In the most exciting match of the season so far in the Euroleague, the Barcelona survived. Saronas Yassikevitsios’s team prevailed 111-109 in extension overturning a match in which in 28 ‘found at -20 (51-71). For this to happen and for the “blaugrana” to reach the nine consecutive victories, it was necessary Dietary assistance with countless shots and culmination of the foul-discovery in an effort by Nikola Mirotic for three, which sent the match into extra time with 3/3 from the line.
Nikola Mirotic with 28 and Kyle Kuric with 24 points stood out from the hosts who closed the first round at the top with 15-2. Unix fell to 10-7 with fatal Lorenzo Brown and Isaiah Cainan despite the 27 and 20 points they scored respectively.
The match
Hezonia gave the signal early with eight personal points (3-8) and Unix sat in the driver’s seat early. Mirotic and Kuric led “Barça” to a lead for the first time just at the beginning of the second period (35-34). But this proved to be short-lived, as the two Browns were unstoppable and led the guests to the locker room with +9 (37-46).
With the start of the second half, Perasovic’s team shot up to +16 (39-55) with Jasikevicius on the bench. The voices did not take place, since with a “bomb” by Hezonia, Unix reached +20 (51-71) two and a half seven before the end of the third period. Successive three-pointers Jokubaitis and Mirotic reduced the difference to 69-81 and the hosts continued the counterattack approaching the four (84-88) with 2:08 for the end. Kuric with a three-pointer reduced the point (91-92) to 42 ” and with a foul-discovery that was given in favor of Mirotic in an attempt for three, the hosts equalized to 94-94 with 15 ” remaining. Lorenzo Brown took the last attack, but his shot from the height of the shot ended up out.
The thriller continued in the extra five minutes, where Hezonia and Mirotic said goodbye with a fifth foul. Keinan with a difficult basket at 27.9 ” put Unix ahead, 105-106, but at the same time the foul outside the phase of Jekiri sent Sunli to the line. The Turkish center had 1/2, but the offensive rebound led to the basket of Yukobaitis for 108-106 at 16 ”. Keinan won a free kick for three, but had only 1/3 (108-107). Yukobaitis did not imitate him by bringing the match to +3 (110-107), with the roulette of the shots giving one last chance again to Lorenzo Brown, but he missed a three-pointer.
Ten minutes: 27-28, 37-46, 57-74, 94-94, 111-109
See here the statistics of the match
Referees: Javor (Slovenia), Difala (France), Perandi (Estonia).
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