Barcelona recovered in the fourth period and escaped the “cazoo” from Villeurbanne

With several runs in the fourth quarter, Barcelona defeated Villerban 90-83 at Palau Blaugrana for the fifth matchday of the EuroLeague and reached a 4-1 record, remaining in first place and leaving the French at 2-3 and in the low places .

The match was a derby throughout the match, but the various series of the “blaugrana” in the fourth period brought them to +5, then withstanding the new counterattack of the French.

Leading the winners were Panther with 20, Vesely with 14, Parker with 12 and Abrines with 11 points. For the French, the leaders were Malendon with 21, Sacco with 17 and De Colo, Caudi with 14 points.

The match

Malenton was on fire from the start offensively and helped for Villeurbanne’s 2-9 in the surprise defense of the “Blaugrana”. Sakho was helping offensively for Pierik Poupé’s men and kept the +6 for the French. Schofield’s 3-pointer made it 8-15. Back-to-back three-pointers by the Catalans, led by Abrines, tied the score at 17-17, but De Colo’s made it 17-20 at the end of the first quarter.

Brithuela’s three-pointer made it 20-20 at the start of the second period, but Caudi’s very good selections inside the Catalan racket made it 20-26 for Villeurbanne. Back-to-back 3-pointers on either side kept it +3 to +5 for the French going forward, but Panther’s 3-pointer tied the game at 33-33. The American forward gave +1 to Barcelona, ​​but Villerban’s more options in the racket gave her the mini lead again and Saco made it 43-44 at the end of the first half.

Back-to-back 3-pointers at the start of the third quarter kept Villeurbanne up 1, but a 9-0 Barcelona run led by Abrines made it 52-47 for Juan Penaroya’s men. Willerband’s triples kept the French in the game at -1 and now the lead began to alternate with the right choices inside the two rackets. De Colo gave +3 to the Lyon team, but a 4-0 run by “Barca” brought the score to 69-69 at the end of the quarter.

With a 4-0 run at the start of the fourth period, Villerban led 73-69 and Malendon’s 3-pointer led 76-71. Barcelona responded with a 5-0 run to make it 76-76. Satoranski tied the game at 79-79 and with a 4-0 run after that and with a total of 7-0 Barcelona reached 83-79. Satoransky’s three-pointer made it 86-81 and with a 4-0 run in the last minute, the final score was 90-83.

The quarters: 17-2, 43-44, 69-69, 90-83

The statistics