At… idle, Zalgiris was cleaned by the very deficient Barcelona

Although he lined up without Basket, Higgins and Davis, Barcelona was not particularly stressed against Zalgiris, which he defeated 96-73.

Excellent performance by Yokoubaitis (15 points, 7 assists) and Oriola (13 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists) for the team of Jasikevitsios, which achieved its 4th consecutive victory, went up to 10-2 and remains at the top with Real Madrid.

On the other, for the Lithuanians Webster (13 points, 4 assists) and Blazevic (10 points) fought, with Zdovc’s team falling to 2-10.

The match

Barcelona came in numb in the game, something that Zalgiris duly took advantage of, which was ahead 11-5 (4 ‘). Somewhere there, the Catalans woke up and with a partial 13-4, went ahead (18-15 in 7 ‘), while they closed the quarter with a difference of 7 points (24-17).

At the start of the 2nd period, the Yasikevitsios team continued from where it stopped in the first and with the “reserves” entering the equation, moved away with +11 (34-23 in 14 ‘). Oriola took the baton and brought the hosts to +17 (44-27 in 17 ‘), while he finished the half with “air” of 14 points (52-38).

The Barça players they did not lift their foot from the accelerator even in the 3rd quarter and reached +15 (66-51 in 25 ‘). The Lithuanians tried to stay alive, but a series of 8-0, brought the “blaugrana” to +19 (75-56 in 28 ‘), with the 3rd period closing with the score at 75-58.

The hosts had put the water in the ditch and the 4th ten minutes developed into a formal process. With Yukobaitis and Hayes performing, the Catalans ran a 13-0 run and shot up to +26 (88-62 in 35 ‘). In the final of the match, Yasikevitsius gave participation time to the youngsters he had on his bench (Kaisedo, Villar, Enatzi), while the match ended with a score of 96-73.

The quarters: 24-17, 52-38, 75-58, 96-73.

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