Cory Higgins is usually reminded that he is fortunate to be a godson of Michael Jordan - you know, his father, Rod Higgins, was the guardian angel of Air Jordan in his baptism with the Bulls. The escort, which is not a type given to expressive flaunts, nor is unchanged. Follow your own. To date, Nikola Mirotic had been stealing the spotlight from Higgins, still awaiting a great night. He won it against Valencia Basket, a much tougher opponent than his continental record (0-5) reflects, capable of taking Barcelona to the limit. With 78-75 on the scoreboard, the former CSKA player said enough. He took the ball, suddenly stopped to disorient Loyd, and flew a triple that came in with extreme sweetness . A most elegant brooch for the Pesic team that, with its full of five wins, already governs the Euroleague alone.

That Barcelona was not able all night to have an advantage of more than six points over the only team that has not yet won in the competition speaks well of the spirit of survival of Valencia. His coach, Jaume Ponsarnau, made his men never lose concentration, a feat in the Palau and an endless team, no matter how much Delaney, Pangos, Ribas and Heurtel remain in the infirmary (who returned to the court was Claver ). Not only was Valencia able to lose only eight balls in the entire game, but it managed to match its opponent in rebounds (34) despite Dubljevic's physical inferiority (10), Labeyrie (6) and Ndour (4).

Although, as much as Barcelona has already left two games in the ACB, to beat the Barca team there is no other than to sigh for their full stars to have a bad day. Mirotic, despite making only one of his six triples attempted, registered a 17 + 7 + 3 that reaffirms his gift of ubiquity . Hanga, convinced by Pesic to believe the base position, did everything. And good. From a hook in the paint to an unlikely triple that advanced another success of Kuric and a partial 8-0 that left the locals near the goal (74-68, min. 35).

And Valencia, who came to think that it could deconstruct the destiny thanks to a great third quarter settled by Quino Colom, ended up surrendering to the Higgins claque (top scorer of the game with 20 points) .

The Palau lives a reality in Europe that I have not seen since the time of Xavi Pascual. The money seems well invested. Although the road is long.

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