He made a show of force against the Baskonia and caught top of Barcelona!
The “blaugrana” reacted after their defeat by Olympic in SEF last week, having double-digit margins in their favor for most of the match and finally celebrating the comfortable victory with 91-68!
Thus, Barcelona improved their record to 6-2 and caught Zalgiris and Bayern Munich at the top of the Euroleague table, while Baskonia dropped to 4-4.
Top for the winners are Have fun (17p, 10 rib) and Panther (15 points, 4 assists), while for Baskonia, o Forrestwho finished the game with 17 points.
The match:
The match began with Barcelona dominating both ends of the floor and Baskonia scoring just one basket in the first 5.5 minutes, allowing the home team to take an early double-digit lead. So, with their protagonists Have fun and ParkerBarcelona led by 15-2 and by 17-4, while closing the first period with 4/6 three-pointers and just one error, at the same time at +9 (26-17).
Peñaroja’s team continued to control the pace of the match, remaining at a “safe distance” from the Basques, who took a breather offensively thanks to two consecutive three-pointers from Howard and they reduced it to 30-25. In fact, the visitors got even closer to -3 (32-29) with his nail Hallbut Barcelona found rhythm again in defense and attack, going to the locker room at +11 (44-33).
Barcelona got off to a great start in the third period as well, running away with a 48-33 lead thanks to a three-pointer and a foul by Abrineswhile then action was taken by Satoranskywho with consecutive baskets made it 52-39. Baskonia cut to 57-47 on a 3-pointer by Forrest, but the “Blaugranas” immediately found an answer with Pader reaching 15 personal points, before Brithuela configure it 62-51 of the third quarter.
Baskonia continued to struggle offensively in the fourth quarter, allowing Barcelona to extend their lead for the first time to +20 (76-56), before finally celebrating a comfortable victory with 91-68!
The quarters: 26-17, 44-33, 62-51, 92-68
The match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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