Barça gives an almost decisive blow in the League final and makes it 2-0 against Madrid

“One more, one more!” Nikola Mirotic was infected by the madness that was lived in the Palau. He barca He took an agonizing pulse, resolved in the last seconds and with the 86-85 victory, which puts the 2-0 in his favor in the final, he struck a blow that leaves him just one step away from the title. He will have three ‘match-ball’ next in the Wizink Center in just 48 hours.

With his 25 points, mirotic He was one of the reasons for Barca’s triumph and the nearly 7,500 people who came to the Barça stadium recognized him, paying him an unexpected tribute with shouts of ‘MVP, MVP!’ in what could have been his last meeting at the Palau.

Barça knew how to stop Llull.

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it was not alone mirotic the hero of the evening The triumph was again a collective matter, with a preponderant role of Vesely, Laprovittola or Kalinic on the blaugrana side and Llull, Hezonja and Tavares in the madridistas But the Spanish-Montenegrin was providential and appeared at key moments, such as in the last action to stop the shot from lull, the white engine, who had the last ball to change the outcome.

It was a huge classic. A great match to retain in memory, in which Barcelona and Madrid they were completely emptied. In the quest to raise the intensity level of his team, Chus Mateo followed the line of Jasikevicius: He opened the rotations and distributed more minutes on his bench, aware that this could be a long final, where wear and tear also plays a role. Five minutes into the game, the two finalists had changed the starting five.

It’s time for me to do it.

bounce off @waltertavares22.
tangerine of @23Llull.

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Hezonja, very active

The role of laprovittola gave the initiative to barca for a start. But the actions of Poirier and the presence of hezonja as false ‘four’ restored balance and reactivated the Madrid which, unlike the first game, came to control the rebound with some clarity. Secondaries barely 48 hours, a good part of the white game for the hands of the French pivot and the former Barça youth squad in this second installment.

At the start of the second quarter, the Madrid team took their first lead with a basket from hezonja and continued to punish the interior defense of the barca to generate the first doubts in the team jasikevicius (23-26 m. 15). The Croatian forward assumed, for a few minutes, all the offensive prominence with a couple of inside actions and a couple of very distant triples, which found an answer through the actions of Mirotic and Jokubaitis.

He barca had to make adjustments and return to the presence of Vesely and Kalinic, to keep up and stay in the fight and, precisely, a triple from the Czech center, the second he has achieved this season, allowed the Catalans to go ahead at halftime (45-41).

The Tavares effect

Barça maintained the same attitude and concentration at the restart. But not the same success against a much more aggressive and vertical Madrid. Only mirotic was inspired by that phase. The presence of Sergio Rodriguez in the direction and its connection with Tavares allowed the white team to enjoy their best minutes in attack.

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DINAMITOLA @nicolapro7

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The pivot, in addition, exercised his intimidation in defense and swept away some actions by the Catalans and that made the script turn around and vanish, after a 2-10 away run, the advantage of nine points (57-48). that the azulgranas had hoarded with a lot of work after a triple of Jokubaitis, until leaving everything open for the last period (68-65).

Nerves and tension raised the temperature of the final several degrees. But it was the barca the one who accused him the most, with seven lost balls, some inexplicable, which allowed the Madrid take control with five points followed by lull and a mate of Yabusele (72-77, m . 37). But in those moments, the resilient character of Barça emerged. Appeared mirotic and also laprovittola to trick his team again and bring the outcome to a toss-up that, this time, smiled at the Catalans.