Euro League
The great and impressive Alba surprised Barcelona and celebrated his third victory
An incredible game from Alba Berlin, who clearly limited Barcelona with a terrible performance and celebrated a huge victory with 74-70. The Germans rose to 3-12, the Blaugrana fell to 10-5.
Huge victory for Alba Berlin, who broke Barcelona’s resistance with a terrible game and celebrated a very big result with 74-70.
It was only the Germans’ third win in the EuroLeague this season, while the Blaugrana were defeated 10-5. Offensive pluralism for Alba, who had five double figures (Brown, Prosida, Wetzel, Thomas, Tiemann). Laprovitola fought for 15 points from Barcelona, but they weren’t enough.
The race
The game was particularly one-sided for long stretches, the tempo remained low and largely served Alba Berlin. The score fluctuated at a low level and Barcelona ended the first half with a small lead of three points (41-38).
In the second half, the Germans significantly limited the Blaugrana and held them to just 11 points in the third quarter, where the score was 18:11. Alba came from a strong position in the final and decisive quarter and took the win with +4 (56-52).
The score was shared between Tomas, Brown, Prosida and Thiman for the home team, while Nicolas Laprovitola batted for the Spaniards. In the final section, Alba even reached a double-digit difference (70-57 in the 35th minute) and thus laid a strong foundation for victory.
From that point on, the Germans started making enough mistakes, which gave Barcelona the right to get back into the game. Alba finally withstood the pressure and celebrated a 74:70 victory.
THE REFEREES: Villius, Racis, Giovanetti
THE DECADES: 19-22, 38-41, 56-52, 74-70.
ALBA: Brown 10 (2/5 3-pointers), Prosinda 11 (1/4 3-pointers), Spagnolo 2, Wetzel 10 (3 rebounds), Dilow 5, Maticek 2, Snyder 5, Thomas 13, Nikic, Koumaji 4, Tiemann 12 (7 rebounds).
BARCELONA: Da Silva 6 (3 rebounds), Pauli 2, Vesely 8 (4 assists), Brithuela 7, Kalinic 8 (3 rebounds), Satoranski 5 (10 rebounds), Hernangomet 7, Laprovitola 15 (4 assists), Parker 7 (4 rebounds ). ), Naji, Yokubaitis 2, para. 3
Alba’s team statistics: 21/38 2-pointers, 9/26 3-pointers, 5/9 shots, 33 rebounds, 18 assists, 9 steals, 14 turnovers
Barcelona team statistics: 20/36 2-pointers, 6/24 3-pointers, 12/19 shots, 36 rebounds, 19 assists, 8 steals, 15 turnovers
The next games of the two teams: On the following match day, Barcelona will face Zalgiris away from home (December 22nd, 8:00 p.m.), while Alba will host Fenerbahce (December 22nd, 9:15 p.m.).
Source: sport 24
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