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The Basques started the duel better, but could not break, and in the second half, Barcelona shifted to a higher gear and escaped by nine points.
Still, the Basques showed character and managed to catch up with the favorites in the middle of the third quarter and even took the initiative. Before the decisive section, the scoreboard showed a tie – 51:51.
In the middle of the quarter, Barça was left without the leader Nikola Mirotičius, who received the fifth foul.
With three minutes left, Achille Polonara hit a triple and led the Basques forward (67:64). Pierre Oriola scored only a penalty, but the Catalans managed to defend themselves and had another chance. There are 10 seconds left the same P. Orriola joined the penalty line and did not make any mistake this time (67:67).
The last Basque attack seemed to be significantly stuck, but 3 seconds. Luca Vildoza scored successfully under the basket and Catholics found themselves in the abyss. Barça’s last long shot failed.
Lithuanian L. Sedekerskis did not compete in the final.
This was Baskonia’s fourth Spanish champion trophy. Before that, the Basques won the championship in 2002, 2008 and 2010.
It is interesting that in the four seasons that ended in triumph, the Basques were led by Duško Ivanovičius.
The last time the Barcelona team became the Spanish champion was in 2014, and since then it fell five times in the final.
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Barcelona: Thomas Heurtel 21 (ed. 5), Cory Higgins 14, Kyle Kuric and Nikola Mirotichi 8 each.
Basque Country: Luca Vildoza 17, Tornikė Šengelija 14, Ilimane Diopas 10 (Rev.7), Shavonas Shields 9, Matt Janning 8.
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