Threes at a time get you anywhere faster than two at a time. This is how Grimau’s Barça seems to understand it, in a state of grace from beyond the arc, and Asvel Villeurbanne, the latest victim of the Barça cataract, can give good faith in this, this Friday at the Palau. Barça did not waste the defeat of Real Madrid and settled in second place in the Euroleague with a victory that drew an extraterrestrial Laprovittola, signing an 8/10 in triples to round out an extraordinary 17/26 overall for his team in a new exhibition offensive.
No one will be able to say that they are bored this year in the old Barcelona coliseum, where points are the usual menu for each evening. For and against, yes, because as on all sides there will be those who will emphasize the poor defense that the Barça team perpetrates for many minutes. But, so far, the results prove Grimau and his players right. They continue to have a magnificent start to the season, game by game, victory by victory, much better than what the doomsayers announced, why kid themselves.
Three-point shooting festivals are starting to become a common trend for this Barça, and when the day is inspired, their ability to crush the rival hoop is incessantly breaking down barriers. Because, with its owner Tony Parker in the box, Villeurbanne put up a lot of face on the hardwood and tried to match all the blows it received with an excellent Luwawu-Cabarrot, but despite its not inconsiderable 13/24 in triples it was not enough for it. stop the bleeding.
Except for a couple of moments in the second quarter (32-33 and 45-47), Barça maintained control of the scoreboard throughout the match but the truth is that they did not sniff victory until the last minutes against an opponent who performed much better than which indicates its classification.
Barça started the second half with six triples without a miss, three of them from Laprovittola – who also distributed 9 assists –, which gave the sensation of breaking the duel (76-62, minute 28). But this Villeurbanne is a fighting team, which does not give up and continues to work every play without caring about the score. They also have a giant like Fall, who made Barça’s centers desperate in many parts of the night. With the French threat in the jugular, Laprovittola invented his eighth triple (93-85) that definitively lowered the curtain on the game. Barça has a supersonic Madrid just one victory away. We will have to give him his merit.
101. Barça (28 22 28 23): Satoransky (12), Laprovittola (28), Parra (0), Parker (13), Vesely (14) -starting team-, Hernangómez (12), Da Silva (10), Kalinic (6), Abrines (2), Jokubaitis (4), Brizuela (0) and Paulí (0).
92. ASVEL Villeurbanne (24 17 24 21): Lee (5), Lighty (0), Luwawu-Cabarrot (20), Lauvergne (17), Fall (15) -initial team-, De Colo (16), Scott ( 15), Jackson (4), Egbunu (0), Ndiaye (0), Yaacov (0).
Referees: Tomislav Hordov (CRO), Gytis Vilius (LIT) and Robert Vyklicky (CHE). Sin eliminated.
Incidents: matchday 11 of the Euroleague played at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona before 4,612 spectators.
