• 81-92 in Athens. Narration and statistics
  • Classification 25th day

The shadow of a new defeat planned for many minutes over Barça's head. The OAKA, after all, had been resisting him for five years and Panathinaikos managed to point out again and again advantages that would have led to more than one throwing in the towel. Alex Abrines, on this occasion, was the key figure of a victory in which Niko Mirotic, as the Barcelona team, also woke up in time.

The Montenegrin Hispanic signed a first gray minutes, but finished with 20 points and 23 valuation. It's what cracks have. Even in what seems like a bad day, they are able to end up shining. Those of Svetislav Pesic, in the end, forgot the fiasco of the Cup in the best possible way, with a triumph worked, but in the end incontestable (81-92)

Barça did not know how to completely overcome the downpour to which Panathinaikos subjected him throughout the first part. Although he managed to survive more or less gracefully in the first period (23-20), he ended up going to rest seven points below (45-38). And worse, with the feeling that things could have been even more negative. Mirotic, his franchise player, was practically missing in combat in the first two quarters. To such an extent, he even missed two consecutive free throws.

Calathes and Papagiannis were the two most prominent Panathinaikos players in a first period in which Higgins, fundamentally, was in charge of giving the face by Barca, with the timely collaboration of Hanga and Claver. A greater success in the triples (two scored nine attempts by none of four by Barca), while helping Rick Pitino set a gap (35-27, min.15) held until the break (45-38 ).

From 67-57 to 78-85

Barça, finally, found itself in the third quarter. Mirotic began to deploy its best version and Abrines also appeared in the most delicate moments, with 51-40 and 67-57. Honorable mention for play in the last breath, with a fabulous maneuver and a tray on the horn (69-67).

Panathinaikos, relentlessly punished by Abrines, Delaney and Davies, tried his best to prevent the triumph he had caressed so much from escaping between his fingers. However, the vertigo could. The excess of precipitation multiplied its losses and the Barça, in addition, knew how to punish very well from the free throw. A great triple of Higgins took the desolation to the stands two minutes to the end (78-85).

In the next attack, Mirotic settled the doubts with his second success since 6.75. At the moment of truth, the Montenegrin Hispanic, absent for many minutes, did not shake his pulse. And Barça, five years later, took a victory of the OAKA which is a moral injection.

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