An

absolutely lethal

Álex Abrines

from beyond the 6.75 line was the main argument for Barça's devastating victory against Betis (58-109). The Mallorcan (20 points, 24 PIR) was the top scorer of a team in which

Víctor Claver

,

Kyle Kuric

and

Leandro Bolmaro also shone

and who was absolutely implacable both in the second and in the last quarter to leave the locals without any reaction capacity. And that

Sarunas Jasikevicius

decided to leave in Barcelona players who could have delved much more into the wound, such as

Adam Hanga

or

Cory Higgins

.

The 21-21 with which the end of the first period was reached after a basket in extremis by

Campbell

was just a mirage. In the second quarter, Barça brought out their best arguments both in defense and attack to leave the duel already practically sentenced with an incontestable 4-33 partial to take the game to a clear 25-54 at halftime. Betis, far from throwing in the towel right off the bat, made an effort to allow the Catalans to win only by the minimum (22-23) at the restart, in a third time in which

Pau Gasol

he partly took out his best works for a walk. In the last quarter, however, the Barça fans again stepped on the accelerator at both ends of the track to end up signing a tremendously forceful 11-32 partial and thus leaving the final score at 58-109 which represents their widest victory this season at home in the ACB.

Until now, the group that had the dubious honor of having suffered in their flesh the most forceful version of Barça on their own court was Gipuzkoa Basket, which also conceded an overwhelming 69-110 on January 24. The 51 points of difference achieved by the Catalans in Seville also represent their widest victory away from home in the ACB in the last 35 years, since they beat Breogán 82-137 in mid-April 1986. «In the The first half went well, they held on well, we didn't play as well in defense as from the second quarter. We are very happy, for the victory, because everyone has played well, everyone has contributed, there have been no injuries and, above all, because we are leaving here with very good feelings, "said Abrines after the game.

«The team has come out to win and to do things well, even if it was a game in which we were not risking anything.

There were three left before today to prepare for the Final Four, every match is important and we cannot afford not to go all out and not always try to improve our game.

We have shown that we can play very well and we continue to take steps to get there as best we can, ”the Majorcan stressed.

“It is not easy to come here and win this well.

From the third quarter, we were already thinking about our things, who has to play more and who has to play less.

Now, we will have a couple of days off before we start to focus on the Final Four in Cologne, "added the Barcelona coach.

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