Laprovittola drags Barcelona to the duel against Real Madrid in the Final Four

A tremendously inspired game by

(26 points, PIR 30) and the skill of

(20 points), especially in a great third quarter, ended up leading to Barcelona's victory against Bayern in the fifth game (81- 72) and finally sealed their presence in a Final Four for which Real Madrid has been guarding weapons for a long time.

The sensations of the second half, especially that overwhelming third half, were vital and signify the reunion with that effectiveness that seemed to have been lost.

The expected exchange of blows would, however, give way to a first serious escape from Bayern through the inspiration of

and the poise of

.

With a run of 0-11, the visitors achieved a six-point lead (9-15) which, thanks to the flashes of Mirotic, a lucky triple by

and a good entry by

, the azulgrana managed to convert into a minimal first defeat (18-19).

Jasikevicius's men, on the other hand, choked on the attack in the second quarter.

His excessive haste looking for the triple, no matter how much Mirotic, Laprovittola and

were somewhat successful in that aspect of the game, would end up causing the visitors, less nervous in the offensive and precisely with two last shots from beyond the line of 6.75 by

and

, they will go to the break six up in the light (31-37).

All the azulgrana problems of the second quarter, on the other hand, were erased with a stroke of the pen in the third.

With a run of 29-15, with 13 points from an epic Laprovittola and despite the unlikely blows in the form of triples from Jaramaz, above all, and

, he led Barça to stand eight points up on the scoreboard in the last quarter (60-52) and with unbeatable sensations.

It was of little use to those of

to stir in search of mutating the destiny of the party.

Barça, from the vantage point achieved in the third half, and no matter how much

tried to keep his team more or less alive, even hitting a couple of triples, ended up winning the duel 81-72 and thus sealed their presence in Belgrade.

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