Endesa League
Barcelona – Badalona 89-72: The Blaugrana easily made it 1-0 in the semifinals
The first of the three steps to qualifying for the final of the Liga Endesa was taken by Barcelona, who comfortably defeated Badalona (89-72) in the first semi-final.
Barcelona had no trouble getting the desired result from Badalona, which they won 89-72 at home in the first semi-final of Liga Endesa. The Blaugrana have taken one of the three steps needed to qualify for the finals of the Spanish league without expending much energy.
After the second ten minutes and thereafter, the Yasikevitsios players achieved top performances, especially in attack, and cleared the opponent. Leading for Barcelona was Sertach Sanli with 16 points and 8 rebounds while Davis had 13. Willis and Rimbas stood out at 11 for Badalona.
THE TEN MINUTES: 12-11, 40-31, 69-48, 89-72
BARCELONA (Jasikevicius): Martinez 3 (1), Smith 9 (3/7 two points, 8 rebounds), Hayes 7 (1), Kuric, Yukobaitis 9 (1), Davis 13 (6/8 two points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists), Sunley 16 (4/4 three points, 8 rebounds), Laprovitola 3 (7 assists), Ambrines 6, Higgins 9 (1), Mirotic 11 (2/3 two points), Kalathis 3 (4 assists).
Source: sport 24
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