Balsa’s Ordeal: Dominate but Don’t Drown

he barca While he has shown a good level of play this season, he has also shown a certain amount of inconsistency and vulnerability when it comes to keeping game-earned earnings at bay. Some members of the team, including the coach, sarnus jasikeviciusThey have repeatedly admitted that they were unable to “close” the game in the best possible way.

The data confirm this. This happened in his third of the 45 commitments the Barça team has played. Eight of them, including one in last Thursday’s quarterfinals. ACB Cup before him Unicaja Malaga, It gave him the win when he came to dominate with an income of up to 13 points. barca Winning with a difference of 7 points or more.

In another 9 matches, the Barcelona team had to reach the tie final despite having scored 14 or more points in those matches. In 15 out of 17 total games, Jasikevicius’ side lost in the final quarter, sometimes leading him by 10 or more points.In fact, in 36 out of 45 games barca This season, he’s gotten more than 10 points ahead of his rivals at one point. Palau before him Ephesus). In other words, the data corroborate the words of her team members and reflect apparent contradictions.

1-4 heads or tails in the last game

He said Cory Higgins,escort barcabefore the quarter-final match ACB Cup before him Unicaja MalagaBecause this kind of toss-up commitment is “winn by character and struggle more than by tactics, and we’ve been good at it in recent years.” The data don’t seem to prove him right as Barça have lost four of their last five matches, losing within a margin of error.after losing to Real Madrid andnsemi-finals last 4 of of euroleague Last season, the Barça team lost in the fourth match of the last Endesa league final. real madridwon the semi-finals of the ACB Supercup. youthlater lost in the final of that tournament, real madrid, And last Thursday they fell in the quarterfinals of the ACB Cup

Games lost by 7 points or more

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endesa league
J.ornada 8 Joventut-Barça (+13) 82-79
Day 10 Obradoiro-Barça (+8) 76-74
euroleague
Day 1 Barca-Olympiacos (+7) 70-80
Day 8 Anadolu Efes-Barça (+9) 96-86
Day 12 Barça-A: Villeurbanne (+12) 74-75
Day 15 Valencia-Barça (+7) 84-83
Day 21 Real Madrid-Barça (+12) 91-86
ACB Cup
Barça-Unicaja Málaga (+13) 87-89

A game won in a close game after leading by 14 points or more

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endesa league
Day 5 Barça – Lenovo Tenerife (+14) 67-65
Matchday 7 Barça-Basketball Girona (+17) 72-69
Day 13 Barça vs. Kas. Zaragoza (+14) 68-63
euroleague
Day 2 Barca-Real Madrid (+18) 75-73
Day 6 Barça-Fenerbahçe (+16) 81-80
Day 11 Alba Berlin-Barça (+16) 86-88
Day 13 Monaco-Barça (+18) 63-69
Day 14 Barça-Panathinaikos (+17) 74-68
Day 16 Red Star – Barça (+15) 94-99