Villeurbanne now has nine wins for thirteen defeats, far behind the qualifying places for the final 8, while Barça continue to lead the Spanish tango with Real Madrid at the top of the Euroleague.
Asvel has a second defeat, after that against Bayern Munich on Tuesday, and can no longer reconnect with the euphoria of the start of the European campaign, marked by six victories in eight games.
In Barcelona, the Villeurbannais faced the elite of European basketball, in the wake of Nikola Mirotic, top scorer in the Euroleague this season (17.8 points per game on average, 67% two-point success and 50.6 three point).
It was the former Milwaukee Bucks player who set the tone from the start of the game by scoring five quick points.
At his side, another Nicolas, Laprovittola, rained down the winning shots (four out of seven in the end).
As in the first leg, in which he scored 25 points in Barça's victory at the Astrobal (80-60), the Argentine leader was the executioner of Asvel by scoring twenty points.
Opposite, the physical basketball and based on the interior game of Asvel worked for a time, thanks to the energy of Kostas Antetokounmpo (nine points), voluntary, and especially Youssoupha Fall (twenty points and seven rebounds).
The pivot took advantage of his height (2.21 meters) to score easy baskets in the Barcelona racket.
But that was not enough for the Villeurbannais, suffocated by the Barça defense, which scored a number of baskets in the transition game.
Led by fifteen points at halftime (45-30), Asvel never managed to catch up and lost without having really worried Barça.
Monaco, in the fight for the qualifying places in the playoffs, faces Real Madrid on Friday to close the Franco-Spanish diptych of the 23rd day.
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