Laprovittola acts as MVP at Barça and knocks out Joventut

Nico Laprovittola left a mark on Joventut, winning the MVP title in the 18-19 season, and is on track to do so in the Barca, playing the way he did this Sunday against the black-and-white in the Catalan derby of the ACB or a few days ago against Madrid. The Penya endured the passage in the Palau until the last minutes, even raised doubts to the team of Jasikevicius, entering the last minutes with options (76-71). But the Argentine point guard blew up any hint of resistance, adding 11 of his 21 total points in that final stretch, with three of his five triples, to open the door to a comfortable victory for the Barcelona fans (99-84).

“Nico is finding solutions, scoring a lot and feeling more and more comfortable in the system of this team, keep it up & rdquor ;, he praised him Jasikevicius to the conclusion. “This victory was important for us. It was a derby against a team like the Penya which is full One prepares to play hard in each game, but the whole team has been very good & rdquor ;, said the point guard.

21 points. 5/7 in triples. Nice match by Nico Laprovittola. #Endesa League pic.twitter.com/p4qwOEP8q9

— #Let’s go for Movistar Plus+ (@let’s go) January 30, 2022

The impact of laprovittola in the final stretch, with three consecutive three-pointers, he was fundamental in the 13-2 run with which the Barcelona fans put the tie to victory, after three quarters in which they had experienced an uncertain pulse, of steely defenses and exchange of blows, in which both Tomic (20 points, 8 rebounds) as do you live (17 points, 5 assists) sustained the hopes of the Penya. The black-and-green team justified their excellent level this season at the Palau, which has led them to enter the Cup as seeded team, whose pairings will be defined this Monday with the draw for the draw.

Thomas, dominant

In the party plan Carlos Duran There was the idea of ​​controlling the pace and limiting Barça’s triple to the maximum to reduce their punch. But mirotic It took just two minutes to force him to modify it and change on the fly, stringing together three triples that drew a very favorable scenario for the interests of the Barcelona fans (11-4). The inspiration of the Hispano-Montenegrin, added to the triples of Jokubaitis and Exum, and a very solvent defense, which barely left the black-and-white shots comfortable, allowed the Barca play very comfortably in the first quarter (24-13), despite the continuous rotations of Jasikevicius, who bet on the young James Naji in the starting lineup, and also for exum, forced by the last minute drop of Higgins due to a plantar fascia, and also the Turkish center sanli for your positive.

? BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

TO @Vives16 You don’t need to move from Badalona to plug it in.

? @Let’s go #Endesa League#ReadyToBreakIt pic.twitter.com/zqcp1d9qjC

– Endesa League (@ACBCOM) January 30, 2022

The reaction of the Penya came through the defense. Then it was the turn of Thomas, who returned to the Palau for the first time with an audience in the stands and was received with a standing ovation. The Croatian center scored easily under the hoops and made a difference on the rebound to leave a very open game for the second half (40-35).

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The scenario did not change much after the restart, with both teams taking a step in defense and with alternative appearances by many protagonists such as Davies, Hayes and Mirotic on the Barça side and Vives and Brodziansky in the Badalonese, who knew how to take the game to the stage that best suited them (76-71, m. 35), until the overwhelming irruption of laprovittola He turned the game upside down and sealed a victory that was too tough for the black-and-white merits.