Min.39 (74-90)
And Brizuela continues doing his thing: 25 points. But the Basque will not get any prize for his great performance.
Response from James (19 points) and Cale who scores, again, for Barça.
Triple from more than eight meters by Okobo to put the final +16 on the scoreboard.
Min.38 (70-85)
Hayes only makes one of his two free throws.
Strazel puts the finishing touch with a triple.
Barça only has Brizuela as an answer.
Mike James basket, very comfortable.
And now, Cale’s basket.
How Monaco’s defensive intensity has dropped with the game already in the bag.
Min.37 (66-79)
Triple by Norris, his fourth of the game.
And Barça, 11 points away.
Block by Hayes when it seemed that Brizuela had the advantage to score a layup.
Hayes’ basket, after three offensive rebounds by Monaco.
Min.36 (63-77)
Kevin Punter scores two free throws (4/4) on a disastrous shooting day (1/10 in TC).
Brizuela’s Basket, which already has 21 points, with an 8/9 in T2.
Spanoulis timeout.
Min.35 (59-77)
Nedovic scores two free throws after a drought, for both teams, of almost two minutes
Min.33 (59-75)
Cale’s triple, his first points of the game.
Min.32 (56-75)
And a basket from the Barça center, who already has 7 points.
Nedovic triple in the last second of possession.
Min.31 (54-72)
2+1 for Diallo. What a way to start the last quarter.
Willy only makes one of his two free throws.
END OF THE THIRD QUARTER
BARÇA 53-69 AS MONACO
Min.29 (53-69)
Okobo’s triple shot almost at the end of the possession.
Barça, who had possession to get within 10, ended the quarter at -16.
Min.28 (53-66)
Theis’ basket after Punter could put Barça below 10 points.
Min.27 (53-64)
Fall’s basket is already up to 6 points.
Barça, at 13.
Great robbery by Punter, who fails after running the entire court, but Fall is there to score.
Min.26 (49-64)
Brizuela already has 19 points after scoring the two TL.
Great connection between Theis and Mirotic and the former Azulgrana’s basket.
Min.25 (47-62)
Fall Basket.
TECHNIQUE A ZORZANO, the second of Xavi Pascual.
Hayes scores the two TL of the foul received and the one of the technique to the Barça coach.
Triple by Norris, his third of the game.
Min.24 (42-59)
Mirotic’s triple that silences the Palau.
Steal and counterattack by Punter, his first basket in play.
XAVI PASCUAL, EXPELLED FOR TWO TECHNIQUES
3+1 the Mike James.
The point guard also scores one of the two free throws of the two techniques at XP.
Time-out.
Min.23 (40-51)
And what a basket by Brizuela, escaping from three rivals and finishing with a layup.
Fall grabs the offensive rebound and scores easily.
Min.22 (36-51)
But Monaco does not fail: Hayes from 5-6 meters.
And Brizuela continues doing his thing, already 15 points.
Min.21 (34-49)
Brizuela’s Basket, which picks up where it left off (13 points).
Diallo’s response for Monaco.
¡Mateee de Satoransky!
REST
BARÇA 30-47 AS MONACO
Min.19 (30-47)
‘Coast to coast’ by Cale.
What a dunk from Norris to close the quarter!
Barça’s 4-0 run before going to the locker room.
Min.18 (26-47)
Hayes basket after another Barça loss.
And another from Okobo… +21 from Monaco.
And a block by Hayes on Marcos’ penetration.
Min.17 (26-43)
Willy’s basket after a great movement of feet.
And now Theis returns it, who gets a 2+1 after scoring the extra.
Okobo’s steal and counterattack
Min.16 (24-38)
Too easy basket by Theis.
News: It took Punter almost 17 minutes to score his first points of the game. The guard makes both of his free throws.
Okobo scores from under the basket.
And counterattack finished by Blossomgame.
Xavi Pascual time out.
And another basket from, who else, Brizuela.
The Basque already has 11 points, the match’s top scorer.
and Triiiiiipleeee of Norris.
Partial 7-0 and Barça is ‘only’ 10.
Time out by Vassilis Spanoulis.
Min.14
And another basket from Brizuela (9 points), author of Barça’s last 7 points.
Although the partial, so far this quarter is 4-10.
TV downtime
Min.12 (15-32)
And there are now 7 consecutive points for Mirotic.
Monaco already wins by 16 points (13-29).
Brizuela’s basket, the only Barça player who is seeing the basket.
Triple shot from Nedovic, +17 from Spanoulis.
Min.11 (13-27)
Mirotic’s triple, with a shot scored by Vesely.
New basket from the ex-Azulgrana, now from 4-5 meters.
END OF THE FIRST QUARTER
BARÇA 13-22 AS MONACO
Min.9 (13-22)
Brizuela, all character, scores a well-worked layup.
Laprovittola scores the two free throws and Barça reaches 10 points with 30″ to go.
Satoransky fouls on a triple shot by James, who scores all 3 shots.
Monaco doubles Barça on the scoreboard (10-20).
Brizuela’s triple, the Barça ‘microwave’.
My goodness, what a basket, without an angle, from Strazel at the last second.
Min.8 (6-17)
Monaco enters a bonus, but Parra only takes advantage of one of his two free throws.
What a dunk from Hayes! and the American also forces Norris’ personal foul, although he misses the additional free throw.
And another Hayes dunk! and +11 for Monaco.
Min.7 (5-13)
Diallo’s basket and double change in a Barça very stuck in attack.
Now it’s Hayes who scores and +6 for Monaco.
Counterattack by Diallo and Xavi Pascual, forced to call a timeout.
Min.5 (5-7)
Triple by Norris, which breaks Barça’s drought of more than four minutes without scoring.
TV time out.
Min.3 (2-7)
¡Triiipleeee de mike james!
Open 0-7 partial for Monaco.
Min.2 (2-4)
Mike James’ basket, which evens the score.
Okobo Basket! in the face of Norris’s opposition.
Partial of 0-4 for those of Spanish.
Min.1 (2-0)
Willy scores the first basket of the game almost a minute into the game.
The game starts!
First possession for AS Monaco
We already have initial quintets
On the part of Barça: Satoransky, Punter, Cale, Norris and Willy.
And on the Monegasque side: James, Blossomgame, Okobo, Diallo and Theis
Xavi Pascual, cautious
Pascual identified the AS Monaco as “one of the best teams in the Euroleague”, highlighting its participation in the last two Final Four. He detailed Monaco’s individual threat, mentioning key figures such as Mike James, “the top scorer in the history of the competition”, along with Okobo, Strazel and Nedovic for their creative ability. Likewise, he pointed out the physical strength in the small forward and power forward positions with Blossomgame y Dialloin addition to Mirotic and the centers like Jaiteh.
The losses condition Barça
Barça arrives with multiple casualties (Núñez, Clyburn, Shengelia) and Jan’s doubt veselywho missed Sunday’s game in Bilbao due to the flu but has shown himself to be competitive in this situation.
The return of Mirotic, an added incentive
Nikola Mirotic He did not receive any official tribute but ended up applauded by the stands and won his return to the Palau Blaugrana on December 13 of last year, with Armani Milan (81-94). This Tuesday (8:30 p.m.) he returns again to what was his home for four seasons and does so in the ranks of AS Monacocurrent runner-up, candidate for everything in the Euroleague and team with continued presence in Final Four the last few years.
Duel between candidates to get into the playoffs
At the Palau Blaugrana, 4th placed Barça (12-6) and 6th placed AS Monaco (11-7) will face each other.
“It’s a big game, one of the biggest that can be seen in Europe,” said Xavi. Pascual yesterday, in his analysis of the confrontation, an “extremely difficult challenge in all facets.”
Good afternoon
And welcome to the Barça-AS Monaco live match, a match corresponding to the 19th round of the Euroleague, which will start at 8:30 p.m. at the Palau Blaugrana.
END OF THE MEETING
BARÇA 74-90 AS MONACO