Barcelona “froze” Partizan in… the furnace of Belgrade!

Put on… stop on Barcelona were playing!

With dominant basketball in the second half and their protagonists Laprovitola and Miroticthe “Blaugrana” won 89-80inside the… hot “Stark Arena” of Belgrade.

In the 21-10 the Catalans went up, remaining firmly in the top four, with his team Obradovic to yield to 17-14.

The Argentinian finished the match with 25 points and 7 assists, while on the other hand, Montenegro had 19 points. and 8 rebounds, for his total Jasikevicius.

The first scorer for the Serbs was Exum with 24 points. In the… shallows o Ioannis Papapetrouwho in 20:50” had 2 points (1/4 dp.) and 1 assist.

The match

The game had an excellent pace early on, with Barcelona taking the lead from the start and reaching +4 (13-17), at 6′. Partizan was held aggressively by Nanali and LeDay, but the Catalans closed the first period in front (21-25).

Change of scenery in the second quarter. Initially, the “hot” Exum gave the lead to the hosts, who went to +5 (32-27) and then LeDay even sent them to +8 (40-32), at 15′. Then, the “blaugrana” improved defensively and thanks to Laprovitola and Higgins they reduced the difference in points (45-44) at the end of the first half.

Barcelona made a strong start in the second half, which with individual scores of 2-11 initially went +8 (47-55), while then Mirotic and Laprovitola sent them to +12 (49-61), in the 26th minute. From that point on, Partizan found scores with Pander and Exum, but the guests closed the third quarter at +8 (58-66).

Barcelona responded to Partizan’s initial 5-0 lead by maintaining +8 (63-71), until the 33rd minute. Then, Exum tried to keep the hosts in the match (70-73), until 35′. From that point on, the Catalans took control with Laprovitola and Mirotic, reaching +10 (71-81), at 38′. From then on, the home team… surrendered and Barcelona took the win with the final 80-89.

The quarters: 21-25, 45-44, 58-66, 80-89

See here the match statistics