The coach of Barça Sarunas Jasikevicius recognized this Wednesday in the preview of the Euroleague match on the Bitci Baskonia court that The return to the convocation of escort Cory Higgins, absent since 4 November due to a back injury, ands “great news”.
“Cory (Higgins) is gradually joining the team. We will see how he feels in the next 24 hours, but it is great news, “said the coach about the American player, who completed part of Tuesday’s training with the rest of the group.
Jasikevicius affirmed that this Thursday at the Buesa Arena, Barça must learn from the defeat they suffered against the Basque team on December 5 at the Palau Blaugrana (78-91), since “we did not go out plugged, they did not dominate and they scored 30 easy points in rebounding and counterattack. “
“It is a team that when highly motivated plays at a high level. It’s a Euroleague game, away from home and on a hot court. It will be very difficult”, the Lithuanian summed up.
For his part, the power forward Nikola Mirotic He acknowledged that “there is no easy game, especially with so many casualties”, although he assured that if Barça has managed to chain nine consecutive victories in the Euroleague it is because for its players “there are no excuses”.
“People are taking a step forward and we are managing to win. It is the way to go. You always have to want more. We know where we are and what is expected of us. There are no excuses. If we thought about excuses we would not have achieved nine victories in a row, so we continue without thinking about the casualties even though we are aware of it, “Mirotic explained.
Finally, the Hispano-Montenegrin celebrated Cory Higgins’s return to the convocation, whom he defined as “a key player” and whom Barça “has missed a lot both on the court and off” it, since “every player we have back is a great plus for us”Mirotic explained.
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