HE Barça flirted with drama on newly elevated court Zander Palencia, but luckily he managed to escape and took the victory in extra time (83-84), especially due to the success of his opponent. Nicolas Laprovittola and contribution Willy Hernangomez In the decisive stretch, despite the feeling left by the team Roger Grimau They weren’t doing well in less than 48 hours after going through a tough test during this Sunday’s visit. real Madrid at the Wizink Center and the week before the first match in the Euroleague.

“The best thing is the character we showed in the end, because it is true that this was very difficult for us. “We must continue to improve,” he said. Grimau. “We couldn’t dominate the rhythm, we couldn’t control the game and we played what Palencia wanted,” he admitted in a critical tone. LaprovittolaAuthor of the 20 points and the decisive basket that sent the game into overtime. “We were lucky,” he said of the play.

Barça fell behind on the scoreboard in the last two seconds (72-69). Laprovittola made two free throws. He scored the first one and missed the second one. The ball returned to the Argentinian playmaker, who scored the overtime basket, and was rejected by many hands (72-72). “We were lucky,” he admitted.

overcome physically

This basket allowed barça A bad game where he couldn’t keep up with his opponent’s speed, intensity and rebounding dominance. And most of all, a terrible final period in the exciting premiere of the elite. Zunder PalenciaEjaculating in a crowded and noisy Gym and keeping the team afloat Grimau with its physical display and waste of energy. The Castilian team entered the last three minutes with a 7-point lead (67-60).

HE barça was subjected to intimidation Matt Harms, A 2.21m center puts up three blocks Willy (Added 21 points but made a poor 3 of 11 free throws), point guard success Brandon Brown (21 points) and frank (19 points), contribution Benit and energy Ndiaye and in these first steps of the Grimau project he was ready for the task in the extra time in which he showed the character to avoid a defeat that would have been so painful. Satoransky He did his best to answer the other two with two triples. frankmaintaining trust, Palencia. Laprovittola He completed the agonizing victory from the personal line.

Data sheet:

83 – Zunder Palencia (18+7+23+24+11): Ortega (4), Brown (21), Benite (10), Pasecniks (0) and Leissner (0) – in the top five -, Franke (19), Haarms (13), Van der Vuurst (6), Kamba (5) , Manu (-), Ubal (0) and Ndiaye (5).

84 – FC Barcelona (19+15+16+22+12): Da Silva (0), Kalinic (4), Satoransky (9), Hernangómez (21) and Laprovittola (20) – in the top five -, Paulí (0), Brizuela (0), Abrines (9), Parker (8), Nnaji (0), Jokubaitis (4), Parra (9).

Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez, Carlos Cortés and Fabio Fernández. No no.

Events: The match, which coincided with the 2nd match day of the Endesa League, was played in front of approximately 5,200 spectators (full) at the Palencia Municipal Pavilion.