“Barcelona” broke the bloody ASVEL only at the end of the match

Catalani only after a powerful away finish 82:75 (11:15, 31:18, 21:27, 19:15) she defeated tournament outsider Villarban ASVEL (6-12) and took revenge for the unexpected 74:75 failure suffered in the first round at home.

With just over a couple of minutes to go, the Catalans were dangerously behind (69:73), but Alexa Abrinesas hit from afar, and the one who took the lead Cory Higginsas scored 6 points in a row and Barca broke the course of the match – 78:73.

ASVEL resisted almost until the final siren even if they didn’t have it nando de coloDavido Lighty, Alexo Tyuso bei Joffrey Lauvergne‘or.

For the winners Nikola Mirotico scored 19 (8/8 penalties), C. Higgins – 16 (6/6 penalties) and A. Abrines – 14 points (4/6 three-pointers).

Tomas Satoransky was successfully replaced Rokas Jokubaitis. In 25 minutes, the Lithuanian scored 13 points (4/8 braces, 1/2 triples, 2/2 penalties, 18 points), rebounded 5 balls and made 4 assists.

Youssoupha Fall hit 23 (9/12 from 2, 5/6 free throws, field goals), Jonah Mathews 17 and Charles Kahudi 11 for the hosts, who made 2 of 18 from 3 (11%).

On Fridays Šarūnas Jasikevičius The coached “Barcelona” will host the two-time champions basketball players of the Istanbul league “Anadolu Efes” (9-9) in their arena.

The latter took nothing Wednesday night in Valencia, where 71:81 (13:16, 17:15, 26:21, 15:29) recognized the advantage of the local “Basket” (8-10).

The Turkish team led 56-49 at the end of the third quarter, but was otherwise terrible and went winless.

“Anadolu Efes” has accumulated 14 points Shane’as Larkinas and Tibor Pleiss, 12 – Willas Clyburnas11 – Vasilije Micicius (8 ground floor leaks).

The Valencian club, which was missing several key players, had no less than six double-figure scorers, with Josep Puerto and James Webb III being the most notable, posting 15 and 13 points respectively.

By the way, the Valencians also triumphed in the first round in Istanbul 92:91.

Maccabi Tel Aviv (10-8) closes the 18th round of the Euroleague victoriously, which in its own fortress 90:81 (24:13, 22:26, ​​​​​​18:14, 26:28) paid off against “Partizan” from Belgrade (8-10), against whom they lost one point less in the first shift – 88:96.

For the Maccabees, Lorenzo Brown had 21 points and Bonzie Colson had 19 points.

Kevin Punter bid 22 and Dante Exum 17 points for the visitors.

We recall that “Žalgiris” from Kaunas (10-8) will face “Olimpia” from Milan (6-12) on foreign soil on Friday, whom they beat 71:62 in the first match.