On his return to competition after winning the Cup title, the Barça showed that it is still plugged in and in a state of spectacular form and very clearly surpassed Morabanc Andorra by 107-88 in one of the four postponed League games for the Catalans.
The Andorran team did not arrive at the Palau with the idea of accepting the role of guest at the Barça party, despite the hall that he dedicated to him as the brand-new Cup champion and after the offering to the Cup fans made by captain Oriola. Since the departure of Ibon Navarro at the end of January, the team from the Principality has recovered its best sensations with David Eudal on the bench and against the Barcelona fans the change of actitudwhich was already appreciated in their recent victories against Madrid and Joventut.
Throughout the first half, Andorra showed that they are in a great moment of play, with the leadership on the pitch of an extremely inspired Miller-McIntyre (26 points), and discussed control of the game and also of the scoreboard with Jasikevicius’ team . The two teams starred, a pounding pulsewith a spectacular exchange of baskets and a remarkable success from the triple, leaving the defense in the background.
Barca recital
Miler-McIntyre was also joined by Hannah and Jelinek from outside and a very effective Víctor Arteaga inside the zone (12 points, 5 rebounds). Lapovittola and Kuric were in charge of giving him the reply from the Barça side to leave a very high score at halftime (52-49).
That apparent balance, however, was shattered as soon as Barça raised its intensity in defense, without lowering the revolutions either in front of the Andorran ring. Turning the game into a matter of adrenaline, Davies took on a potagonist role to reign in the area. Laprovittola maintained the level of success from the start and Jasikevicius’s soldiers such as Smits, Hayes or Sergi Martínez, remained firm in battle, without lowering their physical display.
In this scenario, Morabanc Andorra began to unravel, accumulating losses and errors in the launch that already opened a considerable gap at the end of the third quarter (80-66) and they ended up assuming the surrender in the final 10 minutes turned into an exhibition of the Barcelona fans already facing the gallery.
FC Barcelona: Calathes (8), Laprovittola (17), Exum (4), Mirotic (7), Sanli (12) -initial five- Martinez (6) Smits (8), Hayes (2), Abrines (5), Davies ( 14), Kuric (17), Jokubaitis (7)
11 of 27 triples (Laprovittola, 4), 38 rebounds, 11 offensive (Martínez, 6), 21 assists (Calathes, Jokubaitis, 7)
Morabanc Andorra: Hannah (16), Miller-McIntyre (26), Jelinek (7) Morgan (7), Diagné (3) -initial five- Paulí (-), Arteaga (12), Llovet (3), Nakic (9), Crawford (), Noua (2), Colom (-)
12 of 32 triples (Miller, McIntyre, 5), 32 rebounds, 12 offensive (Diagné, Arteaga, 6), 9 assists (Hannah, 2)
partial: 28-33; 24-16, 28-17; 27-22
