Cory Higgins
, with a whole exhibition against his team (25 points, PIR of 26), was
absolutely
decisive for Barça to take the victory against CSKA in Moscow (75-88).
Abrines
, author of 19 points with five triples, and Calathes, capable of adding 13 and seven assists, also contributed decisively to a prestigious triumph against an opponent in
Mike James
, weakened by injury, and
Nikita Kurbanov
to his top players.
CSKA proposed a very physical match from the first minute.
Therefore, although the first to get ahead on the scoreboard was Barça, they managed to send with an iron fist throughout the first 10 minutes in which
Miilutinov
and
Shengelia
stood out
among their ranks.
On the part of the Catalans, not too fine in defense and with little control of the defensive rebound, while, Abrines, with his usual triples, and Higgins managed as they could to prevent the locals from leaving too much on a scoreboard that showed 25 -20 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second, while, the Barcelona fans, would touch the debacle.
Between
James
,
Bolomboy
and
Strelnieks
, above all, they built a maximum difference of 12 points (38-12) that came to seem like a slab for the Catalans.
Not surprisingly, Barça had not been able to score more than four points in the first five minutes of the period.
But, when their situation seemed more desperate, the reappearance of Higgins and two new lethal 3-pointers by Abrines would be decisive to even things out on the scoreboard, at first, and finally manage to go to rest a point above the locals ( 41-42).
If in the second quarter it was Barça who cost God and help to achieve their first points, in the third that curse fell on the shoulders of CSKA.
The Russians only achieved three points in the first seven minutes while the Barça fans, with a
very intoned
Hanga
and a Higgins who continued to add points to his chart, was able to achieve a maximum difference of 11 points (51-62).
It is true that James' injury affected his team.
In fact, his apparent recovery coincided with his return.
Although, in this case, those of
Jasikevicius
did not give space for their comeback and were planted in the last period with everything in favor to take the cat into the water (56-64).
In the last quarter, Barça was always able to withstand the retaliation of CSKA, who sought to narrow things down especially through
Hilliard
.
Higgins, completing his exhibition against his former team, and the triples of Abrines and Calathes would be tremendously decisive in the end for the Catalans to take an incontestable victory by 75-88, no matter how much James tried to also contribute his grain of sand in the end .
A victory that places them only one victory behind the Russians, who remain leaders of the table for now, and that places them with the basket average clearly in their favor.
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