Barça was not surprised by Unicaja. Despite the fact that Luis Casimiro's men signed a good first half, based on a great first period, Pesic's men turned the situation around in the second half to finish off with a clear 73-84 victory. The best of the match would be an Ante Tomic capable of scoring 16 points and adding 25 points, even though Nikola Mirotic was capable of adding 17 points to his locker. The Montenegrin Hispanic, perhaps somewhat intermittent, also managed to appear at the most decisive moments and thus help to secure the second victory for the Barcelona fans in this final phase of the CBA.

Unicaja made good use of Barça's lack of success both in attack and defense in the first moments of the match, after a more or less equal start, leaving with an initial advantage of nine points on the scoreboard after signing a favorable partial of 8 -0. Thanks, above all, to the inspiration of a Gerun trained in the lower categories of the Barça club. Mirotic, practically missing, was excessively unsuccessful in triples, an aspect of the game in which he was overtaken by a Thompson who scored two shots from beyond the 6.75 line. Those of Luis Casimiro, however, would only be a little better than the Catalans in this section throughout the first part. Hanga, meanwhile, was in charge of holding his face a little for the Barcelona fans, who finished the first quarter six points behind their rival (20-14).

Things changed a lot at the start of the second quarter. Barça, with a choral attack and a partial 0-8 in their favor, managed to place themselves for the first time with an advantage in the light. Mirotic, who Pesic decided to give a good rest after loading himself too soon with two personnel, finally emerged from his apparent lethargy and became the most incisive of Barcelona, ​​with eight converted points. The triples, despite everything, continued to lead them down the path of bitterness. Unicaja, meanwhile, after the initial surprise, managed to recover, especially through the eternal combativeness of Suárez and the inspiration of Waczynski and managed to leave at the break with a shy advantage of three points on the scoreboard (41- 38).

Barça improved their defensive performance in the third period. And that allowed him, in the first place, to equalize things a couple of times on the scoreboard, as much as Unicaja will try to turn around, and, secondly, to get ahead again, something that he had only achieved during a few moments of the second period . Mirotic, again more than intoned, was one of the keys, despite the fact that the scoring success did not accompany him at all. Something that was on the side of Davies and, above all, Tomic. The fact that Luis Casimiro's men were soon in bonuses allowed Barcelona fans to take several points without opposition, even if some of their free throws were lost in limbo. Losses of the ball also punished again and again a team from Malaga who, nevertheless, resisted diluting completely on the parquet, despite conceding a 4-10 partial favorable to the Barça players, offset at the last minute with a mate of Elegar , to send the duel to the last quarter with a 56-61 in favor of those of Pesic.

The Catalans started the last and final period like a gale. To such an extent, that they managed very soon to be 11 points ahead on the scoreboard (58-69). Unicaja tried to resist by means of Díaz and Suárez, but he was punished by a spectacular triple by Kuric that again opened a gap for the Barcelona fans (62-72). With six minutes to go, Pesic re-entered the reserved Mirotic after charging his third staff in the third quarter. And the Hispanic Montenegrin ended up sealing the future of the game definitively with five consecutive points and a great personal action culminated by Tomic to build a 16-point advantage for Barça (63-79) that would already be too heavy a slab for Unicaja.

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