A plug in extremis by Mirotic decides a Baskonia - Barça of vertigo

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The

survived the maelstrom of the

.

Despite the fact that

were able to reach five minutes from the end with an apparently clear advantage, after endorsing a 13-0 run on the visitors, the Barça team, hand in hand with a

decisive

again ( 18 points, 27 PIR) and providential in a stopper on the last gasp, he managed to take a victory by the minimum (71-72).

The great numbers of

and

were of no use to the locals

.

The game, electrifying, fell at the end on the side of the Barcelona fans, who, perhaps, had a certain aftertaste of revenge for their defeat in the final of the last ACB League at the hands of the Vitoria.

Both signed a highly contested first half, in which only a higher rate of unforced errors by the locals would end up timidly deciding the score in favor of the Catalans.

Nikola Mirotic, despite starting the duel from the bench, gave his best in a first quarter in which

also had

good tone

to build a first maximum lead of five points (10-15 ) that, especially through Henry's effervescence, Baskonia managed to turn into a defeat by the minimum at the end of the period (19-20).

Henry, initially complemented by

and

, was the great argument of the Baskonia to prevent visitors from opening a gap.

But the centimeters of

also played their role

, with which Ivanovic tried to counteract the good circulation of a

capable of the best and worst and a

disheveled

as the break approached.

The Barça players achieved a maximum advantage of seven points (29-36), but Baskonia managed to seal at the end an 18-19 that sent the game to the second half with everything to be decided (37-39).

Polonara's push

Barça broke into the third quarter more toned.

Mirotic showed the best version of his game and

continued to show that he already feels really at home on the court.

Those of Jasikevicius left by eight points on the scoreboard (48-56), but only to see how the locals came back on their heels in a sigh.

To such an extent that, in a dizzying final, they managed to reduce the advantage to just two points to go to the last and final period with hope (56-58).

Entrusted, of course, to Henry's hyperactivity and two of his watchmen, Fall and

.

The Catalans did not get on the right foot in the last quarter.

And Baskonia managed to build a maximum advantage of eleven points (69-58) that put things tremendously uphill for the Catalans.

Polonara, completely unleashed, would be vital in the 13-0 run that Ivanovic's men were able to endorse their rival in five minutes.

But, when it seemed that the Catalans could be considered buried, the visitors were able to get ahead again (71-72) in the final seconds of a duel that would be decided with a Mirotic in extremis plug.

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