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The Russian team beat the famous Catalan defense in the middle of the game, scoring up to 48 points in two quarters.
K. Pangos played unstoppable, accumulating 14 points and 6 assists on his account before the break.
19 min S. Jasikevičius’s students were 17 points behind (29:46), but during the break the forces were reorganized, K. Pangos was neutralized and Barcelona began to approach in an instant.
27 min The hosts were already breathing down their opponents’ backs (51:53), but this streak was offset by two 3-pointers from KC Rivers.
Although in the last trimester more than 5 min. Zenit managed to keep their opponents at an indelible distance from a shot, and finally a nervous war broke out in the Blaugrana arena.
38 min. Barcelona finally regained their balance on the scoreboard, then exchanged triples between K. Pangos and Brandon Davies.
The latter scored 6 straight points, but KC Rivers was angry from afar, K. Pangos got closer to the basket – 10 seconds left. Zenit led again until the final siren (76:74).
Barça’s last attack after Š. Jasikevičius’s minutes ended with an inadequate shot by Cory Higgins from distance.
.@Pangos against his old side to WIN it by @zenitbasket 🔥
Playoff Basketball, nothing compares to it! # 7DAYSMagicMoment pic.twitter.com/sDPMFJzrpB
– Turkish Airlines EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) April 21, 2021
Artūras Gudaitis played among the guests for 9 minutes. and scored 5 points (2/3 colonies, 1/2 penalties) and bounced and took 1 ball each.
In the fourth quarter, after a long break, he stepped onto the parquet again, the Lithuanian grabbing his ankle as he struggled under the basket and limping out of the square with a distorted face. He did not return to the game.
After a game on television, Xavi Pascual, who had lamented the injury of a midfielder, also had to deal without Mateusz Ponitka.
Interestingly, Barcelona took only 1 ball in all of Wednesday’s matches.
The culés won the regular season of the Euroleague (24/10) and Zenit took the eighth place (20/14).
The match of the second series to three victories will take place on Friday also in Barcelona.
“Barcelona”: Brandonas Daviesas 18 (9pm), Cory Higginsas 15 (6pm), Kyle’as Kuricas 12, Nikola Mirotičius 10;
„Zenit“: Kevin Pangos 19 (3/3 diat., 4/6 trit., 9 res.), Will Thomas 12, KC Rivers 11, Austin Hollins 8.
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