The first quarter was purely blaugrana, in offensive rebounding and recovered balls
At the moment, Barça is a better team than Madrid
Barça played much better than Madrid. The first quarter was clearly blaugrana, in offensive rebounding and recovered balls, and the two teams were out of control in attack. Only a few gifts, 3, in basket plus additional situations allowed the Whites to stay on the scoreboard. A duel that was played to the rhythm of Saras’s men. The blaugrana attacked Tavares time after time, seeking to get him out of the paint, and they achieved their goal.
The initiative was at all times from Barça. A Madrid in tow was seen and desired to stay afloat. In fact, White’s advantages on the scoreboard were due to individual, almost never collective, actions by their players. The second period was the one that best dominated Madrid. Due in large part to the fact that Barça’s percentages of three, in free shots, were low. But after the break, little by little, the blaugrana superiority became more and more palpable.
huge superiority
In the final stretch of the third quarter, a rush from Barça, 0-9, began to mark the outcome of the game. In addition, the locals accumulated a 2 of 12 of two, and 3 of 8 from the free kick in these 10 ‘. The definitive period was a one-on-one between Higgins and Laprovittola. A crazy tandem that dismantled any attempt by Madrid to turn the score around. His 1v1 and 2v2 were very aggressive, without any fear, looking for points near the basket. A show.
The most complete Barça
At the moment, Barça is a better team than Madrid. The whites have huge problems getting pieces like Musa and Hezonja to be consistent behind. A deficit that they sometimes balance by scoring a lot of points but, if they find a team like Barca that defends them well, and also grabs 16 offensive rebounds and makes them lose 11 possessions, they end up having a lot of problems.
Neither is Madrid fine in the base position. A few brushstrokes by Llull, Sergio Rodríguez is not sharp, and an inconsistent Williams-Goss are not enough, for the moment. Against Barça, the local team remained in the Tavares-Yabusele-Poirier triangle, as Deck was very well defended by Kalinic. At Barça everything was more distributed.
In addition to the omnipresent Higgins and Laprovittola, players emerged like a huge Da Silva, 7 points and 9 rebounds, the all-rounders Vesely-Kalinic, some important triples from Sanli, and a Mirotic who, although he only played 17′, scored 12 points and grabbed 3 rebounds. Saras was faithful to his ideas and opted for an unusual player, Da Silva who was doing very well, ruling out Mirotic in the decisive stretch of the game. A victory not transcendent, but important and motivating.