HE barcelona This Sunday, he eliminated the inconsistency that had caused him to lose four of the last five games and put in his best defensive performance in recent weeks. dry Baskonia (82-62)He came to Palau Blaugrana with an average of 82.3 points. Endesa League.

The Catalan team set the tempo of the match from the first kick. Thanks to the aggression and concentration that made up for the initial lack of goals and allowed them to lead the scoreboard without interruption from the middle of the second quarter.

The recovered Jabari Parker (14 points) is absent against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan on Wednesday due to gastroenteritis, Rokas Jokubaitis (12) and Willy Hernangómez (12) led Barcelona’s chorus performance in attack, while Markus Howard (24) was only in Baskonia. .

Unlike previous matches Barça defended aggressively on the ball from the start and successfully loaded the rebound, but the error in the shot prevented him from taking advantage of it. At the other end, Howard needed an inch of territory to take seven points and Kotsar punished the first local break.He forces Grimau to take a break (3-11, min.5).

The coach’s goal seemed clear: not to lower the physical bar and prevent Baskonia’s shooters from warming up. To do this, he increased the pace of the rotations and the play worked. Laprovittola and Willy’s free throws, added to Jokubaitis’ penetrations, reversed the result. Howard gave the command back to the Vitorian team with a three-pointer at the buzzer (17-19)..

Barça maintained their defensive level in the second quarter, which caused the Basque team to miss the mandatory three-pointers and allowed them to add points in transition (25-21, minute 15). Satoransky scored after more than 16 minutes The first local three-pointer, followed by two more three-pointers from Brizuela and Parker, extended the local advantage (37-27, minute 19)..

Moneke’s two three-pointers reduced the gap at half-time (37-33), but Barcelona took the lead after the restart (50-35, minute 25). Thanks to defense, rebounding and greater offensive fluidity that allowed Abrines, Hernangómez and Da Silva to score near the rim.

Howard’s re-emergence spurred the Baskonista’s attack, but the Catalan team maintained their lead at the end of the third quarter thanks to Hernangómez’s points (56-44). AND Three consecutive three-pointers by Laprovittola, Jokubaitis and Parker virtually guaranteed the match (70-47, min.34).

Instead of breaking the tempo, Barça tried to take the lead with the attacks of Parker and Parra (79-49, minute 37). Baskonia faked the result in the last overtime (82-62).

Data sheet:

82 – Barcelona (17+20+19+26): Satoransky (3), Laprovittola (8), Kalinic (5), Parker (14), Vesely (-) -starting team-, Da Silva (5), Brizuela (5), Hernangómez (12), Abrines (9), Jokubaitis (12), Parra (9) and Nnaji (-).

62 – Baskonia (19+14+11+18): Howard (24), Miller-McIntyre (11), Díez (-), Moneke (6), Kotsar (7) -starting team-, Raieste (-), Chiozza (2), Sedekerskis (4), Marinkovic (-) , Rogkavopoulos (-), Diop (8) and Mannion (-).

Referees: Carlos Peruga, Javier Torres and Cristóbal Sánchez. They signaled a technical foul to guest player Miller-McIntyre (min. 19).

Events: The 14th matchday of the Endesa League was played at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona in front of 5,219 spectators. During halftime, spectators threw stuffed animals collected for charity onto the field.