He zalgiris He went out to the Palau very focused. He raised starting a very small five, ulanovas and smiths inside, and it turned out well. A very aggressive and tough game, long attacks with good 1v1, and, this time, with good shooting percentages. He made two triples in the first quarter, the same as in the entire first game. The blaugrana did not know how to capture his obvious physical superiority on the court.
Nothing to do with the failing and imprecise set of the first game of the series. Only with fouls could they, in part, stop Zalgiris’s counterattacks, but, in general, the Lithuanians were more intense and with the clearest ideas. He began to highlight an immense Veselyalthough he replied brazdeikis, which became a nightmare for the Blaugrana defense. The second period did not improve the panorama for the culés. Saras had to lower cm, placed a kalinic of four, and the Serbian scored a couple of important triples, but it was, again, Vesely in the continuations of the 2×2 who was doing damage to the defense of Zalgiris. appeared birutis and ulanovasaccompanying the always effective brazdeikisand the Lithuanians went to the break adding 44 points, and giving the feeling that they would fight until the end.
UNTIL THE END
The Palau was not clear until the final stretch of the game. Zalgiris had a very serious third quarter and only individuals such as Mirotic, Kuric or Laprovittola from the line of three kept the score level. Lots of contacts from the Zalgiris defense and, as always, stellar appearances from Brazdeikis to keep his team afloat. The final period was very even until the last minutes.
Zalguris once again opted for a small team and Vesely took advantage of it. But, the Lithuanians responded with 5 straight points from Smits. However, the resistance of the Zalgiris had a limit. Mirotic began to play near the basket to score or double his teammates, Satoransky or Jokubaitis, and the Lithuanian team had no response capacity. Between Vesely and Mirotic they got 48 of Barça’s 89 points. The blaugrana are scoring an average of 90 points in this series, with excellent percentages. Now, the goal of the Final Four is much closer. The team has shown that they know how to suffer against a Zalgiris that in this second game made things very difficult for them. He has to close the series as soon as possible.