Davies’ character drives Barça against Bayern

The playoffs have nothing to do with the regular season. The bayern took it upon himself to remind the Barca and also to the fans of the Palau, who had to push as hard as possible to boost the team in difficult moments. The German team competed for many minutes in a very physical match, in which the defenses prevailed, and showed that the path to Belgrade ‘final four’ He does not understand favoritism and it will be hard and steep.

The match of Brandon Davis (19 points, , 5 rebounds, PIR of 24), well supported by Mirotic and Exum (12 points each) and laprovittola (11) opened the way to victory and the first point in the tie.

“There is no time to celebrate. There is another game this Thursday that we have to prepare & rdquor ;, he said Davis, away from any euphoria. “We have to play our best basketball to win. If we don’t improve, it will be difficult. We have to keep our concentration, because, the drop in concentration in the third quarter, they took advantage of it to come back. That is the characteristic of this team & rdquor ;, added the technician Jasikevicius.

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The bayern he played very solid for many minutes and his first quarter was exemplary. He subdued the Catalan team through his defense and then showed enormous success every time he looked at the basket, especially with his triples (11 of 27), with a Lucic Very inspired. The Barca found himself blocked for many minutes by the tactic of trincheri to collapse the area.

Without interior balls, it cost the azulgranas a world to add in attack. He found them through the struggle and the heart of Brandon Davis, a titan in the fight for each ball, and the character of exum. Thanks to them, the initial partial against was not as damaging as feared (20-22) and Barça was able to regain composure.

The team did Jasikevicius through defense, closing lines, forcing losses on the German team, and also showing better criteria in attack, and the consequence was a 23-11 run in the period, with which the azulgranas turned the game around script at halftime (43-33).

Laprovittola, with eight points in that period, he was a differential factor in attack. But the whole team felt much more comfortable, starting from the control of the rebound and taking much more care of turnovers.

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The awakening of Hilliard in attack (injured in the shoulder in the final stretch and a very serious doubt for Thursday) seemed to revive the bayern on resumption. The teams of trincheri they do not usually lower their arms and in the Palau it was recorded. Barça tried to break the match with the internal actions of Davis, with some detail of miroticdespite the fact that the Barça star did not feel comfortable at any time, and also with the flashes of Exum and Jokubaitis. The advantages for the azulgranas reached, at times, 14 points (67-53, m. 33).

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But even so, the German team found the way to tighten the score again in the last period, when the Palau public was already beginning to celebrate the victory. The triples of Hunter and Lucic They were a last push by the German team (69-62) that put some uncertainty on the pulse, before Barça had enough of a cool head to close the match.