Barcelona survived Guy and defeated Tenerife | Basketball | Kinds of sports

Barcelona have unsuccessfully deprived the daisy of the titles of a season that threatens to remain empty, while Madrid ties up one aliron after another. Knocked out of the Super Cup and lost in the Cup final (both tests against arch-enemy), washed out in the regular season of the Endesa League because they finished third and were eliminated from Europe before Final fourBarça team belongs to playoffs ACB, in order not to be shipwrecked with a new project, in any case undervalued economically and in names, Mirotic has already forgotten, and the supposed great signing of Hernangomez was wrong – this Sunday he did not play until the middle of the third quarter; Only 8m 28s – because Vesely did not give up. The first step towards recomposition was taken in Palau against a Tenerife team that was Guy’s Basketball Clubas the defender added 34 points, a delightful spectacle that, unfortunately for him, went without a prize, supported by Barça, above all, by Parker.

Adapted to the Barcelona ecosystem and tactically applicable, there are many watches that staff dedicated to studying European basketball after a life in the NBA – Parker is the right eye of Palau and the locker room due to his constant enthusiasm. He, with his eternal smile and sometimes shocked face – a mask of his inner rivalry – accepts the honors. As at the beginning of this series, in which Barça, having received a slap, plays all red or black. Grab, jump, wrist and inside. Three threes to open the mouth and another basket of two, 11 points in a quarter to explain that Barça can no longer play small. And even less so with Kyle Guy ahead. shooter from Indiana, the focus is now on Tenerife with mainstays Shermadini, Doornekamp and Jaime Fernandez coming into play. But Guy offers a better version, more complex: a player with an electric hip and a golden doll, a holiday that needs to be connected. It so happened that Lenovo was initially not content with Guy alone, as he paled in comparison to Barça’s variety of resources, moments of quick circulation and clean passes after leaving the squad. choose and rolltriples the figure (6 of 9), with the exception of Ricky Rubio, who is trying to correct the rim with passes.

Vidorreta berated his players for not paying attention to the board, to what they had been working on during the week, ignoring that Marcelino could be the lever that moves the world. As they adopted the slogan, Lenovo felt the pulse of the challenge directed by Marcelinho and catapulted by a fiery Guy, capable of hitting threes from the corners or from home, off-balance or with a one-legged leap. Show unstoppable, who once again reminded that Guy is a player playoffs, as he had previously played six games and topped 20 points in four and 30 in two others. In Palau, he scored 23 goals at half-time, a record that was enough for the Tenerife team to enter the contest. With Barça disoriented, only Abrines was able to respond from the periphery, leveling the game at the break (50-46).

Of course, Guy had more. His one-on-one spread out the opponents and loaded them with personnel, a machine that the Catalans could not decipher. Neither contain. Two plus one here, triple there My God everywhere to put Lenovo ahead in the bout for the first time (55-57). Seeing Guy’s sharp basketball, Barça tried to provide assistance in the two-on-one game, and this power of attraction freed her teammates; Vicedo and Alex Lopez from the outskirts. Again, only Abrines protested from the three, and finally Hernangomez played and explained that he was Hulk under the hoop, hands raised to ask for Palau’s support despite the coach’s lack of attention. And Parker, at the siren, invented an impossible shot from around the corner basket install tables (72-72) if the last chapter is missing.

In the hot room, Laprovittola’s coolness finally appeared, interceptions, passes and passes, good balls. But he found neither chorus nor echo, the blaugranas fought falsely with the hoop. Until a dunk and then a jump shot from Parker, as well as Parra’s dance in a bottle, unblocked Barça. The guy, already with his tongue hanging out – played all but x minutes – lost effectiveness and Lenovo remained in the middle. Or less. Hauja in Palau, consisting of Vesela, Satoransky and again Parker (23 points in the bet) completed the fight and victory despite Guy. One-nil in the series, which resumes on Wednesday in Tenerife.

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