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At this point, no one can doubt that

Pau Gasol's

return

to

Barça

is paying off. The one from

Sant Boi

(15 points, a PIR of 24 in just over 13 and a half minutes) was the highlight of a team that also had the success of

Davies, Higgins and Calathes

to knock down

Tenerife

(89-72) and get into in the

final of the ACB

. The Canarian team tried to stand up, especially through the success of

Doornekamp's

triples

, but was finally overcome by a rival who has been showing diametrically opposite faces for too long. Something that, without a doubt, Real Madrid will not hesitate to punish harshly.

The first quarter was tremendously close. Tenerife opened a first gap thanks to three consecutive triples, two from Doornekamp, ​​who would score another in the final stretch of the period, and one from

Cavanaugh

. That success in that type of shots would be the key so that those of

Jasikevicius

did not go too far in the light. Meanwhile, Barça, hand in hand with

Calathes'

tactical sense

, a

hypermotivated

Davies

and a Gasol who once again gave the Catalans that gear, would manage to improve their defensive performance and end up taking a first partial victory 23-21 .

Pau Gasol, tremendously effective in the last few appointments, extinguished with two consecutive triples the attempted reaction signed by

Salin as

soon as the second quarter began. The tables were turned on that fate. Calathes, from beyond the 6.75 line, after two consecutive baskets by

Smits

, would put his team up

ten points

for the first time

(41-31) while Tenerife did not seem to be able to feel comfortable on the court. The visitors, however, would manage to go to rest with a little better feelings, but seven points away from the Catalans (46-39).

Higgins

, who had already left some glimpses of his quality, added his corresponding grain of sand after the break. The Catalans, with a 12-3 run, managed to get

15 points up

on the scoreboard (60-45) against a rival who, again, looked for oxygen based on triples. In this case, with less success. Davies, who had his

pluses and minuses

with

Shermadini

, and

Pau

Gasol continued to show their good manners and the duel went to the last quarter with a 68-50 that seemed to force Tenerife to throw in the towel.

Far from it, the whole of

Txus Vidorreta

tried to resist tooth and nail.

Two consecutive triples, one from Doornekamp, ​​his most prominent figure, and another from Salin, gave him hope by going 72-60.

Barça, however, aware that it could not let go, fought back on defense and, with an eminently coral attack game, managed to get

20 points up

after a triple by Westermann (88-68) that, after a new exchange of baskets, with Suleimanovic and Smits as protagonists, would become the final 89-72.

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