Playing as it should for most of the match, Barcelona defeated Alba 93-77 at Palau Blaugrana for the 26th matchday of the EuroLeague and, with an 18-8 record, stabilized in second place in the standings, leaving the “Albatross” in 5 -21.
Roger Grimau’s players reached +12 at the end of the first half, but consecutive three-pointers and runs brought +31 for the “Blaugrana”, but the relaxation of the last minutes gave the Germans the opportunity to reduce to the final -16.
Leading the winners were Hernangomet with 18, Laprovitola, Yokubaitis with 13 and Veseli with 11 points. For the Germans, Spagnolo stood out with 14 and Sneijder with 11 points.
The match
Alba’s 3-pointers brought her to +4 at the start of the match against the “hot” Sneijder, but a 5-0 run by “Barca” brought her to 9-8. Kalinic’s three-pointers brought +3 and +4 for the “blaugrana”. The Albatross went on a 5-0 run of their own to reach +1, with Hermansson now taking the offensive initiative for Pedro Gondaleth’s side. A 6-0 run by “Barca” made it 26-20 with many options in the racket, Ernagometh brought +7 and Parker ended the first period at 31-26.
Alba took full advantage of the Catalans’ excessive miss at the start of the second period and, with an 8-0 run, with many options inside the opponent’s racket, reached 31-34. The regionals of Barcelona went on a 9-0 run and the “Blaugrana” led 40-34. Another run from 6.75 and Vesely brought the 11-0 run for 51-36, with Spaniolo ending the half at 51-39. Barcelona had 16/25 two-pointers, 5/11 three-pointers, 4/4 shots and 19 rebounds and Alba had 11/22 two-pointers, 5/6 shots and 11 rebounds.
With their regionals going on a 9-0 run to start the third period, Barcelona led 60-39. Laprovitola brought +20 and personal 7-0 Hernangometh 10-0 run and 73-45 for Roger Grimmow’s players, with Pauley making it 78-47 to end the quarter at 80-51.
Yokubaitis led 84-53 at the start of the fourth period and Koumatze’s 3-pointer cut it to 84-58, with both coaches bringing their substitutes to the floor. Yukubaitis also made it 89-63, but the defense of the Catalans relaxed and accepted a 12-0 run with consecutive three-pointers by the Germans for 89-75. Once again Yokubaitis “unstuck” Barcelona for 91-77 and Oriol made the final 93-77.
The quarters: 31-26, 51-39, 80-51, 93-77
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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