Heads in favor of Baskonia at the Euroleague premiere and tails in favor of Barcelona and Real Madrid | Basketball | Sport

Barça’s new project collapsed in Lithuania against Zalgiris (74-67) to show it was still raw, just as Madrid added their third successive failure during the visit to Bayern Munich (97 –89), no matter how stubborn he may be. there was an attempt to reach the twelfth and also the fourth. Final four in a row, which is a milestone that has not been achieved in its entire history. Baskonia performed better, managing to change the result of the match with Partizan (88-82).

The Barça denies the imperfect time as it excludes the possibility of being by definition a team of disunities and defeats at home to Roque, as happened last year with Grimau on the bench, which was an empty exercise. You must always compete, run tirelessly to get a lot of shots, and use defense and rebounding. This is the ambition of coach Joan Peñarroy. But judging by what could be seen in Kaunas, there is still a lot to be done: the team went off the rails at Zalgiris’s European premiere, where new players (Punter, Metu, Anderson and Juan Nunez) did not ask for passage. Not enough to knock out Brazdeikis (17 points) and Francisco (19; 15 in the fourth quarter); Not so much for Barça, which does not have a food preparation point. Or two.

This is also a renewed Madrid after saying goodbye to Sergio Rodriguez, Rudy, Coser, Yabusele and Poirier in exchange for Ibaka, Garuba, Feliz and Ratan-Mayes. But his intention, as usual, is to conquer Europe with the permission of the Greeks (Olympiakos and Panathinaikos). Although the move started crookedly, with three disappointing defeats: against Unicaja in the Super Cup and Leyma Coruña in the ACB, now against the Bayern inspired by Napier (25 points), which put the SAP Garden, the pavilion debuting in the bet. The reaction of Musa (18) and Campazzo (19) was of no use as the team was in a sorry state (12-22) in the third quarter.

Baskonia were also celebrating the victory and Laso was worried as he had come to turn the tide last year when the team had strived for a lot but achieved nothing. And while he needs to grow up on the idea, with newcomers Luwawu-Cabarrot (15 points) and Hall (4 blocks) asking for their turn, the Capitals teamed with Howard to defeat the Guerrillas and secure the category win.