Š.Jasikevičius students turn off one of the hottest teams in the Euroleague with a fierce defense



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He was victorious in the battle of the brilliant Euroleague teams. Šarūnas Jasikevičius trained at Barcelona Barcelona (8/22), departure 72:56 (15:12, 23:17, 17:15, 17:12) defeated club AX Armani (11/19) in Milan.

In the first half, Barcelona, ​​led by defense and good sections by Pierre Oriola and Brandon Davies, broke 13: 6. In the first attack of the second half, the result was equaled by Jeremy Evans, who flew from the distance – 15:15.

Barcelona took the lead at the end of the second half, and in the third the difference finally reached double digits (45:35). Barcelona, ​​who had just taken five free throws in three halves, went ahead to 55:44.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Catalans simply dominated and after Leo Westermann’s three-point break, they broke with a crushing difference – 63:44. The team coached by Ettore Messina has not returned the intrigue.

The Milan team is the third most productive team in the Euroleague (average of 81.7 points per game) and looked worse so far, adding 69 points to the basket of Kaunas “Žalgiris” and Vilerbanas ASVEL. This time, the hosts just tragically shot 3-pointers (2/15, 13 percent accurate), scoring just 9 assists and 47 utility points.

The leader of the rivals was locked in the area again on the schemes of Š.Jasikevičius. Kevin Punter scored 7 points in 23 minutes (1/5 of two points, 0/3 of three points, 5/5 free throws), bounced 2 and took over the ball, made 4 errors, committed a foul and scored 3 points useful. .

The unique performance was featured by Nick Calathes, who ran out of points in 27 minutes (0/5 of two points, 0/1 of three points) but remained useful with 6 rebounds, 11 assists and 10 utility points.

Barcelona and the first battle between them won for sure (87:71), so with four rounds before the end of the regular season, the “designer” could only advance after losing all the remaining matches, which does not seem likely. .

Š.Jasikevičius students took the fourth victory in a row and further established themselves in first place in the tournament table. AX Armani, meanwhile, have only stumbled twice in the last twelve games, sharing 2-5 places with CSKA Moscow (19/10), Anadolu Efes in Istanbul (19/11) and Bayern Munich (11/19).

„AX Armani“: Shavon Shields 10 (3/7 of two points, 0/3 of three points), Jeremy Evans 9, Zach LeDay and Riccardo Moraschini 8 each, Kevin Punter 7 (1/5 of two points, 0/3 of three points) .

“Barcelona”: Nikola Mirotichi 15 (5 sec.), Adam Hanga 11 (4/4 two points), Brandon Davies 8 (4/9 two points, 4 errors), Victor Claver 7, …, Nick Calathes 0 (0/5 two points, 6 res., 11 res.).

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