The decision of Barça to incorporate a Jabari Parker This season, after two serious knee operations that cut short his NBA career, he was a complete unknown. But the evolution of the forward Chicago28 years old, with decisive performances like the one he offered this Friday in the victory against the Red Star (86-81) suggest that it could be a winning bet.
In a meeting that marked the return to the team of Laprovittola y Jokubaitis, still far from his best form, and paulí’s return to the stands, Parker It emerged decisive to tilt a match that did not fall until the last seconds for the Barça side, who will add their sixth victory and continue in the wake of Madrid at the head of the competition.
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The American’s 20 points, many in decisive moments (7 of 9 shooting from two 2 of 3 triples) were the anchor of another good performance by the team of grimace, which he was about to throw overboard with his weakness in rebounding. The 18 that he conceded under his basket fueled the hopes of the Red Starled by a great Teodosic (13 points, 9 assists) and the solvency under the hoops of Mitrovica (22 points, 6 rebounds).
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He Barça He got very little performance in the first half of some of the best minutes of the course. He managed to have a lead of up to 17 points (42-25) with Willy Hernangómez and Jabari Parker unleashed in the second quarter and with the team grimace moving the ball very well.
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But that difference came to nothing, because the Red Star He played his cards very well in a high-level match and did not lose his head despite seeing himself far behind on the scoreboard so quickly. The presence of Teodosic He gave clairvoyance to the Belgrade painting. The solvency of Mitrovica under the hoop the fight for the rebound was clearly inclined (11 offensive in the first half), which gave many second options to the visitors and Nedovic’s triples ended up completing a 5-14 partial in just four minutes that tightened the score (47-43 at halftime).
Don’t call him Parker.
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The granting of rebounds on defense continued in the Barça at the restart and prevented him from clearly dominating again, despite the fact that on several occasions he opened a gap and Jabari Parker He was almost infallible in attack. The second options available to him Red Star and the blackboard Sfairopoulosthe coach who has taken over from the dismissed Ivanovicled the match to an even finish, with the Belgrade team forcing a tie at 78 with 1.38 minutes remaining.
A basket over the time limit Parker y another of Vesely, who continues in an impressive moment, and in that final stretch he added a basket with an additional shot, leaving a last triple from Teodosicwith which he made up for a loss in the Serbians’ penultimate possession, which also helped write Red Star’s condemnation.
FC Barcelona, 86 – Red Star, 81
FC Barcelona: Satoransky (10), Abrines (1), Kalinic (7), Da Silva (4), Vesely (14) – starting five – Brizuela (-), Hernangómez (18), Laprovittola (4), Parker (20), Jokubaitis (8)
7 of 20 triples (Parker, Satoransky, 2), 27 rebounds, 4 offensive (Kalinic, Parker, 5), 21 assists (Satoransky, 5)
Red Star: Napier (2), Nedovic (11), Dadidovac (12), Mitrovic (22), Bolomboy (4) – starting five – Teodosic (13), Tobey (6), Giedraitis (9), Kuzmic (-), Dos Santos (2) -), Ilic (2)
9 of 35 triples (Nedovic, Teodosic, 3), 44 rebounds, 18 offensive (Bolomboy, 9), 23 assists (Teodosic, 9)
Partials: 21-18; 26-25; 18-19; 21-19
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