Joventut de Badalona won the Catalan derby against Barcelona this Sunday (83-72) with a packed Palau Olimpic of 12,166 fans and a basketball lesson to the Endesa League leader as it was in its glory days.
Andrés Feliz and Ante Tomic each added 21 points and Simon Birgander added 17 points and 11 rebounds.they were responsible for disarmament one Barça, who failed in the trio (6/24) and with the battle in the paint he always lost, he was left at the mercy of a Penya, a round game from start to finish.
Black-whites had a fantastic first half with 50 points, leading by 16 points into the timeout with 12 points almost half of which came from Simon Birgander and Ante Tomic (50-34).
Barça was always after green and black, Abusing individual actions and failing from the three-point line (1/8) in the first half, he added nine losses.
Birgander scored eight points in the first minutes, which, along with Pau Ribas’ trio, put the local team five points ahead (14-9, 6 minutes). Jasikevicius returned to Davies to replace Smits, who had been left behind by Swedish center de la Penya, but Barcelona were unable to make the match their own in paint.
He kept the same decor in the second quarter, Tomic added the paint and Feliz had 13 points after having to lead the team at the last minute in the absence of Guillem Vives. The 12-4 series made Penya pass ten lead (32-21, min.14).
Barcelona was entrusted to Brandon Davies, who was unbeatable when he was taken under the basket. Jasikevicius appealed to Mirotic and Calathes to control the green-and-black game, but without success.
The locals, who were very successful in the triple match with 5 baskets in 8 tries, increased the difference with u.A new winning streak in their center that put Tomic 50-34 in the half.
Mirotic’s third-quarter trios stifled local momentum and Busquets set a new maximum lead at the start of the second quarter (54-37, 23 minutes). Barça advanced on defense, conceding just 13 points and He narrowed the gap between Laprovittola and Mirotic to 10 at the end of the quarter (63-53).
Trio from Exum brought Barcelona closer to the scoreboard (63-56, min. 31)but Penya continued to defend every rebound tooth and nail and called Tomic and Brodziansky to breathe in their attacks (73-60, 37 min).
Kuric and Calathes tried from a distance, but Davies was too tired, the difference did not fall below nine points (79-70, min. 39). Pau Ribas’s two free throws and Birgander’s friend secured the black-and-white win.
Data sheet:
83 – Badalona Youth (20 + 30 + 13 + 20): Feliz (21), Busquets (3), Parra (4), Brodziansky (4), Birgander (15) -first team-, Ribas (10), Willis (2), Tomic (21), Ventura (3), Maronka (-) and Kraag (-).
72 – Barcelona (17+17+19+19): Calathes (11), Exum (8), Abrines (2), Mirotic (14), Smits (-) -first team-, Davies (19), Martínez (2), Hayes (2), Laprovittola (6) and Kuric (8).
Referees: Garcia Gonzalez, Bulto and Sanchez. Without being destroyed.
Events: The match, which coincided with the 26th week of the Endesa League, was played in front of 12,166 spectators at the Palau Olimpic in Badalona.