Barça sweep Madrid in the final

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He barca He found redemption to the season where he could least expect it, in the Wizink Center, and changed the perception of a year that threatened ruin with a League title, the twentieth in history, which tastes like glory. The award does justice to a team that has gone from less to more to look at itself with pride in the mirror, after the setback of defeat in the Euroleague. closed the team jasikevicius the final against Madrid with an indisputable victory (82-93), not only for sealing it in enemy territory, but for closing the series with a resounding 3-0 in a splendid exercise of authority.

All eyes were on mirotic, after his two great performances at home. It was his last meeting as a Barça player, in an open wound at the Palau that will not be easy to heal. And the Montenegrin was at such a good level that he was chosen as the MVP of the final. But Jan Veseley he was in charge of stealing the limelight on the last day unexpectedly. The Czech center emerged unstoppable in the last quarter and was the determining factor of the barca who showed a tremendous punch and completed a superb collective performance.

In a hot final, with a part of Real Madrid on fire for the refereeing, the barca He had the virtue of isolating himself so as not to stray from the script. The approach of jasikevicius slightly surprised Matthewalthough it was the white team that managed to set the pace in a first quarter of maximum balance (21-20, m. 10), applying themselves very aggressively in the fight for the ball. hanga He was the one who was in charge of marking the line for the madridistas with his verticality towards the hoop and, above all, with his marking on laprovittolawhich was not able to generate much play nor did it have the expected success.

He barcayes, he found balance both in the interior actions and in the shot, with a lot of initial prominence from mirotic and generated some doubts with a zone defense. The entry into the court Da Silva and Nnaji he increased the rebound performance of the azulgranas who for a few minutes went on to mark the pace of the final (25-31, m. 14).

white reaction

But that feeling of superiority that seemed to settle in the wizinkjumped to pieces with the rotations of Chus Mateo. The entry of an inspired causeur, a player who always responds in adverse circumstances, energized the white attack. His were six consecutive points to restore balance. and the entrance of Sergio Llull just pushed the Madrid, that completely changed the dynamics of the two teams. Barça entered a phase of doubts and the team Chus Mateo He grew in confidence, to the point that he built a favorable 14-5 run in the second quarter that gave him the lead at halftime (41-38).

The team made a strong comeback jasikevicius after the break, with a 0-6 run, which returned the initiative (41-44) and was sustained with two consecutive three-pointers from laprovittola and mirotic, within a line of much success in the launch. But Madrid found the antidote to the inspiration of the Catalans with an overwhelming command of the area, which got them hooked on the fight again. Mateo decided to involve Tavares and Yabusele and the two greats of Madrid they became hegemonic in the paint: scoring and grabbing any lost rebound, without the Barcelona defense managing to disconnect it. Much of the credit went to Sergio Rodriguez he began generating for his centers, including Poirier, and that closed the quarter with a tight 66-67 after a triple by Kalinic.

In this decisive phase, the barca confirmed his determination and his character in a final exemplary partial and with a Vesely unstoppable, who led the charge for the blaugranas and sowed despair in the madridistas. Chus Mateo’s team was accelerating as the minutes passed and the Catalan team, grown in confidence, took ownership of each action to seal a victory that allowed them to celebrate on the Wizink parquet and add the second League of the era jasikevicius and also for Mirotic, in his last game if there is not a radical turn.

Real Madrid, 82 – FC Barcelona, ​​93

Real Madrid: Williams-Goss (4), Hanga (4), Musa (9), Yabusele (10), Tavares (19) –starting five- Rudy (0), Causeur (11), Hezonja (7), Rodríguez (3), Poirier (7) and Llull (8).

5 of 21 triples (Causeur, 2)26 rebounds, 8 offensive (Tavares, 10)18 assists (Rodriguez, 7).

FC Barcelona: Satoransky (8), Laprovittola (12), Abrines (2), Mirotic (14), Vesely (19) –starting five- Sanli (6), Da Silva (4), Kalinic (10), Jokubaitis (13), Kuric (3) and Nnaji (2).

11 of 22 triples (Mirotic, 3), 27 rebounds, 6 offensive (Mirotic, 5), 22 assists (Laprovittola, 6).

Partial: 21-20; 20-18; 25-29; 16-26.

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