Laprovittola’s Barcelona started the semi with the right foot

With the presence of Nicholas Laprovittola from the start, Barcelona started their semifinal series in the ACB League on the right foot. The Blaugranas defeated Joventut 89-72 at home in the Catalan classic. In addition, they had a good game from the Buenos Aires player from the assists, item that led that item with seven goal passes. He completed the list with three points in just over 22 minutes.

The first quarter showed two teams with little efficiency in front of the hoop (barely 33% for the Blaugrana and 27% for Badalona in field goals) and with a very low level of play. The highlights were the triples by Sanli, for Barsa, and by Ribas, for the visitors, in the first 10 minutes of low scoring, which ended just 12-11 for the locals.

Both teams improved their efficiency in the second set, especially the culés, who also found bombs from a distance by Abrines and Sanli, both on two occasions, and Jokubaitis to take a distance of 12 points (39-27), which was reduced to nine after four consecutive hits by the visitors from the free throw line (40-31).

With two triples from Parra, Joventut reduced the difference to five (42-37) at the beginning of the second half. Nevertheless, the defense of Carles Durán’s team was not good and that was taken advantage of by the homeowners, who not only added from a distance but also did so in the paint (16 in the fourth) to get 21 points of light on the epilogue of the partial (69-48).

In the last episode, Barça got the maximum advantage of the game after a double by Jokubaitis (71-48) and Laprovittola, ex Joventut, got his only points with five minutes remaining to end the match with a triple.

The figure was the Turkish Sanli, who signed a total of 16 points and 8 rebounds on his scoresheet. Ribas and Willis stood out during the visit, with 11 units each.

The series, which is played to the best of five with home advantage for Barcelona for having finished better positioned in the regular phase, will continue this Sunday at 7:30 and on the same stage.

A luxurious visit

Among the many spectators who gathered at the Palau, the figure of the Cordovan stood out Leandro Bolmarowho took a tour of his old house after playing his first season in the NBA.

“I came to Barcelona because I feel at home. I’m here to train and at the same time vacation a bit”said the native of Las Varillas, who also referred to his current situation in the best league in the world and stated: “The NBA is an incredible experience. I learned a lot in a year that helped me adapt to the culture of the country (NDE: USA)”.

Who works as a forward in the Minnesota Timberwolves played two seasons in the Catalan team (2019-2020 and 2020-2021). In total he played 50 games and scored 322 points; there he won an ACB League and a Copa del Rey.

Real Madrid-Baskonia: chapter 2

This Saturday at 13 (Fox Sports), Real Madrid will host Baskonia in the second match of the other semifinal series, which is 1-0 in favor of the people from Madrid.

Gabriel Deck, who in the first duel scored eight points coming off the bench, will be available for Merengue.