He boat did last night in Palau what he had to do: beat the Kaunas Zalgiris the first game of the quarterfinal playoffs. And he did it in an exhibition of modern basketball, in attack and defense. The match was on track in the first half when the Jasikevicius they went to the locker room with an advantage of 17 points (48-31).
The success of those first two periods was at the highest concentration of a team that, more seriously than before, beat the rival in rebounds, almost never lost the ball and converted 100% of free throws (13 of 13) of two first quarters . Besides, Sertac Sanli he was unstoppable in scoring (from inside and outside) and Nikola Mirotic He gave an authentic recital in the minutes he was on the field. Before the break, and in just 11 minutes on the court, he scored 12 points (with two very distant triples) and grabbed 4 rebounds. A sprained ankle brought him to the bench and their faces in pain scared them, but they returned to the field and Palau breathed a sigh of relief.
The second half, despite some Lithuanian arreón, was a walk for Barça. It shows success in triples. A total of 14 of 26 pitches or, what is the same, a 54% effectiveness that will hardly be seen again in this series. So far, 1-0 for Barça, little time for franchise players and, waiting, on Friday at 8:00 pm wake up players like Vesely and callwhich will be important to reach the third consecutive Final Four. JasikeviciusFor once, he seemed satisfied with what he saw.
Source: La Verdad
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