BarcelonaBarça overcame the two defeats against Olympiacos and Fenerbahçe with a victory against a Red Star who competed very well at the Palau Blaugrana (85-79). Facu Campazzo (24 points) put fear in the bodies of the Culer fans, but the Blaugrana team did not allow themselves to be entangled. The Catalan team will reach the last five days of the regular season in a good position in the standings.
Nikola Mirotic and Jan Vesely combined for 42 points on a night in which Rokas Jokubaitis had a standout performance in the final minutes, when the home win was still not assured. “It was a complicated game, but we managed to find a way to win,” analyzed the Montenegrin winger.
“My players competed very well against an opponent who fought desperately for the win. We were coming from two defeats and this win is important for us,” said Sarunas Jasikevicius. The Barcelona coach had Cory Higgins out due to a back pain. In addition, the Lithuanian ruled out Sergi Martínez and James Nnaji.
Barça completed an irregular first half against an opponent who knows how to extract oil from their pieces. The Blaugrana team used the goal of Àlex Abrines to build a difference of nine points (40-31). The Majorcan wing scored all four three-pointers he attempted in the first half. Despite not being successful in the three-point shot, the Red Star reached the break with the score fairly even (40-36).
The locals got to an eleven-point lead during the third quarter (50-39), but Estrella Roja used the talent of Campazzo and Vildoza to tie the game and reach the final quarter with options (57 -57). In the final minutes, Vesely and Jokubaitis were very effective.
Baxi Manresa hosts Real Betis (6 p.m., Movistar+) in one of the key matches in the fight to avoid relegation. El Joventut, for its part, plays at the Palau Olímpic against Carplus Fuenlabrada (8:45 p.m., Movistar+).