in a one-on-one suspension, Wright responds with a shot after a step back, 85-85
Fourth period, min 37
Vesely misses a comfortable shot. Justin Anderson misses the free three-pointer. One shot from Brizuela is short, 83-83
Fourth period, min 36
Wright’s robbery against Satoransky. Bacon misses the mid-range shot, it doesn’t touch the rim. Loss of Brizuela and mate of Bacon in counterattack, 83-83
Fourth period, min 35
Avramovic misses the three-point shot. Parra also failed on the triple attempt and Vesely fouled on the rebound. Wright’s triple after feint, great merit (he has 26 points), 83-81
Fourth period, min 34
Laprovittola steals the ball and there are three mistakes in a row by Barça in their short kicks. Triple by Avramovic after he keeps the Emirates alive. Theft of Kamenjas, 83-78
Fourth period, min 33
Great basket by Parra in the attack of a rebound that came off Lapro’s shot. Bacon misses the triple. Foul in Punter’s attack due to a blow to Avramovic in the face, 83-75
Fourth period, min 32
Parra’s basket and Avramovic’s triple. Dubai resists Barça’s escape attempts, 81-75
Fourth period, min 31
Avramovic misses the layup but there is a foul on Kamenjas on the rebound. Musa’s basket after two offensive rebounds. Additional free throw that scores. Avramovic steal and layup on a fast break, 79-72
End of the third quarter, 79-67
Petrusev’s basket after rebound, the Dubai team does not leave the game. Brizuela tray with grinding afterwards. Wright suffers a physical mishap and leaves limping. Justin Anderson misses the triple and fouls Laprovittola on the triple attempt. Lapro scores the three, 79-67
Third quarter, min 29
Foul in attack by Willy Hernangómez, his third. Wright breaks the Barça defense again with penetration. Satoransky triple from the corner, 74-65
Third quarter, min 28
Mate by Shengelia and another basket by Wright, now receiving a foul. He converts the extra and then Brizuela breaks the rival defense with another triple. There is a technique to Willy due to flopping and a free throw scored by Dubai. Shengelia’s foul and Kamenjas converts a free kick, 71-63
Third quarter, min 27
Technical to the visiting coach for protesting a possible foul. Brizuela scores the free throw. Triple by Wright when no better passing option emerged. Brizuela responds with a quick layup and Wright again with a close basket, 66-58
Third quarter, min 26
Two plus one from Kabengele under the hoop. Write down the additional. Loss of Willy who recovers and serves Brizuela for a triple, 63-53
Third quarter, min 25
Brizuela’s triple in a blocked Barça attack. He then steals a ball and Shengelia scores the triple to recover Barça’s +10, 60-50
Third quarter, min 24
Prepelic loses the ball and Wright fouls Punter. Wright then scores a worthwhile basket, 54-50
Third quarter, min 23
Punter scores a three-point shot with an additional free throw, which he converts. Great basket by Petrusev with uncalled contact. The Serbian center protests and they whistle for the technique. Punter misses the free throw. Shengelia scores a layup later, 54-48
Third quarter, min 22
Triple by Prepelic, who had not scored in the last games and debuted between the end of the second and this restart. Then there is Kabengele’s basket of merit, 49-46
Third quarter, min 21
Vesely misses a shot that comes from inside and Dubai loses. There is a foul after Prepelic, his fourth. Error in Barça’s shot afterwards, 49-41
Rest, 49-41
Wright scores with a layup from the right. Foul by Prepelic (the third) and Shengelia from the free kick: score both. Dubai fails in its attack and Parra also fails in the three-point shot. Finally, there is a Prepelic layup due to a Barça defensive error, 49-41
Second quarter, min 19
Triple by Wright in a patient and elaborate attack from Dubai. Willy Hernangómez’s basket overcoming three rival jumps, 47-37
Second quarter, min 18
Kabengele’s Matazzo on alley oop served by Wright. Punter then misses a lateral shot from five meters away. Punter finally scores three meters from the rim, 45-34
Second quarter, min 17
Dubai loss and Punter’s layup on the counterattack. 23-6 partial in this second quarter. Petrusev responds with a mate going back up the baseline. Satoransky scores from four meters, 43-32
Second quarter, min 16
Petrusev misses another short shot against Norris. Satoransky serves a great pass for Vesely who scores a layup. Kabengele tray. Punter scores after suspension, 39-30
Second quarter, min 15
Punter steals three in transition from the corner. Petrusev cannot score a shot on the board and Parra punishes with a three-pointer from the corner to force a new visitor timeout. 35-28
Second quarter, min 14
Foul by Abass on Punter who goes for the free kick and scores both. Musa’s layup begins with a cut towards the rim and receives a good pass. Punter responds with entry from the right and layup, 29-28
Second quarter, min 13
Petrusev goes for the free throw after being fouled on a reverse attempt. Write down both. Loss of Laprovittola. Avramovic’s basket later after offensive rebound, 25-26
Second quarter, min 12
Norris scores with contact near the rim. Musa’s error in the three-point shot. Vesely converts from four meters with his trademark shot. Timeout for Dubai, who conceded 7-0, 25-22
Second quarter, min 11
Punter misses the triple but Parra scores after grabbing the rebound and is fouled. Write down the additional. Avramovic misses the complicated triple from the corner, 21-22
End of the first quarter, 18-22
Abass misses the layup and Anderson rba a ball. Musa misses the three-point shot and then there is a foul on Justin Anderson who had captured the rebound. Anderson makes both free throws. Vesely scores later in combination with Punter and there is a layup by Abass on the horn, 18-22
First quarter, min 9
Triple by Abass in fast action from Dubai with a side kick. Muse on the track in Dubai. Punter scores with a lateral shot to break the losing streak, 16-18
First quarter, min 8
Laprovittola scores three after Norris’ offensive rebound and then Bacon misses with a mid-turn shot. Frontal Vesely basket from five meters, 14-15
First quarter, min 7
Satoransky misses the three-point shot and also Wright with a short shot. Foul by Prepelic who asks for a change and Justin Anderson enters the court. Lapro loss and Petrusev layup, 9-15
First quarter, min 6
Hook scored by Willy Hernangómez, Barça’s first points that Brizuela does not get. Bacon tray with tray. Shengelia misses later and there is a Petrusev layup in the transition. Barça timeout, 9-13
First quarter, min 5
Kabengele scores with a shot from three meters and a bad shot by Willy afterwards. Petrusev’s error in the triple attempt, 7-9
First quarter, min 4
Wright misses a short lob shot, also Shengelia later on a half-turn shot. On the other hoop, alley oop completed by Kabengele. Exchange of steals and final basket by Brizuela, 7-7
First quarter, min 3
Punter misses his second shot, this time from three, and then there is a layup from Wright in quick action towards the rim. Brizuela also responds with a layup from the right, 5-5
First quarter, min 2
Punter misses the shot at mid-range but Shengelia recovers the ball later in defensive action. Then Shengelia misses the three-point shot and so does Kabengele, 3-3
First quarter, min 1
Loss of Kabengele when he did not control a pass and Brizuela punishes with a triple on Barça’s first shot. Wright responds with triple release, 3-3
Initial jump
First possession for Dubai
Minute of silence for the Andalusian railway tragedy, before starting
starting fives
Barça comes out with Punter, Brizuela, Satoransky, Willy and Shengelia, a surprising quintet with three little ones
In addition, Dubai recovers Dzanan Musa after three months of injury and could count on the debut of the recently signed center Bruno Caboclowho has traveled to Barcelona despite physical doubts
The danger has its own names: Dwayne Bacon (16.1 points), the interiors Filip Petrusev and Mfiondu Kabengeleand the return to the Palau of former Barça player Justin Anderson
Pascual He has defined the rival roster as “spectacular”, highlighting that they have “17 top players”
In front of them will be a Dubai Basketball capable of the best and the worst. Although Barça has four wins ahead of them, those of Pascual They do not forget the precedent of the first round, where they fell (83-78) after conceding a final 10-0 partial.
The Czech warns about the need to stop the bleeding on the rebound, a facet where the team has been surpassed recently
Tomas Satoransky, authoritative voice of the locker room, made self-criticism about the offensive fluidity but put the focus back: “It is true that we did not have very good flow, we lacked a little ball movement, but defense is something that in Euroleague “You can’t miss it.”
The confrontation with former Barcelona player Justin Anderson is another of the attractions of the match
With Will’s confirmed casualties Clyburn and John Núñezthe offensive weight will fall again on figures like Laprovittola (23 points on the weekend) and Willy Hernango shirt.
Added to this is Kevin’s alarming drought Punter: Barça’s top scorer in Europe (14.6 points) is 0 out of 16 in field goals accumulated between Madrid and Burgos
The concern in the local dressing room focuses on the staging. In the last two clashes, the Barça He did not reach 15 points in the first quarter, being forced to row against the current.
Xavi Pascual does not hide fatigue. “The team is a little tired mentally, they have made a great effort,” he admitted. Pascualwho recognized a “mental decline that makes the legs not go as much.”
Xavi’s team Pascual He arrives with the reserve warning on after seeing his five-win streak cut short with a painful defeat against Real Madrid (80-61) and suffer until the last second to beat the Saint Paul Burgos (79-80)
Adding a win is vital for Barça in order to remain in the elite and, above all, recover feelings after a week of doubts in the game
Barça seeks to reunite after two more than discreet games: last Friday’s defeat on the Madrid court and the hurried victory on the San Pablo Burgos court
Good evening and welcome to the story of Barça-Dubái Basketball, a match on matchday 23 of the Euroleague that starts at 8:30 p.m. at the Palau Blaugrana.
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