After early elimination King’s CupHE Barcelona He turned the page with a pivotal win (80-70) against Monaco this Friday, solidifying his third place in the Euroleague and gaining the ‘basket average’ against his direct opponent, which he now leads with two wins.
Despite leading the scoreboard for almost the entire duel (56-41, min.22), team azulgrana had to grit their teeth to stop the guest player in the last quarter (65-62, min.35)., directed by Mike James (14 issues). Tomas Satoransky was the most striking name in the Barcelona choir performance with 15 points and his contribution to the defense.
Barça dominated the first attack with under ten point rents, thanks above all to their suffocating defense against talented rival managers, but occasional breakouts allowed Monaco to add thick.
In the attack under Laprovittola, the Catalan team came forward with two three-pointers (12-6, min.5) by Abrines and continued on his way despite ‘Saras’ receiving two fouls in a minute and a half. Seven points from Satoransky and six points from Mirotic kept the lead at the end of the quarter (24-18).
Between Higgins and Vesely they supported Barcelona’s escape (33-22, min.13), which Lyod responded with two three-pointers. However, the Barcelona team, led by an aggressive and accurate Jokubaitis on defense, did not give up (44-32, min.17).
Vesely and Kalinic, who were the top scorers with 9 goals in the first half, left Monaco’s arreons behind (50-39)), Barca network has no alternative when it slows down the individual abilities of their bases.
Even more energetic after going through the locker rooms, Barcelona widened the gap in chorus (56-41, min.22). Monaco raised the bar physically and Barcelona fans lost their focus by jumping off center with two fouls by Higgins and a technical attack from Jasikevicius (58-50, min.26) when Palau Blaugrana was so protesting.
Despite The departure of Laprovittola and Satoransky softened morale, inertia was in favor of the Principality, which dried up Barcelona goalless and closed the gap under James’ stick (65-62, min.35). At the critical moment, Barça rolled up their sleeves from behind and re-started offensively with Satoransky at the front, taking an important victory against their direct opponent (80-70).
Data sheet:
80 – Barcelona (24+26+15): Satoransky (15), Laprovitttola (5), Abrines (9), Mirotic (7), Glorious (5) -top five- Vesely (12), Kalinic (8), Higgins (12), Tobey (2), Kuric ( -), Jokubaitis (5) and Nnaji (-).
70 – Monaco (18+21+18+13): James (14), Loyd (13), Brown (6), Diallo (13), Motiejunas (5) -first quintet- Okobo (9), Moneke (-), Blossomgame (4), Ouattara (-), Strazel ( -) and Hall (6).
referees: Matej Boltauzer (ESL), Tomislav Hordov (CRO) and Piotr Pastusiak (POL). Not deleted.
Events The 25th day match of the Euroleague was played in front of 6,840 spectators at Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona.