The success of Nico Laprovittola (20 points) and Nikola Mirotic (16 points) allowed the Catalans to enjoy a comfortable victory (84-71)
One Villeurbanne very lukewarm in defensive tasks and the success of Nico Laprovittola (20 points, 16 rating) and Nikola Mirotic (16 points, PIR of 20) allowed Bara to find themselves comfortably with victory in the Euroleague (84-71). The French, in addition, would also suffer greatly from the final downturn of a Elie Okobo that, despite scoring 17 points, sank in the final part of the game. Quite the opposite of a Youssoupha Fall that, at least, he was able to take advantage of his centimeters to get more than remarkable statistics at an individual level (20 points, 30 valuation).
Bara signed, once again, a very inspired first quarter in attack. Mirotic, Laprovittola, with two of three in triples, and an effervescent Rokas Jokubaitis, above all, they were in charge of severely punishing a Villeurbanne who had a hard time entering the game. The French, in the end, managed to poke their noses out a bit thanks, above all, to the accuracy and centimeters of Youssoupha Fall and the punctual contributions of James Gist. And also, of course, to some mistake in the defense of a Barça team that, with Sertac Sanli low due to covid, I went out on the track with the young man James Nnaji like five in his starting five.
The Barcelona fans, perhaps, took their foot off the accelerator a bit in a second quarter in which Elie Okobo finally gave his first serious signs of life for the French. All in all, Mirotic’s reliability and the fact that he went a step further in defensive tasks allowed the Catalans not only to win a maximum difference of 17 points (36-19), but also to win another partial victory that would end up leading to them going into the break with an apparently comfortable 45-30 in the bright Palau Blaugrana.
After the break, Villeurbanne’s lack of intensity in defense allowed Bara to reach a maximum difference of 23 points (68-45) thanks to Laprovittola’s offensive rush and such desperate actions to TJ Parker, coach of the French team, like the triple in which Mirotic almost had time to ask for a coffee before shooting the basket. At times, the Catalans were infected by Villeurbanne’s defensive laziness. And that, together with the successes of an Okobo who would go from more to less and end the game under minimum and the almost solo incursions of some of his teammates caused the last period to be reached with an even more comfortable 68-50 for the Barcelona fans.
In the first moments of the last period, the azulgrana stretched their advantage to 25 points (84-59) in a quarter that was already absolutely inconsequential. Fall, Antetokounmpo y Knight They took advantage of this circumstance so that their team won the last set 16-21 and thus made up the score until 84-71 in a duel in which the Barça victory was never questioned.
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