One of its biggest victories this season was celebrated by Barcelonawhich broke up with 92-75 her Virtues in Bologna, celebrating their third consecutive EuroLeague game and climbing to second place in the standings with a 16-8 record, behind only Olympiakos. At the same time, she took revenge on her opponent, from whom she had been defeated 83-75 in “Palau Blaugrana”, last January.
On the other hand, Virtus was far below the occasion and failed to celebrate a third straight victory, falling to 11-13 and 12th place.
Top for the winners are Mirotic (17pts, 4 assists), Abrines (16p with 4/4 three-pointers) and Yokohamaites (13p.), while for the home team the standouts were Jaite (14 points, 5 rebounds), Lundberg (13pts. 3 assists) and Belinelli (12p with 3/6 three-pointers).
The match
The match started with Barcelona to take an early lead with his five straight points Laprovitola, before Mirotic with two accurate three-pointers put his team ahead 13-6 in the 5th minute. THE Teodosic reduced with his own three-pointer to 9-14 for the hosts, while o Mirotic reached 8 personal points in the 7th, making it 9-18. At that point in the match, Virtus went on a short 6-0 run, getting close to the basket (15-18), with Barcelona leading by 22-17 at the end of the first quarter.
The second period began with Lundberg and Mickey to reduce to a point (23-24) for the hosts, who then stayed for almost seven (!) minutes without scoring a basket, allowing the Barcelona to create an impressive 21-0 run, thanks to which he shot the difference in his favor to +22 (23-45). Sengelia… broke the pomegranate for 25-45, while the guests went to the locker room with a “safety margin” (27-47).
With two of his three-pointers Yokohamaitesone of Kalinic and two shots of it Mirotic, Jasikevicius’ team led by as much as +32 (28-60), their biggest margin of the game, with Virtus looking shocked and unable to react. Jaite had 10 points of his own to make it 37-70 before Higgins scored for 39-74 of the third period.
The fourth and final quarter was procedural in nature, with Barcelona just comfortably managing their big lead. Virtus made one 12-0 streak reducing to 51-76, while o Higgins answered with a three-pointer for 51-79. Sergio Scariolo’s side increased their percentages in the “final stretch” of the game, going down to 70-86, but it was now too late to claim anything, with Barcelona eventually prevailing by 92-75.
The quarters: 17-22, 27-47, 39-74, 75-92
The match statistics
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