Classification. 25th matchday
A spectacular first half by
Cory Higgins
(19 points, 27 PIR), a great game by
Pierre Oriola
(also 19 points and 27 PIR) and an extremely intense defense work after a hesitant first quarter were the main factors that boosted the game. Barça to an absolutely incontestable victory against a Zalgiris in which
Marius Grigonis
did not have the best of his days.
[Narration and statistics (86-62)]
The start was spectacular.
A very intense exchange of blows that ended with a 24-24 at the end of the first quarter.
Higgins began to lay the foundations for what was to be another memorable performance, signing 11 of those points for the Catalans, with
Nikola Mirotic
and Oriola as squires.
The visitors, meanwhile, signed a somewhat more choral performance, with
Arturas Milaknis
, above all, and
Joffrey Lauvergne standing
out above the rest of his teammates.
If Jasikevicius didn't like something in the first quarter, of course, it was the number of points awarded.
The Barça coach likes to build the victory from defensive intensity.
For that reason, surely, he would go to rest tremendously satisfied with the role of his own.
Barça redoubled its defensive intensity and maintained its effectiveness in attack, despite some hesitations.
This explains why the duel reached the half with a clear 48-37.
Higgins appeared just at the most opportune moment to continue scoring points, while Grigonis began to wake up from his lethargy to try to achieve, without much success, that his team did not lose face for the game.
Inner might
The good feelings that Grigonis tried to convey in the second quarter would remain in the pipeline at the resumption.
Barça, once again, would redouble their defensive efforts in a second half in which two of their centers shone especially:
Brandon Davies
and Oriola.
The one from Philadelphia stood out for scoring and struggling in a third quarter in which Zalgiris crashed over and over again before a dense defensive wall.
The Catalans were able to build up a considerable advantage very soon that, in fact, they would no longer put aside.
It would be of no use to
Martin Schiller
the tremendous rapist with which, loudly, he tried to find a reaction that was not glimpsed at any time.
And if Davies shone in the third period, Oriola, meanwhile, would be the figure in a last quarter in which, with the comfort of being even 28 points ahead (75-47), the locals perhaps raised the score a little. foot off the gas.
The ilerdense did everything: he signed a spectacular block and scored from all positions, even from beyond the three-point line.
An action that, in the end, would seal the final 86-62 for Barça.
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