Five postponed games will be played between Tuesday and Friday
BARCELONA, 28 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Barça is seeking this Tuesday at the Palacio de los Deportes de Murcia (8:30 p.m.) to consolidate its leadership in the Endesa League against UCAM Murcia, after stumbling against Joventut and ending a streak of six consecutive victories, seeking to distance itself from Real Madrid, second classified with the same number of victories (19), in a postponed match corresponding to matchday 22 of the championship.
Sarunas Jasikevicius’ men confirmed first place in the Euroleague after the win against Fenerbahce (88-67) at the Palau Blaugrana, although they failed against ‘Penya’ (83-72) in one of the most traditional derbies. Among the casualties of the culé team stands out that of Brandon Davies, who will miss all three games this week due to post-traumatic arthritis and who joins Rokas Jokubaitis, Sertac Sanli, Corey Higgins and Pierre Oriola in the infirmary.
In the case of UCAM, Murcia will receive the Barça team after a demanding month with seven games, two of them postponed from February due to positive cases of Covid-19. Despite the frenetic defeat against Valencia Basket by one point (71-72) last Sunday, Sito Also’s team occupies eighth position, the last one to access the ‘Playoff’, so they seek to shield their place in the table , for which he will need to scratch at the same level as in the semifinals of the Copa del Rey where he made things difficult for the Blaugrana.
The university team will have little time to recover before receiving a tough rival. Faced with this situation, Sito Alonso explained that they will have to react “with little time” to prepare for the match. “We have to stay with the mentality we had against Valencia to make things difficult for Barça,” he said in the run-up to the match.
To do so, they must beat a Barça team that, despite their defeat at the Badalona Olympics, is being devastating away from home, since so far they have been able to win 10 of their 12 games played away from the Palau.
FIVE MATCHES POSTPONED
The Endesa League decided to play the five postponed games in the last week of March, so teams like Lenovo Tenerife will play two days during the week. Thus, they will face this Tuesday against Real Betis (9:00 p.m.) and on Friday they will host Valencioa Basket (6:30 p.m.), two duels where they hope to leave behind the defeat in the derby and consolidate themselves among the top eight.
Meanwhile, Unicaja will play this Wednesday the postponed matchday 20 match against Surne Bilbao in a key duel for both aspirations to play the ‘playoffs’, and Hereda San Pablo Burgos will play against Gran Canaria on Thursday. The team from Las Palmas, who emerged victorious in their last match against Lenovo Tenerife (89-77), will try to extend their winning streak and hunt down a UCAM Murcia team that currently has the last place to access the postseason.
–SCHEDULE OF THE POSTPONED MATCHES OF LALIGA ENDESA.
-Tuesday 29.
UCAM MURCIA – BARÇA 20.30.
LENOVO TENERIFE – COOSUR REAL BETIS 21.00.
-Wednesday 30.
UNICAJA – SURNE BILBAO 20.30.
-Thursday 31.
HEREDA SAN PABLO BURGOS – GRAN CANARIA 20.30.
-Friday 1.
