Laprovittola and Mirotic catapult Barça to the ‘final four’

The Barca ended the resistance of Bayern Munich and will be in the Belgrade ‘final four’. She will be the sixteenth in her entire history, with the dream of fighting, again, for the European crown. But she had to sweat blood for the Barça team to prevail against the Andreas Trincheri (81-72) against what was expected at the start of the tie and to resolve it with a dramatic 3-2 at the Palau.

The team complied with the logic Jasikeviciuswhich on May 19 will be in the first semi-final of the tournament with Madrid as a rival, in a historic duel of Spanish basketball. And to get it he had to shake off all his fears and put himself in the hands of the two Nicosan laprovittola colossal (26 points with spectacular baskets and 30 PIR) and a mirotic also outstanding (20 points) although much more deadly. Both got bigger in the second half after a first half that left bad omens, with a grown Bayern, but that ended up surrendered to the talent of the two Barça stars.

✅ 26 points
✅ 5/7 in triples

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many nerves

Arriving at the fifth meeting, a point of maximum pressure, of unleashed nerves, in which character prevails over all, the bayern showed signs of enormous strength. He was not affected by the initial good feelings that accompanied the exit to the Barca. Unlike. The German team responded with a 0-11 run in just two minutes that made it clear that they were willing to die on their feet. The team of trincheri remained faithful to the script of the four preceding games. And the BarcaInstead, he continued to pursue solutions that would bring the initiative back to him.

The first quarter, which fell on the side of the bayern, already advanced that it was going to be a night of suffering. The team of trincheri brought out comfortable baskets. Weiler-Babb and Jaramaz They acted with great confidence and always knew how to choose the best option. For Barça, on the other hand, adding it became a suffering.

When Mirotic takes the controls, the @FCBbasket it comes up ?

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Was the bayern the one who managed to settle better in the game and the one who showed a more consistent profile, even exploiting the counterattack. Meanwhile, the Barca he moved in fits and starts, in a disjointed way, with errors in comfortable shots and losses. All this left Barca’s production in attack low (only 13 points in the second period), which caused the gap to widen dangerously already at half-time (31-37).

change of script

mirotic He was the first to change the chip on the Barça side and claimed stripes. Seven points of his in the restart, with some internal actions, came to the rescue of the team. But laprovittola It did not take long for him to join the crusade and also assume the leading role. They are the two differential players in the Barça squad. The only ones that escape the systems. They were joined by some involved Abrines and Calathes.

HOW DID HE MAKE THAT?

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It was providential, especially, the Argentine base with 13 points in the fourth and several prodigious baskets (a triple with an additional included) that prompted a change of script and gave Barça the initiative for the first time, with advantages that reached ten points. points, despite the bayern he managed some unlikely baskets, against all logic (60-52, m 30).

But with both Nicos untied, the Barca he no longer let go of control, despite the determination of the veteran Othello Huntr to keep Bayern’s options alive with some baskets of character. On an unstoppable night Laprovittola and Mirotic They finished clearing up the last doubts with several attacks of pure talent that finally sparked off the party and the madness at the Palau.