He found it very dark from the “taken” Red Star the Barcelonabut in the end she was cooler and won 85-79causing it to rise to 19-10 and remain in the top four.
The protagonist of the “Blaugrana” in the last three minutes was Yokohamaiteswho together with Kalinic put them in the driver’s seat.
The first scorers of the Catalans were Vesely and Mirotic with 21 points each.
On the other hand, the “red and white” retreated to 12-17, while they did not have Nedovic, Dobrich and Lazic at their disposal. The first scorer was Campacho with 24 points.
The match
The two teams were together at the beginning (5-4), with Mirotic taking… forward for Barcelona to escape to +6 (13-7), in the 5th minute. From that point on, Red Stars ran down the floor with Campacho in front, getting closer to the basket (15-13), with Veseli sending the Catalans to +3 (18-15), at the end of the first period.
Better start from the Serbs in the second quarter, going +5 (20-25), at 13′. The answer of the “blaugrana” came from Jokubaitis and Mirotic and with individual scores of 11-1 for +5 (31-26), in the 16th minute. Then, Veseli and Abrines took over for +9 (40-31), at 19′. In the last minute, Red Star went on a 5-0 run to make it 40-36 in the first half.
Fortsati entered the second half and with Mirotic and Satoranski went to +11 (50-39), at 24′. Red Star’s response was consecutive three-pointers and a 9-0 run, bringing the match to the basket (50-48), in the 26th minute. Jasikevicius’ team responded with a 5-0 run for +7 (55-48), however, the last three minutes belonged to the “red and whites”, who, with Vildosa in front, equalized (57-57) at the end of the third period.
With excellent defenses and baskets in the open court, Barcelona made partial scores of 12-2, for +10 (69-59), at 33′. The Red Star didn’t… hesitate and with Petrusev and Campacho reduced to a basket (75-73), in the 37th minute. In the last minutes, Yokubaitis and Kalinic took action for +7 (83-76), with the “blaugrana” winning the final 85-79.
The quarters: 18-15, 40-36, 57-57, 85-79
See the match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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