He bounced the ball again. Basketball returned, in search of a League with the withered soul of an empty Fonteta, of a squeak of sneakers as a soundtrack. He returned with a derby that will remain forever in the history of the Spanish basket, the one that Ante Tomic , a classic of the ACB, reopened with one of his hooks a thousand times repeated. That was the first whisper from the network 101 days later. [96-92: Narration and Statistics]

A pavilion without an audience is still a ship with seats, despite the fact that epic battles have been written there. He lacks the soul. That unequaled spirit has not yet been returned by the coronavirus, the one that stopped everything three months ago, the one that has meant that to restart the CBA everything has had to be so exceptional. Because it was rare to get to the vicinity of the Fuente de San Luis and find silence as a welcome, the empty parking lots, on any given June afternoon. Between masks and disinfectant, a milestone was cooked inside. Someone absent-minded, however, might have thought that the warm-up for Barça and Joventut was little more than a soulless pachanga.

The public address was trying to hide the lack of passion. When the ball flew for the initial jump, which Omic won for Penya, the screaming began. Those who are drowned by the noise, were now the absolute protagonists. "Blocking!", "Defense!", "Bounced!", "Yours!" or the genuine "hey!" that the vast majority of players shout when they collide on their way to the basket, to see if the referee bites. Alerting your partner and having them hear you, which normally doesn't always happen, is an advantage for well-oiled defenses. And that of Barça showed its superiority since dawn. In that symphony, more typical of a training, Victor Claver was the absolute king. Few in Europe more tactically disciplined than him.

Basketball was what happened between security measures . A striking screen separated the scoring table from the track. The ball was disinfected every so often and at rest a machine left the parquet spotless and the rings and baskets clean as if they were the windows of a house. A minute of silence was observed for the victims of the virus. Journalists and photographers, all conveniently separated, could be counted on the press stand. We took our temperatures when entering La Fonteta and we never left our masks. Of course, the press conferences were virtual.

It will take time to get used to the new normal of the basket, but, for the moment, as in the old days, the powerful one prevailed to begin with. Although Barça did not succeed in the way that was planned. Because the tournament has asterisks. The Joventut, despite its momentum, despite the merit of its youth quarry-Busquets attracted attention, the talent of Dimitrijevic was already known to such an extent that Valencia has signed it-, it was light years away after having lost during the pandemic to four pillars: Zisis, Buford, Wroten and Harangody . In addition, Prepelic, the top scorer of the competition did not play due to inconvenience.

Thus, Pesic's group, in which Heurtel, already recovered, did not even need to dress, seemed to be plucking La Penya with the ease of erasing a drawing from a blackboard. Dawning overwhelming with a partial 16-2, full Claver . Then he capsized with Bolmaro on the track, at which time the green-blacks were emboldened and even managed to equalize (21-21).

With the gap again open before the break, Mirotic's dots appeared. Although Barça, intense at times, irregular by others, had a hard time closing the duel. Too. With heart and with Omic and especially Morgan , La Penya tried the machado in the last act. He fought until the very final honk, with the impression that a few more minutes and we would have had a surprise to start with.

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