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St. Petersburg Zenit (2-0) in front of their spectators 74:70 (16:19, 19:19, 19:17, 20:15) broke the Barcelona basketball players (1-1).
Tomas Masiulis, who made his managerial debut, led Barcai for the first time in this tremendously tenacious match.
Barça, a former substitute strategist for Žalgiris, took over after Šarūnas Jasikevičius and his main assistant, Darius Maskoliūnas, fell ill with coronavirus.
In the opening minutes, the Barcelona guests went ahead 10: 2 thanks to long shots, but the Russian team soon woke up and reached at 16:19 at the end of the first half.
After the break, Barcelona tried to break free again (54:47), but Alex Poythresso’s shots reduced Zenit’s deficit to a minimum of 54:55.
Midway through the fourth quarter, Barcelona were ahead 68:63, but KC Rivers scored two important 3-pointers and their hosts topped the score 71:68 with an 8-0 run.
Nikola Mirotičius reduced the deficit to a minimum (70:71), but soon lost the score by a possible triple, and Nick Calathes attacked imprecisely from a distance of 26 seconds of play.
In addition, N. Calathes himself frustratedly scored a non-sports foul by stopping K. Pangos, and the Canadian (73:70), who made the free throws, brought Zenit closer to victory.
Nikola Mirotičius
T. Masiulis’s pupils defended without fail during the opponents ‘decisive attack, but were unable to recover the ball after an indecent shot, and the hosts’ victory was guaranteed with a spot-on shot from Will Thomas.
The winners were led by snipers who had previously competed in Lithuania. Billy Baron scored 16 points (2/4 trit.), K. Pangos 15 (2/9 trit.) And KC Rivers 11 (3/4 trit.).
Austin Hollins and Anton Pushkov, infected with the coronavirus, were unable to help the St. Petersburg club. The Lithuanian Artūras Gudaitis was also not registered.
„Zenit“: Billy Baron and Alex Poythress (11pm) after 4pm, Kevin Pangos 15, KC Rivers 11, Will Thomas 10.
“Barcelona”: Nikola Mirotičius 14 (7 atk. Kam.), Alexas Abrinesas 11, Brandonas Daviesas ir Victoras Claveras po 8, Rolandas Smitas 7.
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