OR Barcelona that her fans are waiting for finally appeared in the third matchday of the Euroleague! His team Juan Peñaroya broke up with a score 84-71 the Monaco in “Palau Blaugrana” and forced it to its first defeat in the competition, while rising to 2-1.
From the first period, the home team showed that this match it wouldn’t be the derby which most people expected. The Catalan club “rolled” for the first time aggressively and capped off an excellent first period taking a 26-18 lead.
OR Barcelona comfortably maintained its lead until the end of the half, while in the second half it just kept raising the differencewithout being threatened at all until the final, against a Monaco who had a very bad night offensively.
The leader of the match was Kevin Panderwho had his best game of the year with 21 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Up close with 16 points and 4 rebounds o Jabari Parkerwhile 13 points were scored by Nikos Laprovitola and 10 o Jan Vesely.
On the Monaco side, Eli Okobo tried with 13 points and 7 assists, while Alpha Diallo had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Bad night for him Mike Jameswho had 11 points, but with 2/9 from the field. It didn’t help George Papagiannis (4p., 5p., 2/6 shots), the injured player was left out Nick Calathes.
In the other match of the “devil’s week”, Barcelona will be hosted by Red Star (18/10) and Monaco will host the Virtus Bologna (18/10).
The quarters: 26-18, 47-39, 71-54, 86-71
Detailed match statistics here
Source: Sport Fm
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