Basketball
Real Madrid – Barcelona 59-64: The great Mirotic took them to the Copa del Rey with a turn
Barcelona triumphed in the Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid, who prevailed by a -14 reversal (64-59) led by Mirotic and key player Jokubaitis.
Barcelona turned from -14 and put their very poor first ten minutes behind them to be the big winners of the Copa del Rey as they beat Real Madrid 64-59 in another Clasico of the season. Jokubaitis was the player who pushed the Blaugrana down but Mirotic was the leader of Saras Jasikevicic’s side.
The Madrilenians missed a huge chance to celebrate the cup and fell victim to their very bad image in a threesome (4/23 on point). Top scorer for the Blaugrana was Mirotic with 19 points, Jokubaitis with 12. At Real Hertel was saved with 10 points.
THE TEN MINUTES: 19-5, 29-18, 46-41, 59-64
real Madrid (Lasso): Fernandes 6 (1), Abalde 8 (4/7, two points), Deck 8 (5 rebounds), Tavares 5, Yul 6, Poirier 4 (2/4, two points), Yaboussele 4 (1) , Taylor 2, Hertel 10 (5/7 two points), Hanga 3 (1), Tombkins 3 (1).
BARCELONA (Jasikevicius): Exum 2, Sunley 9 (6 rebounds), Laprovitola 5 (1), Mirotic 19 (2/6 three points, 5 rebounds), Kalathis 4 (6 assists), Davis 10 (2/4 two points), Martinez, Hayes, Abrines, Kuric 3 (1), Yukobaitis 12 (2).
Team Stats – Real Madrid: 20/40 two points, 4/23 three points, 7/13 shots, 38 rebounds (25+13), 7 assists, 17 errors, 9 steals, 2 blocks.
Team Stats – Barcelona: 13/30 two points, 6/17 three points, 20/24 shots, 29 rebounds (26+3), 11 assists, 16 errors, 9 steals, 3 blocks.
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