99-91: Barça sweats blood to defeat Río Breogán

Already struggled this season in tied finals, the Barça knew how to overcome in the final minutes of his duel with Río Breogan to get a new league victory (99-91). It was not easy for him and he had to work hard, with many minutes of disadvantages and doubts, and with Kevin Pointer Absent in the second half due to some discomfort.

This is Barça’s seventh consecutive victory on all fronts, third consecutive in the League where the Palau remains impregnable.

Dario Brizuelaon his birthday, once again led a very competitive game with 16 points, with Joel Vine (16) and Olek Balcerowski (14) also highlighted. The Galicians honored their status as the league’s revelation team, with a brave and casual game that brought them close to victory. Tevin Brown and Danko Brankovicboth with 15 points, stood out but above all the team play shone.

An initial triple of justin Robinson and a certain fluidity of the attack allowed the Barça dominate minimally from the start (7-3) against a rival determined to try with the triple with irregular success. With the entrance of Dominik Mavra The Galician attack gained security and other options, the difference widened to 17-10, forcing Casimiro to call time. Triples of Mavra and Alexander Aranitovic They allowed the visitors to react until 23-20 at the end of the first quarter.

He Breogan He shook off his complexes at the beginning of the second, scoring 17 points in the first five minutes and a favorable partial of 6-17 that set off some alarms in the Palau, due to impossible and distant triples with the counterpoint of the dunks released by Brankovic. The Galicians led 29-37 before conceding 6-0 thanks to Olivier Nkamhoua and Kevin Pointer that forced the time of Casimir. Things were evened shortly before the break until 39-40.

By the way Pointer He retired to the locker room without waiting for halftime after having suffered a nasty fall in the middle of the court in the fight for a ball, which left the Palau in silence for moments. The player did not return to the court and was awaiting tests this Monday to determine the extent.

He Breogan came out a little fresher and held slight advantages on the restart, neutralized by a Balcerowski in a state of grace that completed close actions including a huge alley oop with 3 minutes left in the quarter. But the people of Lugo did not give up and with Mavra as general captain, even forcing counterattacks after conceding a basket, they stayed in the game even with some leads until 69-70 at the end of the quarter after triples from Aranitovic and Nkamhoua.

The tie was maintained for five minutes of the final quarter, with the Breogan stealing balls and trying to run at a minimum. His downfall was some doubts in attack, with Brankovic missing some key shots and the success that Barça found to escape, now with baskets from Brizuela, Martin and Vine until 91-83 with three left. Although the visitors were back within two for a moment, they did not arrive in time.