The three games to frame Nico Laprovittola

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At last summer’s march of Nikola Mirotic and the technician Sarunas Jasikeviciushe Barça the basketball player was left without an image to identify him. After the ‘Barça of Mirotic’ or ‘the Barça of Saras’ we move to a more plural Barça, without one star above the rest and where there are several players who can appear at any given moment to lead. In the last games that became a player Nico Laprovittolawho produced his best version in two critical weeks for the Blaugrana.

His performance this Sunday match real Madrid Decision for Roger Grimau’s team to take the 85-79 victory. Laprovittola is, along with Ricky Rubio, the main man responsible for the Blaugrana’s takeoff in the first quarter, with 11 points in the first ten minutes of the match to put the score at 27-9, but he was also in the last period to respond to the furious reaction of the eternal rival. Real Madrid came within just one point after being down 21, but Lapro scored 7 of his 25 points in the last 3 minutes and 12 seconds of the game to preserve Barça’s victory.

The Argentine guard does not like to talk about himself and often attributes the credit to the team. “The team approached the week from the first training session very seriously and that showed on the field. We were solid and smart during the game. It’s not easy to spend 40 minutes playing well, but we achieved solidity during the important games to play important games,” he explained. Lapro after the victory against Madrid.

However, it’s clear that Barça’s most inspired player in recent games has been Laprovittola. He scored two days before, on Friday, against Maccabi Tel Aviv with a triple from about eight meters (82-79) with five seconds left. Barça needed to beat the Israelis to keep home field advantage in the Euroleague playoffs at bay. “The individual quality of Laprovittola made the difference,” he said then. Roger Grimau of Argentine, who finished with 15 points and a rating of 20.

And something similar happened last weekend at the Obradoiro court, in a match that was very complicated for Barça but the Blaugrana prevailed (84-89) thanks to the magic of the Argentine, who finished with 21 points and a rating of 18. Also in Santiago Lapro He brought out his best version in the most difficult moment, when the Galicians took a six-point advantage in the last quarter (70-64). The actions of the Argentine, with 9 points and 3 recoveries (he finished with 5, his ACB record) in the final period, allowed Barça to turn the score around to maintain third place in the Endesa League against their pursuers.

Source: La Verdad

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