He Barcelona He won the possibility of winning the ticket to the Final Four of the Euroleague in Abu Dhabi in a fifth game of the series after overcoming the 2-0 that the Monaco He had treasured in the Principality. The Barca team defeated Los Monegascos (79-72) in a game that despite starting very well for them had a very disputed development and was not decided until the end.
The clash began with more tension than play, as demonstrated by the first three faults, which climbed into the electronic scoreboard before the first points. And in that scenario Jabari Parker unleashed, channeling the entire thrust of the Palau Blaugrana. His good work promoted those of Peñarroya, who with a 15-3 partial forced Spanoulis to stop the game. But not even. The locals reached the end of the first quarter with nine points of advantage (23-14) against a fully surpassed Monaco.
However, the first big break aroused the Monegascos, who gradually won in serenity and success to get back into the game. To such an extent they succeeded, thanks to an inspired Mike James and a Strazel who worked for impulses, who sent Parker to the bench with three personal by caution and reached the break ahead on the scoreboard (35-28). On the contrary, the losses were retired to the losses, for the good rival defense and for some arbitration decisions that they considered wrong.
After a dubitative start after going through changing rooms that facilitated that the Monaco slightly spacked its advantage, Barça raised its intensity. However, visitors were not affected in their poise and made the Catalans sweat to reduce their disadvantage point to point. So much that they did not succeed until the last moments of the third partial, which ended in a draw at 58. Everything remained to decide in a ten -minute miniparide.
In that reduced duel in minutes the figure of Darío Brizuela by Barça, taking two personnel in attack on Monaco and a 2+1 that lifted the public from the Palau of his seats. Those of Peñarroya four were put to put four, but they failed to distance the visitors to face some last quiet minutes. In the outcome, the dolls of each other trembled but it was Barça who took the victory after the Monaco bet on a triple that the hoop did not find and Punter and Parra seal from the line of free throws on the final 79-72.
Next Tuesday, at 7:00 p.m. in Monaco, the outcome.
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