Endesa League
Abrines scored for Barcelona in the Valencia derby
Alex Abrines scored the only goal to seal Barcelona-Valencia as the Catalans remain at the top of Liga Endesa and their rivals drop to 10th place.
It wasn’t spectacular, it wasn’t great basketball, but Barcelona overtook Valencia 81-75 in game 19 of the Endesa League on Sunday afternoon (February 5).
Alex Abrines decided the game with his only basket, while the Catalans had to put up a great effort and a personal 49-32 in the second half to come back from -11 at halftime (32-43).
Barcelona remain in first place with a record of 16-3, Valencia dropped to 10th place and now have a negative record (9-10).
THE DECADES: 14-24, 32-43, 57-59, 81-75
BARCELONA (Jasikevicius): Da Silva 2, Pauli, Sanli 2, Vesely 9 (5 rebounds), Kalinic 7 (6 rebounds), Satoranski 5 (1 three-pointer, 6 rebounds, 3 assists), Laprovitola 19 (3/5 two-pointers). Pointers, 3/6 3-pointers, 4/5 shots, 3 rebounds, 5 assists), Abrines 3 (1), Curic 2, Jokubaitis 13 (1 3-pointer, 6 rebounds, 3 assists), Mirotic 13 (1 3 -Pointer, 7 rebounds), Naji 6
VALENTIA (Mubrow): Claver 2, Puerto, Prepelic 7 (5/6 shots), Pradia 4, Webb 15 (3 3-pointers, 9 rebounds), Jones 10 (1), Ferrado, Radebo, Evans 3 (1), Alexander 16 (5/8 2-pointers, 6/7 shots, 4 rebounds), Rivero 18 (3/4 2-pointers, 2/2 3-pointers, 6/7 shots)
Source: sport 24
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