He Barça has fallen into Palau Blaugrana in front of Río Breogán (85-88). In the last quarter, the Galicians reversed a great offensive tendency of the Blaugranas during the second and third. Dario Brizuela y Willy Hernangomez They have been the most successful for the culé team, which is already preparing for the clash against Fenerbahce on Wednesday.
Breogán strikes first
The Blaugranas started this early day with a basket from Brizuela, when they were not even half a minute into the game. Joel Parra made it 5-0 with a triple 20 seconds later. The efforts of Da Silva and Willy Hernangómez to expand the distance have come to nothing with the offensive capacity of Breogán, who finished the first quarter with 6/9 in triples and with Juan Fernández who has added eight points to his personal score. . All of this has led to a partial -10 for the culés which has forced Grimau to call the first time-out of the match. With 20-26 on the scoreboard with just over a second on the clock, Brizuela acted as the leader with a triple at the buzzer to end the first ten minutes 23-26.
The second quarter continued with the light blues’ push away from home, with Sergi García and Ben McLemore plugged into the attack. The point guard from Palma has competed with his Barça compatriot, Alex Abrines, to be the top scorer of the period. The Barça captain has been the leader of the home team’s comeback with nine points in these 10 minutes.
Change of trend
The blaugranas, little by little, have regained control of the match and a basket by Jokubaitis at 07:46 has turned the score around in favor of the Barcelonans. The lights alternated in the following minutes, but with the locals with a better mentality on the court. Again, at the end of the fourth, Brizuela dressed as a magician again and amazed the Palau with an alley-oop that Willy Hernangómez finished a second before the end of the first half. 47-46 in favor of Barça who have claimed their dominance at home.
Throughout the third quarter, the Catalans remained ahead of the scoreboard. Río Breogán has tried to overcome it, but the Blaugranas have prevented it at all times. In a very collaborative game by all the players, Barça finished the penultimate period 72-67.
Reaction and victory of the visitors
The last quarter did not have the best of starts. The Galicians managed to tie the match and even take the lead again with a triple from McLemore at 03:17. The American point guard, along with Sergi García, have been the great catalysts for Lugo’s team. An assist and triple by Brizuela tied the game at 85-85, but a 2+1 by McLemore made the final score 85-88. Two recoveries in the last 30 seconds by the Galicians have prevented a possible culé victory.
DATASHEET
Barça, 85.
Río Breogán, 88.
Barça: Ricky Rubio (5), Dario Brizuela (13), Joel Parra (3), Willy Hernangómez (20), Oscar Da Silva (11) -starting five- Oriol Paulí (2), Nikola Kalinic (-), Nicolás Laprovittola (- ), Alex Abrines (9), Jabari Parker (13), James Nnaji (0), Rokas Jokubaitis (9).
Breogán River: Sergi García (23), Ben McLemore (18), Stefan Momirov (6), Toni Nakic (11), Jordan Sakho (8) -starting five- Matas Jogela (6), Anthony Polite (1), Juan Fernández (13) , Sergi Quintela (2), Erik Quintela (0), Matej Rudan (-).
Partials: 23-26 / 24-20 (47-46) / rest / 25-21 (72-67) / 13-21 (85-88).
Referees: John Carlos Garcia, John of God Oyon and William Rios.