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Barcelona (6/12) home team led by Šarūnas Jasikevičius at the start of the second round of the Euroleague 89:72 (18:12, 20:21, 29:21, 22:18) defeated the Valencia club (10/8).
After playing 6 minutes in the first half, Valencia still led 10: 9, but in the remaining time Barcelona scored 9 points, to which the guests responded with just two points and the Catalans took the lead – 18:12. In the second quarter, Barcelona ran 12: 0 and gained a solid lead: 32:16.
However, the guests quickly recovered from the cold shower and successfully played the last 4 minutes, during which they scored up to 17 points, while the hosts scored 6, thus significantly melting Valencia’s deficit: 33:38 .
After the big jump, Valencia was even closer (37:40), but Barcelona went ahead and returned to the double-digit zone – 51:41. Later, the difference increased to 13 points (60:47) and decreased to 9 (62:53), but after thirty minutes of play, Shar’s army was closer to victory: 67:54. During the last part, Barça controlled the situation and broke a series of defeats.
Barcelona played in this duel without Brandon Davies and Nikola Mirotich. Rookie Leo Westermann scored 5 points (1/3 of two points, 1/2 of three points), 4 assists, interceptions, 2 fouls and 5 utility points in 17 minutes.
“Barcelona”: Alejandro Abrines 16 (4/6 triples), Cory Higgins and Adam Hanga (3/4 triples) 13 each, Sergi Martinez 10 (8th point), Pierre Oriola 9 (5th point), Nick Calathes 8 (7 rec., 7 res.).
“Valencia”: Louis Labeyrie 17 (4/6 triples), Mike Tobey 14 (10th rep.), Joan Sastre 13 (3/3 triples), Nikola Kaliničius 8.
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