The

Barça

relived the nightmare of

Istanbul

in

Germany

.

If

Efes

defeated him thanks to an exhibition by

Shane Larkin

,

Bayern

did the same thanks to a simply perfect game by

Wade Baldwin

(29 points, 41 PIR).

He only managed, in many moments, to unhinge a Barça team that lost

Nikola Mirotic

at the last minute

for personal reasons of the Montenegrin Hispanic and crashed again and again before the iron defense of his rival and finally fell for 90-77.

Without

Mirotic

, who apparently assumed responsibility for

Barça

was

Cory Higgins

.

The American was the most outstanding in the first ten minutes of a Barça team in which Nick

Calathes

also shone

and who managed to open a slight gap thanks to the four triples jointly transformed by

Smits and Abrines

.

Bayern, however, knew how to respond through a very inspired

Wade Baldwin

who, when he reached the break, had already added 18 points.

The point guard would be decisive for his team to reach the second quarter four points away (

22-26

) and, once there, to narrow things down even more.

A Barça that had initially controlled the rebound well took its toll that

Pustovyi

was charged too soon with three personnel.

The loss of centimeters, together with several mistakes in attack, would allow

Bayern

to briefly equalize the score (32-32) and then go to rest two points behind in the light (43-45).

Baldwin, again, would be his main argument, in this case with the decisive contribution of

Reynolds

.

On the Barcelona side, meanwhile, the ability to temper Calathes's nerves and the odd spark from Higgins would be vital to avoid being pushed out of the game.

It was just a postponement.

After the break, a fateful third quarter awaited Barça.

Zipser

endorsed him only a first quarter of 8-0 to put his team ahead for the first time and later it would also be decisive for the 14-0 with which the locals would begin to bury the Catalans (64-50).

Those of

Jasikevicius could

not find a way to transform their attacks into points while Baldwin took a slight breath and

Weiler-Babb

left flashes of talent.

The Barcelona fans would go to the last period sunk morally and on the scoreboard after being able to score only

ten points

for 27 of their rivals (70-55).

The third quarter left the game seen for sentence.

In the last period, no matter how much Barça improved their numbers in attack, the difference achieved by Bayern would already be insurmountable.

Above all, because Baldwin, to whom practically everything he tried on the court came out, was in charge of turning off the attempts of Barça rebellion over and over again.

Aided in this case, in addition, by two triples of those who were his best squires: Zipser and Weiler-Babb.

The defeat, the third in a row for

Jasikevicius

in Europe, was at the end completely incontestable (90-77).

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