With a Laprovittola on a roll (16), Jasikevicius was able to ration all his players in the comfortable victory against Río Breogán (82-54)
The dominance in the rebound (48) and the offensive contribution of the 12 Barça players, allowed them to feast against the Galician team that ended up delivered
Barça completes its set-up for the Copto with a clear victory against Río Breogán (82-54), which will start on Thursday against Unicaja. Jasikevicius’ men played a very solid game in defense and rebounding (48) and that points to a Barça in top form for the cup tournament
DATA SHEET
Endesa League
FCB
BREO
LINEUPS
Barcelona, 82
(20+15+23+24): Satoransky (5), Laprovittola (16), Kalinic (3), Mirotic (12) and Vesely (7)-starting five-, Sergi Martínez (5), Sanli (5), Abrines (5), Higgins (4), Tobey (7), Jokubaitis (8), Nnaji (5).
Breogan River, 54
(12+12+13+17): Nakic (10), Happ (5), Hollatz (6), Nenadic (2), Mornirov (2)- starting five-, Garcia (5), Lukovic (8), Quintela (0), Brajkovic (8), Arteaga (8).
Referees:
Benjamin Jimenez, Sergio Manuel, Ruben Sanchez Mohedas. Eliminated for fouls Lukovic.
Incidents:
Match corresponding to day 20 of the Endesa League, played at the Palau in front of 5,187 spectators. A minute of silence was observed in memory of the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
In the last test before the Cup, Barça started the duel against Río with a first slogan, to defend aggressivelya, without giving air to the Galician team, who had a hard time getting into the game, with an overwhelming Barça.
Saras’ men soon made the difference (10-0) with an initial three-pointer from Laprovittola and Mirotic, against a Río team that was unable to score in the first five minutes. Although in just one, they scored a 0-6 run that led Saras to call his team to order (10-6).
They press in defense
After that first local mistake, Barça pressed the accelerator again with two more triples from Laprovittola – the best of the first quarter, with 11-, which allowed Barça to go 10 again, with the contribution of Jokubaitis, Sanli and Sergi Martínez, who reappeared at the Palau after four months off. A first quarter dominated by Barça with a timid Río Breogán (20-12).
With the entry of Higgins and Tobey, Río came close to three after two actions by Lukovic (20-17), but the defense started again, and with two shots from Abrines, the maximum came soon after (30-19). Despite the lack of success in the triple (0 of 7), the offensive rebound worked and gave Barça second options.
Barça offers its best defense against Río
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With a good end of the fourth, the income reached 14 (35-21) pBut a triple by Sergi García on the buzzer left the game on track but not decided for the Blaugrana (35-34).
They sentence after the break
Barça became more serious in defense and aggressive in the offensive reboundand with that attitude it was enough to break the bottom of a Río who was trying, but was not successful in the shot, and surpassed in the rebound in his area.
And with Laprovittola launched again, Barça broke the game. A triple from Mirotic gave Barça a +17 (48-31) and another triple from Satoransky and two more baskets from the point guard from Morón they left the game resolved at the end of the third quarter (58-37).
The final 10 minutes, Saras’ men did not slow down, giving many minutes to unusual players like Tobey, Jokubaitis who returned to vindicate himself with another good game and Nnaji completed the score for the 12 Blaugrana players. The sensations seem the best for the Cup, without a doubt the best news for the Barça team for the KO tournament.