Barça scares: historic beating of Baxi Manresa

The bad thing about playing in the last turn of the quarters, the one reserved for the second in the ACB at the end of the first round, is that you have less than 24 hours to prepare for the next battle.

The good thing is that you have already been able to verify, up to three times, that in the Copa del Rey you cannot trust anyone.

Because that's how the tournament went, from shock to shock.

Until Barça appeared.

[107-70: Narration and statistics]

Of all the semifinalists, no one as powerful and forceful as the current champion, no one in less trouble.

If there was a favourite, he confirmed it against Baxi Manresa.

Because they didn't play basketball, they scared the rest.

The same daring rival who had defeated him twice this year, the last time he did nothing at the Palau -the other was in the final of the Catalan League-, he barely tickled him for a little while.

Then the hammer.

' group looks like

when it's unleashed, when it grows from defense, when it overwhelms the opponent with its physical dominance and with its tactical wealth.

When all its stars push in the same direction.

A beating to remember the one that Barça starred in Granada.

And that there was a dawn...

sent to greats in a beautiful start in which his warriors seemed like bullets on the parquet.

He honors the courage of Baxi Manresa, 16 years later in a Cup, 27 after that legendary TDK by

starred in one of those feats that made this tournament a legend.

Mirage

Those from Bages scored 22 points in less than seven minutes, with an exciting nerve.

It was a mirage.

Because they received an answer so sudden that all their effervescence was ruined already before the break.

They ginned like a game of cards in a hurricane.

First it was

, then

.

They lit the fuse, raised the defense and injected mobility.

The revelation team of the season suddenly found the harsh reality, wanting and not being able to and foul problems in several of their referents.

When

returned to the court eight months later, the maximum reached at that time (50-37).

Although the worst was yet to come.

Back from the locker room, a partial 34-9.

The Manresa crashed like a winter dream.

At times he seemed unable to get past the midfield.

Midway through the third act he fell almost by 30 (75-46), shortly after by 35 (86-51), hit by a tram, conceding points as if youths were fighting with professionals.

Not a trace of

... So, from then on, at the end, Saras had time to dose (11 Abrines points) thinking about Murcia, who a while before had torn Valencia to pieces in a thriller.

A battle in which Sito Alonso's men -he arrived just a little while before the start of the game, when his covid test finally came back negative- ended up with many physical problems.

The champion, who was also the team that had reached Granada with the most rest, showed all his muscle in the only duel without emotion so far in the tournament.

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