Barça makes up the embarrassment against Zaragoza

The final score (85-83) may suggest a much more even match than it really was. Casademont Zaragoza played a fantastic match, there is no doubt about that and no one can take away from them, but Barça’s performance was regrettable at times. Without Mirotic or Higgins, they rested, the first half of the Catalans was grotesque. 24 points, eight joint valuation and the feeling that it was neither going nor coming. A disaster that they made up in the second half, with a much better attitude and foreign success, but the enormous disadvantage and the good work of Zaragoza ended Barça’s streak of ten consecutive victories in ACB.

The game got off to a fast start, with short possessions and quick transitions but with few points. A lot of failure from Zaragoza, quite a loss from Barça, for a pyrrhic 6-4 with which the game stopped. The clock stopped running for more than 40 minutes, sending the teams first to the bench and then to warm up. As if the game had not started.

The match started again, without a scoreboard, horn or lighting effects on the board, with a beautiful duel between Aday Mara and Nnaji, two of the players with the greatest projection in the league. He took it first. He seemed much more in tune with his team, receiving under the rim. Between his points and those of Sant-Ross, Zaragoza opened the first gap (19-10). And Jasikevicius switched to Nnaji.

Mara continued to do damage in the second quarter, sat down to much applause from the public, but the offensive rebounds kept Barça in the game. They allowed too many defensive eases, made few fouls and Sant-Ross continued to benefit. With no miss on the 3-pointer, he had 14 points in 15 minutes. Barça, a shipwreck. Unsportsmanlike, a technique and the general feeling that it was not his night. Quite simply, the worst version of the Catalans, the worst basketball of the season (46-24). A group of five players on the floor that could hardly be described as a team.

After the break things changed slightly. Barça finally began to find free shots and, above all, to score them. Five triples between Lapro and Abrines that logically reduced Zaragoza’s advantage. Besides, the intensity, the desire, were better. With even a point of anger. The problem was that Casademont Zaragoza did not slow down. More desire, more intensity and many points. Iván Cruz signed an excellent fourth and Santi Yusta also added. And Mara, who was a nightmare for the Barça interiors (69-54).

If Barça entered the last quarter with options, it was thanks to Laprovittola. The Argentinian was the main argument of a Barça that after the discount recovered self-respect. Some players, like Kuric or Sanli, were far from the level they are supposed to be, but others, like Vesely and Kalinic, pushed the car (73-60). Already highly demanded, the Catalans abused the triple. With four to go, however, they fell below ten behind for the first time (75-66). The miracle was not consummated. Casademont Zaragoza managed the advantage well after a few nervous minutes and took a well-deserved victory despite the final scare. Despite the tightness of the score, Barça never even had a shot to tie the game.

Statistics

MinptsRTRODRAstPerrecTapT1T2T3FRCFVal
Four. Five

Howard Sant Roos

361950574416/72/63/67130
4

Santiago Yusta

24eleven51442215/53/50/35219
33

Ivan Cruz

23eleven11022101/45/50/2329
32

Tryggvi Hlinason

17eleven70702041/35/50/04517
0

Chris Wright

13210111100/01/30/102-1
24

Stefan Jovic

30220221100/01/20/2140
fifteen

aday mara

171332111003/55/80/03113
22

Borisa Simanic

16751400014/40/01/230fifteen
10

Justinian Jessup

fifteen720200100/02/41/2025
19

Maodo Nguirane

4200000000/11/20/0110
12

Miguel Flores

0000000000/00/00/0000
eleven

Marcel Ponitka

0000000000/00/00/0000

Statistics

twenty

Nicholas Laprovittola

13

Thomas Satoransky

6

Jan Veseley

twenty-one

Alex Abrines

5

Sertac Sanli

10

Nikola Kalinic

24

Kyle Kuric

31

Rokas Jokubaitis

23

Mike Toby

8

Sergi Martinez

46

james naji

3

Oriol Pauli

Statistics

MinptsRTRODRAstPerrecTapT1T2T3FRCFVal
twenty

Nicholas Laprovittola

322841331007/83/65/116127
13

Thomas Satoransky

3174044510231/41/4434
6

Jan Veseley

231253233404/54/70/05516
twenty-one

Alex Abrines

23721113001/20/22/415-2
5

Sertac Sanli

fifteen062411000/00/10/204-2
10

Nikola Kalinic

26fifteen61542102/22/23/104318
24

Kyle Kuric

18721110102/21/11/5126
31

Rokas Jokubaitis

fifteen421131100/02/40/2022
23

Mike Toby

5300000000/00/01/1003
8

Sergi Martinez

4011000000/00/00/0010
46

james naji

3000000100/00/10/001-1
3

Oriol Pauli

0000000000/00/00/0000

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