Barcelona feels the pain of recovering from Palencia defeat

The outstanding attacks of Jabari Parker (18 points), Nikola Kalinic and Tomas Satoransky in the last minutes confirmed the victory of the Barça team. He lost his shooting accuracy in the second half (14/14 and 3/11) and could not protect the paint against Anzejs Pasecniks (24 points).

He took second place in the attack of Vitor Benite (17), The team coached by Luis Gil far exceeded the scoring average (worst in the Endesa League, 73.7 points), but they failed to complete the feat against Barça, who played the last three minutes with James Nnaji instead of Willy Hernangómez due to Jan Vesely’s absence due to rest.

Palencia excited the visiting fans by taking advantage of Barça’s concession on the first goal (4-8, minute 2), but the lights went out when the Blaugranas blocked the path to the basket.

Confident in defense and rebounding, the Catalan team easily scored in the painted area with Satoransky’s penetrations and Hernangómez’s moves in the low post (9 points in the quarters), and Parra opened the gap by scoring two three-pointers, including Laprovittola and Parker. At the end of the first round, the difference was 29-16.

Parker’s inspiration extended Barcelona’s escape (39-22, minute 13)but Palencia turned the inertia of the match around, gaining strength from weakness thanks to a renewed defensive intensity that allowed him to score quickly and a missed triple success (6/5) in the first quarter (1/1). 7).

Grimau took two timeouts to control the visitors’ comeback (41-32, min.15; 44-38, min.17). Barcelona, ​​which was more vertical, maintained the lead in the first half (52-43) Pasecniks (11), the top scorer of the first half along with Benite (10 points) and Parker (11), is from the free throw line despite his performance.

Brizuela’s entry and Parra’s support facilitated the Barça team’s attackbut the inability to protect the zone and limit Benite’s external success kept Zunder Palencia in the game and tightened the score at the end of the third quarter (70-68) thanks to 1-10 runs from Kamba and Franke.

Laprovittola took a step to give Barça oxygen (79-72, minute 32), but the attack did not continue and Palencia continued to believe in a comeback Thanks to the home goals of Haarms and Pasecniks against Franke’s outdoor success and Hernangómez’s leniency (84-83, minute 36).

The Castile-Leon team had many chances to equalize the matchBut his pulse wavered and Barça won its fourth consecutive victory in the Endesa League (102-94), with Kalinic, Satoransky, Parker and Nnaji, who replaced Hernangómez, scoring decisive shots in the last three minutes.