Barça will host Bàsquet Girona this Sunday (5pm, Movistar+ Deportes) on matchday seven of the Endesa League. The game will see the return of Marc Gasol and Pierre Oriola to the Palau Blaugrana and will also be the first match between the two teams in the top flight, in the team’s debut season from Girona.
The rival
Girona arrives at Sunday’s derby after getting two consecutive victories, to accumulate a balance of two wins and four losses in the first stages of the Endesa League. The most outstanding men so far for Aíto García Reneses have been Marc Gasol (14.8 points per game), Kameron Taylor (13.8 points per game) and Dusan Miletic (9 points per game).
We must take into account other names such as Quino Colom, Pato Garino or Pierre Oriola, who will experience his debut as a Bàsquet Girona player on his return to the Palau Blaugrana.
The Barca
For its part, Barça comes into the game after beating Fenerbahce in the Euroleague (81-80) to consolidate the team’s great moment of form, leader in the Endesa League with five wins and only one loss.
The azulgrana team maintains the losses of Nikola Mirotic and Sergi Martínez.
El partido 100 de Rokas Jokubaitis
Sunday’s duel will also be special for Rokas Jokubaitis. And it is that the Lithuanian point guard will reach the goal of 100 games with the Barça shirt: 46 appearances in the ACB, 43 in the Euroleague, 3 in the Copa del Rey, 4 in the Endesa Super Cup and 4 in the Catalan League.
