If it is for statistics, it will be almost like throwing those given in the Monte Carlo roulette. Barça knows that the numbers play against him next Tuesday in Monaco, but is forced to grab them. In the history of the Euroleague, only a team, Real Madrid, has been able to turn a 2-0, or 0-2.
All who doubled their advantage came out victorious except in that controversial 2023 series in which the whites flew to Belgrade with a 0-2 against after the fracas In the palace, and they knew how to bring the series back to Madrid …, and win the fifth game after being 18 points below. In total, 31 series and only a precedent in which a team raised a 2-0 or 0-2.
To that 3.22%, Barcelona grabs. Also precedents that he himself has been a victim. Until last year, no visitor had been able to win the fifth game in the history of the quarterfinal playoffs in the Euroleague.
However, the same day, Barça suffered in his flesh the defeat against Olympiacos (59-63) and Jasikevicius put Fenerbahce in the final Four of Berlin after winning in Monaco. Curious statistics of the Monegascos, which They have played four years in Europe and, in the four cases, they have gone to the decisive match.
Barça was not able to threaten in The rock In the first two games of the quarterfinal playoffs, but he does know what it is to win in the Principality. On January 9, he won 84-98 in a regular phase match. It was also imposed in 2022 (63-69) and in 2021 (81-85).
Peñarroya says that they go to war with “tyrachinas” and compete against “bombs”, but the truth is that Terrassa coach He has managed to balance the tie by exploring the physical limits of his team. He has been able to contain the monaco pivots and plug Players like Willy, Fall or Justin Anderson. Parker and Pinter have fulfilled the role of franchise players and Brizuela has taken a leap to become a determining player.
One of the unknowns with views to Tuesday will be to know if Peñarroya recovers Jan Vesely, with low back pain and, if so, how he would solve the rotations of the pivots after what Fell or Willy has given him in the Palau matches.
In any case, it would not be bad news for the coach because Barça is playing at the limit of his forces. Players like Satoransky, at 33 years old, forced to an overwhelming for the casualties of Laprovittola and Juan Núñez, they could hardly move this Friday when the fourth battle ended in the Palau. Statistics barely give it 3.22%, but Barça will go with the forces that remain to Monaco to try to get to Abu Dhabi.
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