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The match was scheduled for Thursday, but Zenit agreed to Barça’s request and the match was postponed until Friday.
And the St. Petersburg team announced on Friday morning that COVID-19 had been diagnosed with basketball players Austin Hollins and Anton Pushkov and physical therapist Andrei Kozlov.
Artūras Gudaitis is still unable to help the Zenit team.
T. Masiulis was far from a quiet observer on the wing: the 45-year-old’s coach, who replaced Shara, actively led the team and did not shy away from raising his voice, pointing out or blaming the Barca stars. He did not shy away from offering his opinion to the judges as well.
In the first half, Barça had a double-digit advantage of 19: 9, but Zenit did not let the Catalans escape, they gradually reduced the distance and after two halves the Catalans led 38:35.
“No one was surprised,” T. Masiulis said after two quarters. – We started the game quite well, but we lost discipline in the second half. More discipline is needed, especially in attack. “
After the break, the Barcelona basketball players looked good, but Zenit was saved with difficult shots with the sirens of the attack time, which did not allow the guests to move away. Before the decisive quarter, Barça still had a more favorable result of 55:54.
KG Rivers, former Žalgiris player, scored 3 points before playing 3:42, with Zenit gaining a 71:68 lead after a long break.
The drama lasted until the last minute. With 23 seconds left in the game, Nick Calathes earned unsportsmanlike conduct by trying to prevent Kevin Pangos from pushing the ball out of bounds.
Zenit led 73:70, Barça allowed the rivals to attack, K. Pangos did not hit a triple, but with 8 seconds left, Will Thomas bounced the ball in attack and, after scoring a free kick, increased the difference to four points.
In the last attack, Barcelona tried to save three points, but Alex Abrines missed the mark and Zenit celebrated the victory.
“Zenit”: A. Poythress (11 p.m., 22 pp.) And B. Baron after 4 p.m., K. Pangos 15, KC Rivers 11, W. Thomas 10.
“Barcelona”: N. Mirotičius 14 (7 atk. Kam., 22 naud. Bal.), A.Abrinesas 11, N.Calathesas 9 (5 rez. Lost), V. Claveras ir B.Daviesas po 8.
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