Barcelona passed Belgrade and… put the brakes on Red Star

A dominant one Barcelona from the second quarter onwards, he did not encounter any particular problems against Red Starwhom he defeated 85-76inside Belgrade.

In the 17-8 now the “blaugrana”, while on the other hand the “red and white” retreated to 10-15.

The leader of the Catalans was Brithuela with 20 points and 6/7 three-pointers, with Have fun to add 16p. and 8 rebounds as well Laprovitola another 12p.

From his team Yannis Sfeiropouloufirst scorer was Nedovic with 21 points, while a double-double was done by Boloboi with 12 p. and 10 rebounds.

The match

After the closed first five minutes (8-9), Barcelona took control and escaped to +7 (10-17), in the 8th minute. However, in the last two minutes, Red Star responded with Nedovic and dropped the difference to a point (17-18), at the end of the first period.

With the “hot” Brithuela, the Catalans entered the second quarter furiously and with individual scores of 2-12, escaped to +11 (19-30). The “red and white” reacted and dropped the difference to a single digit value (28-36), at 15′. But, with an unstoppable Veseli in the last minutes, the guests took the reins and went to the locker room with +13 (32-45).

With Parker in front, Barcelona initially sent the difference to +17 (34-51), at the beginning of the second half, while with Brithuela, it went to +18 (40-58), in the 25th minute. Through the defense and Nedovic, Red Star reacted and reduced (49-59), but in the last minute the visitors answered and closed the third period at +13 (51-64).

Barcelona maintained the same pace and double-digit difference for most of the fourth period (62-75) and despite the reaction of Yannis Sfairopoulos’ team (71-79), took the victory with the final 76-85.

The quarters: 17-18, 32-45, 51-64, 76-85

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