Barça and Río Breogán fight a scoring battle at the Palau

If he Barça decided to bet on rhythm and scoring this season, the challenge of this noon in the Palau (12:00 p.m.) puts that decision to the test. The Blaugrana will face a rival who holds their own in that philosophy and who arrives after one of their best starts to the season.

He Breogan Riverwhich has scored more than one hundred points in five of the six games played, is in fifth position with a 4-2 balance thanks to its offensive vocation: it is the second best team in points per game (104.7), the second that uses the fewest seconds in its possessions and – this has merit – the third that scores the most per possession after Barça and Madrid.

The threat of the Galician team does not go unnoticed by Darío Brizuelaone of the fittest men in Barça today: “He is a rival very much like our style. He likes to run, he shoots a lot from three and goes all out on the rebound. Furthermore, they have had the whole week to prepare for this duel. The ACB It is close to the level of the Euroleague on many days and tomorrow is one of them,” the Basque warned.

Brizuela has been decisive in the last three appointments: he sentenced before the Valencia Basket (15 points), nailed a vital triple in Carpena and scored 22 points in Sofia against Hapoel Tel Aviv, with the winning basket five seconds left. “We are finding a way to play and a rhythm with which we feel comfortable, but we don’t have to think so much about the streak but about continuing to work,” stressed the San Sebastian native.

Faced with this rival, the Barça will seek to continue its great dynamic and extend a streak of six consecutive victories. To counteract Lugo’s offensive flow, the Barça entrusts itself to its own evolution under the leadership of Aleksander Sekulic.

The challenge will not be without physical difficulties for the locals. Sekulic will not be able to count on power forward Yoan Makoundou due to patellar tendinopathy in the left knee, while the point guards Juan Nunez and Umoja gibson They remain as doubts. The positive note will be the presence of center Olek Balcerowskialready rejoined the dynamic after adding minutes in Europe. Polish will be necessary to face an interior line of centimeters of the Breogan that has added the last few days to the ex of Manresa Amida Brimah and who has doubts about Tevin Brown.