She bent her resistance Villerban with… a storm of three-pointers and with its great protagonist Nicolas Laprovitola the Barcelona!
The French were competitive in the EuroLeague matchday 11 clash at the Palau Blaugrana, but eventually bowed out and were defeated by 101-92 from the senior Catalans, who had terrible accuracy rates, both in two-pointers (20/29) and in three-pointers (17/26)!
At the same time, they had a very big night with him Nikos Laprovitolawho finished the match with 28 points, 8/10 three-pointers and 9 assists, tying his best performance in the EuroLeague, having for… supporters Parker (13pts, 6 rebs), Have fun (14p), Satoransky (12p) and Ernagometh (12p). On the other hand, for Villerban they stood out Louvavu-Cambaro (20p), Loverne (17p), De Colo (16p, reached 1000 assists in total in the event), Scott (15p) and Fal (15 p.).
After tonight’s win, Barcelona improved their record to 9-2, remaining in second place in the standings and behind only Real Madrid, while Villeurbanne fell to 2-9, remaining in the… low.
The match
The match started with Grimmaugh missing Naji at the last minute and selecting Satoranski, Laprovitola, Parker, Parra and Vesely in his starting five, while Ponceco had Li, Louvavu-Cambaro, Lighty, Loverne and Fal. Barcelona entered the match more strongly and took the lead with 10-2, while Villerban came in… numb, making three mistakes in the first three minutes. However, the visitors then increased their defensive intensity, getting within “breathing distance” (16-14) with a three-pointer by Louvavos-Cambaro and then staying close to the score, with De Colo to make it 26-24 with a foul basket and with Ernagometh setting up the 28-24 of the first period, for one Barcelona who had excellent shooting percentages on two-pointers (7/7) and three-pointers (4/6).
The second quarter started with two consecutive three-pointers by De Colo for 30-30, while another three-pointer, this time by Scott, gave the Villerban her first lead of the game (32-33). The two teams continued to go hand-in-hand on the score until the final minutes of the first half, which ended with Laprovitola hit a buzzer-beater three-pointer to put Barcelona back in front (50-47). Although the “Blaugrana” were having a very good offensive night (14/17 two-pointers and 6/11 three-pointers), Villerban managed to stay close.
Laprovittola calmly beats the halftime buzzer??@FCBbasket #MagicMoment pic.twitter.com/BnL7jlgHkl
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The home team went on an 8-3 run to take a 58-50 lead at the start of the third period, and a little later they built their biggest lead of the game (69-56), with Laprovitola leading the way offensively, reaching his fifth of the night of the three-pointer. Grimeau’s team continued to … shoot from long range, finishing the third period on 6-of-6 3-pointers and 12-of-17 overall, outscoring 76-62, before Villerban closed the period on a 7-0 run to 78-71.
In fact, the visitors got even closer to 78-76 at the start of the fourth quarter, thanks to a three-pointer by Lovern and Jackson’s first basket of the match, while Louvavu-Cambaro he reached his personal 20 points, making it 84-83 with a three-pointer. However, the Satoransky and Laprovitola they answered immediately for 90-83, while Barcelona’s three-point rhapsody continued in the “final stretch” of the match, finally leading them to victory with 101-92.
The quarters: 28-24, 50-47, 78-71, 101-92
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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