20/01/2022 17:50 THIS
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hello, good afternoon and welcome to the Euroleague. The Barça faces from 5:00 p.m., a very tough commitment in Russia, hence the unusual hour, before the Unics Boiler. The Russian team happens to be one of the most in-form teams in the current EuroLeague with four wins in the last five games.
Precisely that defeat came almost a month ago at the Palau in one of the most exciting clashes so far in the Regular League. After trailing by 20, Barça managed to come back to win in extra time, 111-109, with public provocation included by Isaiah Canaan. The American is one of the weapons of this Unics along with players like Lorenzo Brown , John Brown and the ex azulgrana Mario Hezonja.
Barça attends this match after the break that caused the suspension of the Endesa League match against Valencia: “It was good for us because we were all able to train together”, he said Jasikevicius, and the forced reduction of Niko Mirotic, still quarantined by covid. That yes, today in Kazán will have minutes Nick Calathes After more than two months off due to a fibula fracture and with the coronavirus in between: “Calathes will play a few minutes today in Russia,” confirmed his coach.
Unics has become one of the candidate teams for the Playoffs after a radical change. The defeat against Asvel was a turning point. It was on November 4 and then they had a balance of 3-5, since then, 8-2 until they were seventh in the standings.
If history is anything to go by, Barça is the clear favorite for this game, since in the eight times the two teams have met since 2011, all of them have seen Barça win 8-0. Jasikevicius’s go to Kazan to protect their leadership. At 5:00 p.m. we start.
