Barcelona took out a broom and “cleaned” Zalgiris!
Carrying out a lot good second half where they put their foot on the gas and built a double-digit difference, the “Blaugrana”, prevailed easily with 77-66 of Zalgiris in Kaunas for Game 3 of the series, thus celebrating the qualification to the Final 4 of the Euroleague!
Top for the Spaniards, who are now waiting to find out their opponent in the semi-finals of the competition that will emerge from the pair of Real Madrid with Partizanwere the Satoransky and Have fun with 14 points each, with Tomboy and Jokubajtic to add 13 and 11 points respectively.
For the Lithuanians, for whom the mere fact that they reached the playoffs is a great success, Ulanovas and Biroutis stood out with 13 and 12 points respectively.
The match:
With her as an ally her excellent defensebut also his presence Jan Vesely on the other side of the parquet, Barcelona started the match very well, leading with 13-3 at 7′. In the last three minutes of the first period, Zalgiris increased its performance and with five consecutive points by Disma, they closed the quarter at -3 for 10-13.
The home team’s counterattack continued in the second period, where with a quick 10-2 streak they went ahead for the first time in the match for the 20-17 at 13′. In fact, two consecutive two-pointers by Biroutis brought Zalgiris to +5 (24-19 at 16′), with consecutive three-pointers by Abrines and Mirotic to aggressively “dislodge” Barcelona to overtake (24-25), with Vesely’s shots in the final, sending the Spaniards to the locker room with +3 for 29-26.
The scene was different in the second half, with Barcelona coming in determined to clean up the match so as not to get into any trouble. So somehow, Sarunas Jaskevicius’ team, stepped on it foot on the gas, increasing the difference to +9 (32-41) at 24′. A little later, Abrines and Tombey’s three-pointers shot the difference to +16 (45-61), with the quarter ending at +13 for 61-48.
Zalgiris were never able to get back into the match, with Barcelona controlling and managing the match superbly in the final quarter, keeping the lead at double figures, with the Spaniards getting the pink card with the final 77-66.
The quarters: 10-13, 26-29, 48-61, 66-77.
See here the match statistics.
Source: Sport Fm
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