ALBA Berlin: They already have the first one (88-73)

Palau is already celebrating European victories. In the first game Euroleague like a local resident Barça got rid of ALBA Berlin (88-73) and was able to make his debut in the top continental competition.

score 8-0

A duel against the Germans seemed like a good opportunity to celebrate the first and continue to grow. Barça is under construction, and it was a match with Peñarroya, from smallest to largest. Despite a more than exciting 8-0 start, ALBA began to find the basket and restore the initial parity, but were always behind on the scoreboard.

Equality in leisure

In a fairly even first quarter, the Blaugrana finished with a slight lead (19-16), thanks primarily to good defense, which is key to hampering Berlin’s attacks. Justin Anderson and Metu scored Palau with a 2+1 score, the first, and a spectacular alley-oop dunk, the second, to take a little more stock (28-21). Revenue, which remained fairly stable until the break. Because although Barça took advantage of Brizuela’s good defense, ALBA refused to leave the game (43-37).

bad moments

At the restart, Peñarroya split the starting five in two, with Laprovittola and Anderson replacing Nunez and Abrines, but the dynamic didn’t seem to change much. The attacks in Barcelona were not clean at all, Despite the Panther’s great sparks of talent and his great defensive activity, they were an excellent weapon to hold the Germans at bay. Laprovittola’s three (53-44) seemed a good sign for optimism, but, on the contrary, it was followed by Laprovittola’s three (53-44). 0-10, which allowed Barcelona to fall behind for the first time in the entire match (53-54).

To the rhythm of Brizuela

It didn’t last long. Captain Abrines with a triple and microwave Brizuela with seven points in a row put out the fire that had not yet begun (63-54) to close the third period. Abrines made a triple again to get the maximum +12 so far (66-54) and Brizuela continued at her boiling point: brought Barca its first victory in the Euroleague. But the people of Peñarroya were more than warned. In Lleida they were close to losing +19, and something similar could not be repeated.

They provide the first

And he didn’t. Palau surrendered to the Basque mamba chanting Brizuela’s name as Peñarroya gave him a rest, but those who entered did not show no signs of excessive relaxation. And at the very least, Peñarroya shut him down with a timeout, just like when Justin Anderson’s putback led to an easy layup (80-69).

Punter and Brizuela, two luxury gunboats.

Barça reformed after the time-out to contain Alba, thanks in part to two treble goals from The player who wanted to compete with Brizuela for the title of top scorer. But the Basque, who watched the final from the bench, had a total of 18 points, the overwhelming majority at key moments, compared to the Americans’ 14. Thus, Barça scored a goal. first European victory over the distance before changing the chip again and installing the ACB chip with a visit on Sunday (18:30) to the La Laguna Tenerife circuit.

Match sheet

Barça: 88
ALBA Berlin: 73

Barça: Nunez (0), Panther (14), Abrines (9), Parker (8) and Vesely (10) – starting five – Anderson (7), Brizuela (18), Metu (9), Satoransky (0), Hernangomez ( 7), Fall (0) and Laprovittola (6).

ALBA Berlin: Hermansson (13), Spagnolo (7), Olinde (7), Wetzell (7) and Williams (8) – starting five – Procida (2), McDowell-White (12), Matthyssek (0), Schneider (3), Koumadje (8), Rapieke (6) and Bean (0).

Particles: 19–16, 43–37, 63–54, 88–73.

Judges: Robert Viklitsky, Boris Ryzhik and Mario Majkic.