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Šarūnas Jasikevičius and Darius Maskoliūnas Barcelona boss (1-1) Tomas Masiulis, who replaced him, could not make his debut for the Catalan club.
Man of the match
Masiulis is led by Barcelona’s guests after a tenacious fight 70:74 (19:16, 19:19, 17:19, 15:20) the basketball players of Zenit Saint Petersburg landed (2-0) and suffered their first failure in the new Euroleague season.
Throughout the match, the duel took place point by point, so the winner decided in the last minutes of the match.
Before the last minute of the duel, Nikola Mirotičius scored points under the basket and reduced Barça’s deficit to a minimum of 70:71. After this episode, both teams defended themselves from the attacks of the opponents and the result of the decisive minute of the match remained unchanged.
Half a minute later, Nick Calathes fired an inaccurate 3-pointer and Zenit rebounded off defense, leaving the guests with nothing but deliberate foul tactics. However, Calathes made a spectacular stop.
Kevin Pangos, who came to the free throw line, scored both penalties and increased Zenit’s lead to 3 points (73:70).
With 8.8 seconds to go, Pangos’ 3-pointer flew past, but in a fight for a rebound, Brandon Davies fouled Will Thomas, who sent him to the penalty throw line. The striker hit the second penalty and increased the hosts’ lead to 4 points (74:70).
After this episode, Masiulis took advantage of the last break of his minute, but his pupils did not prepare a productive attack and had to endure the defeat.
Zenit announced Friday morning that a coronavirus had been detected in two of the team’s basketball players, Anton Pushkov and Austin Hollins. However, center forward Artūras Gudaitis was also not registered for the match. It is not reported why the Lithuanian did not play.
Alex Poythres, who was the most useful player of the winners, scored 16 points (7/12 dvit., 2/2 penalties) in 28 minutes, bounced 11 and took 1 ball, blocked 2 shots, made a mistake and scored 22 utility points.
Mirotičius was Barça’s best, scoring 14 points (6/6 doubles, 0/6 trit., 2/2 penalties), grabbed 7 and seized 2 balls, made 4 assists and finished the game with 22 utility points .
With a limited rotation, Xavi Pascualis even gave four basketball players more than 30 minutes of play. Willas Thomas played 37 minutes, KC Riversas 35 and Billy Baronas and Kevin Pangos 32.
Zenit: Alex Poythress (7/12 game, 11 rebounds, 22 points of use) and Billy Baron (2/4 trip) 16 each, Kevin Pangos 15 (3/5 duet, 2/9 trip), KC Riversas 11 (3/4 trit.), Willas Thomas 10.
„Barcelona“: Nikola Mirotičius 14 (6/6 dvit., 0/6 trit., 7 atk. Kam., 22 naud. Bal.), Alexas Abrinesas 11 (3/5 trit.), Brandonas Daviesas (2/8 dvit.) go Victoras Claveras po 8.
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