After five consecutive victories and tying up qualification for the Cup, defeat came again for Barça de Peñarroya. It was on the Asvel Villeurbanne court and with a soft game. The Blaugrana team lost a good opportunity to continue consolidating themselves in the playoff zone but they lacked a lot of consistency.
Before the Peñarroya game, he complained that his team had an undeserved reputation for being poor defenders. But at half-time they had conceded 48 points and in the end there were 100. Asvel, a mix of youth and experience, led by six at the interval thanks mainly to Maledon’s 15 points. By then the controversial Willy Hernangómez had also reappeared in the Euroleague, pardoned in the ACB on Sunday against Bilbao. Their contest was anecdotal. Because those who responded to Maledon and a classic like De Colo were the Punter-Parker duo, to which Metu was added. In any case, insufficient to lead given the lack of defensive solvency.
Barcelona lost by fourteen and their reaction at the end was not enough
At the restart, Barça also continued with the problem of having many problems in the direction of the game. If there is a decimated position on the team, it is the base. To make matters worse against Asvel, Juan Núñez was sidelined due to knee discomfort. And Satoransky is not up for much trotting. A gibberish that led to the French team leaving again (65-51) because the good work of Maledon added eight points in a row from Roberson. All the alarms were on although despite everything Barça reached the last quarter with options (76-69) thanks to the pride of Metu (16 points).
Punter (19 points) and Parker (18) took over again, and with a free throw from Vesely Barcelona tied the score (93-93). But he didn’t know how to take advantage of that surge and ended up losing due to his bad head in the end. Like so many times this campaign.
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