Still without
Nikola Mirotic
, on leave for personal reasons, and with
Davies
reserved to avoid a calf break, Barça finally managed to rediscover the victory in the Euroleague (89-72).
And he did it against a Valencia without
Dubljevic
, out of action since the club announced a positive for Covid-19, in which
Prepelic
was very far from his best version, with an eminently choral game and with the debut of a Leo Westermann that he had already several years waiting for this moment.
Tobey
and
Labeyrie
were the best arguments of a rival who resisted giving up at all times, but who ended up being surpassed by the Barcelona fans at the moment of truth.
The first 10 minutes were very even.
Higgins
, again, took the handle on a team capable of showing a great defensive level.
Tobey
and Sastre, however, were in charge of keeping Valencia in the game.
Those of
Jasikevicius
, with this panorama, failed to open a gap, they went to the second period with a six-point lead on the scoreboard (18-12) and even saw how the visitors initially cut the distance to only four points (20-24) .
The barcelonistas, at that moment, put one more march.
Westermann showed that he is not only a good defensive player with an assist without looking at
Sergi Martínez
and
Abrines
, with two consecutive triples, he was decisive to achieve a first maximum advantage of 16 points (32-16).
Labeyrie, with a spectacular three of three in shots from beyond the 6.75 line, two of them answered by
Hanga
, Tobey's combativeness, a technique pointed out to Jasikevicius and a series of monumental mistakes by the Catalans would allow him to Despite everything, Valencia reached the break again within a stone's throw (38-33) with a devastating 0-11 partial.
The azulgrana, finally, opened a gap after the break.
The locals, exploiting the clairvoyance of
Calathes
and their good connections with Smits and Oriola, managed to go to the last and final quarter with 13 points of difference (67-54) and a partial of 29-21.
Those of
Ponsarnau
, who fought a good fight not to leave the game, were condemned to be loaded with bonuses very soon.
Something that the Barcelona fans, in this case, knew how to take advantage of perfectly.
Barça, at the most decisive moment, knew how to remain firm in defense and pulled on that choral game, without really clear protagonists, exhibited during much of the duel to end up clearly imposing itself on a Valencia that tried to hold on with nails and teeth to its options through, especially, Tobey.
Prepelic, disappeared for much of the match, and Labeyrie also contributed their two cents, but the Valencian team could not do anything in the end to prevent Jasikevicus's men from finally winning by a clear 89-72.
A result that allows him to break his negative streak in Europe and regain the confidence that they seemed to have lost in the Euroleague.
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