The Barça is already in the final Endesa Leaguewhere you will find Real Madrid from Monday. But when we talk about the semi-final against Youth a triumph with brilliance of the team of Jasikevicius but a survival exercise, in which he showed more resilience, but not more talent. Thus he put the final 3-1, winning the second consecutive match at the Olímpic (60-63).
In the exhausting battle of the semifinal, the azulgrana team prevailed due to the efforts of Miroticwith 15 of his 20 points in the second half, for the wisdom of Calathes (12 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists) and for stepping in front of Higgins (13), but not because of their collective image. The merit for Penya It was discussing the classification of the team that had dominated the regular season from beginning to end and taking it to an extreme situation. His third place finish in the League is a huge reward.
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After three games, Barça and Youth they had a clear path: defense. But both exhibited an excess of fear and that was appreciated in a very poor first quarter in terms of scoring (14-13), with an abuse of the triple, especially by the Barça team, who did not choose their options well.
The Penya She was the first to shake off her fears. She maintained, above all, the attitude, something fundamental. The desire to work hard in the fight for each ball. She persisted in the tone in high defense, adapting to the referee’s criterion of letting play, and thanks to two triples from Bassas began to open the first advantages on the scoreboard. Through control of the rebound, he was also able to run and accelerate the pace of the game, with which the Catalans are not comfortable.
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For him Barça the second partial was an ordeal. He entered a thick stage that had him five minutes without scoring. In those 10 minutes he only added six points. Accelerated in all his actions, unable to find good positions, the percentages of the Barça team plummeted. He only scored two baskets of two. He missed all seven of his attempted 3-pointers, numbers unbecoming of an elite team. He was the worst version of the azulgranas this season, who came to see himself 12 points down (27-15, m. 17), but it is not known how, he managed to close the first half with a score that was not a sentence (28- 19).
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The break was a relief for the team Jasikevicius, as he refreshed ideas and improved his attitude, as he demonstrated with a 0-6 run in just one minute that put him back in the fight. He also recovered the more solvent version of Higginsdetermined to assume responsibility in a day of collective thicket, and the success of Mirotic, the only Barça player who has been at a regular level in these ‘play-offs’. Between the two Barcelona stars, they gave their team 15 of the 21 points in the period, with which they managed to take the lead (39-40), while the Penya he ran aground before the increasingly demanding defense of his rival and the physical wear and tear that he has dragged on in the series, especially Tomic.
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The scenario was even more complicated for the Badalona team with Mirotic more protagonist than ever in the decisive stretch, author of five points that seemed to bring the sentence to the series with three and a half minutes to go (46-54). But the Penya, Despite being at the limit, he found five consecutive points of Willis to argue with the Barcelona fans until the last seconds about a victory that could not have been more agonizing.
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Joventut, 60- FC Barcelona, 63
Youth: Vives (4), Feliz (-), Parra (8), Willis (14), Tomic (15) –initial five- Paul (), Ventura (2), Ribas (5), Bassas (7), Birgander ( 5), Busquets (-), Paul (-)
2 of 16 triples, 45 rebounds, 11 offensive (Tomic, 13), 16 assists (Ribas, 5)
FC Barcelona: Calathes (12), Higgins (13), Abrines (-), Mirotic (20), Sanli (4) –starting five- Smits (-), Hayes (2), Laprovittola (7), Davies (5), Martínez ( -), Kuric (-)
6 of 31 triples (Mirotic, 3), 44 rebounds, 16 offensive (Mirotic, 7), 12 assists (Calathes, 5)
Partials: 14-13; 14-6; 11-21; 21-23