Due to his injury at Achilles, due to the long recovery process, a lot was missed due to the uneven mood of the group throughout the season. Niko Mirotic at Barca. Finally, the Barça star seems to be starting to recover which Jasikevicius’ team will appreciate, as was appreciated during Zalgiris Kaunas’ visit as the MVP of Barcelona’s win (93-74).

Azulgranas added his 18th win in 26 days. one of the quietest parties They did so based on the excellent performance of Mirotic, who has recently been living in Europe and has come out of the shadows and once again showcased his lines in Palau. The Hispanic Montenegrin was the star of the night with 28 points and was an invigorating factor for the Catalan team, which was vaguely different against the old team of Jasikevicius and Jokubaitis and showed good level of defense, which confused the Lithuanians.

Strong on defense, effective on offense

Maintaining their dominance in the first quarter, the Zalliler realized that they could not keep up with the game they played later on. Barça took the lead from the post with 27 points scored in the second quarter and 31 points in the third quarter.which threw him on the leaderboard with over twenty advantages and facilitated the victory.

Vesely endured a hesitant Barça from the start, with some outstanding first minutes. But doubts persisted until the team realized this. It was mirotic night and his teammates, especially Satoransky, who gave a thorough performance, began to play at the remembered level.

The international strong forward took all the action necessary to close the first half comfortably (46-36), long shots, penetrations, triples to finish the first half with 16 points. With the restart of the match, the Catalan superiority became even more evident against Zalgiris, who had a hard time going to the basket and entered the last period (77-54) without an alternative, but they reduced the penalty to Barça. this, predictably, was slowed by a decisive victory.

FC Barcelona, ​​93 – Zalgiris Kaunas, 74

barcelona: Satoransky (12), Laprovittola (6), Kalinic (5), Mirotic (28), Vesely (7) –top five- Şanlı (10), Abrines (5), Higgins (3), Tobey (), Kuric ( 2), Jokubaitis (5), Nnaji (5)

10 out of 25 trios (Mirotic, 3), 28 rebounds, 11 offenses (Kalinic, 5), 26 assists (Satornasky, Jokubaitis, 5)

Zalgiris Kaunas: Taylor (4), Brazdeikis (15), Ulanovas (7), Smits (6), Hayes (8) – top five – Giedraitis (-), Lekavicius (7), Birutis (12), Polonara (8), Dimsa (1), Butkevich (6)

2 out of 9 trios (Polonara, 2), 24 rebounds, 4 offenses (Smits, 4), 11 assists (Butkevicius, 4)

Partial: 19-17; 27-19; 31-18; 16-20