Barcelona 108-97 Real Madrid: Fifth straight win in a thrilling derby

Barcelona have taken over the air from Real Madrid this year – forever – as it was once again revealed on the night of Sunday 10 April. In a derby full of tension, nervousness, dismissals (Nikola Mirotic and Alberto Abalde) and … overtime, Saronas Jasikevitsios’ team won (108-97) and “secured” first place in the regular season (and ) from Liga Endesa.

Also, gaining a margin of three wins against the “queen” who was struggling, he had the opportunity to take the win on the go (with Sergio Yul), but he didn’t succeed. By the way, this was the Blaugrana’s fifth consecutive win against the Merengues this season.

Nicolas Laprovitola (20 points) caused a lot of damage in the first half, Dante Exum (16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists) wowed the crowd with his impressive nails, while Roland Schmidt (18 points) scored with Nigel Haze (16 points). ) provided valuable help in important points of the derby.

On the other hand, Real Madrid showed signs of recovery (mainly psychological) but deviated in the final despite the good night of Gabriel Deck (17 points) and Vincent Poirier (14 points, 6 rebounds).

THE TEN MINUTES: 27-23, 51-46, 61-65, 89-89 etc., 108-97.

BARCELONA (Jasikevicius): Exum 16 (6/10 two points, 4/5 shots, 7 rebounds, 3 assists), Martinez, Smith 18 (6/9 two points, 2/3 three points, 4 rebounds), Hayes 16 (3 /4 three points) ), Kuric 6 (0/4 threes), Sunley 10 (2), Laprovitola 20 (3/8 threes), Abrines, Yokubaitis 5 (1 threes, 4 misses), Mirotic 14 (5/5 shots , 3/3 shots), Naji, Kalathis 3 (1/2 three points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 errors).

real Madrid (Lasso): Koser 3 (1), Hanga 11 (1), Yul 10 (0/5 two points, 2/5 three points, 4/4 shots), Yaboussele 13 (1), Taylor 4, Randolph 4, Abalde 7 (1/5 three points), Deck 17 (4/4 two points, 1/2 three points, 6/6 shots, 4 rebounds), Poirier 14 (3/4 two points, 8/12 shots, 6 rebounds) , Tavares 14 (4/9 two points, 6/10 shots, 5 rebounds).

Team Stats – Barcelona: 25/39 two points, 13/25 three points, 19/26 shots, 33 rebounds (25 defensive + 8 offensive), 16 assists, 14 errors, 5 steals.

Team Stats – Real Madrid: 20/40 two points, 7/20 three points, 36/45 shots, 30 rebounds (20 defensive + 10 offensive), 14 assists, 11 errors, 11 steals, 4 blocks.