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Mirotic dismantles Valencia from the perimeter

2023-05-29T22:01:03.788Z

Highlights: The power forward scores seven three-pointers, his best mark, and Barça remain unbeaten at home. Mirotic made the routine, the glory, also the success against Valencia. He hit seven of ten shots from the perimeter – his best historical mark – and sealed the Barça victory in the first quarter-final match of the Endesa League with 27 points. Far from his scoring record, also against Valencia in 2019, with 33 points. And far, of course, that this teaspoon of honey takes out the thorn of the depressive trigger of the Euroleague.


The power forward scores seven three-pointers, his best mark, and Barça remain unbeaten at home


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GRAF112. BARCELONA, 29/05/2023.- Barça forward Nikola Mirotic (r) shoots a basket against Valencia Basket player Josep Puerto during the first play-off match played on Monday at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona. EFE/ Alejandro GarciaAlejandro Garcia (EFE)

Absorb the ball, look, jump and shoot from three. Mirotic made the routine, the glory, also the success against Valencia. He hit seven of ten shots from the perimeter – his best historical mark – and sealed the Barça victory in the first quarter-final match of the Endesa League with 27 points. Far from his scoring record, also against Valencia in 2019, with 33 points. And far, of course, that this teaspoon of honey takes out the thorn of the depressive trigger of the Euroleague.

Mumbrú understood that the challenge did not invite him to attack the low post or the Sanli-Vesely towers; that to hurt Barça the best thing was to make him run and move the ball quickly, also shoot from outside without remission. That is why he left the center Jasiel Rivero without changing to relieve Harper, electricity in the race and to load the arm, a sniper who had clear instruction, because ball that caught ball that threw. And it started sweetly, two of two trebles and Barça with sagging shoulders, but not pride, because the blows of the course have been sound, Unicaja in the Cup and Madrid in the European semifinals.

From the corridors of the Palau they admit that the slaps have left a mark, that the year had been planned to end in combustion. But it has not been like that and the foundations are shaken because it is not known if Jasikevicius will continue – he had a unilateral clause to renew in case of winning the Final Four – and it is intended to lower the generous salary of Mirotic – 10 million – , which has long been longuis. Precisely, the two indicated in the Euroleague: the coach did not know how to contain Tavares or devise another alternative; And the Barça leader stayed in three rickety points. Thus, the ACB playoffs are everything for Barça, which finished the regular phase as a leader, with eight wins.

So Valencia's initial spurt was short-lived, annoying Barcelona at a new threat to step on the dreaded catwalk of the pirate ship. Barça ran and did it with sense, led by the splendid strides of Satoransky and also by the peripheral vision of Laprovittola, at last with Mirotic intoned because he replied to Harper with two other triples and with what was needed. He signed five of six shots of three and 19 points at halftime, a punishment that the defense in the zone – he choked Barça – and Jones, always capable of the best and the worst (broken ankles and waist, also losses), amended so that Valencia remained standing at halftime (40-37), so that Jasikevicius gesticulated and evidenced another of his morrocotudos anger.

Harper started the second half the same, a triple from home, four more free throws in a row and an assist for Alexander's kill. Enough to flip the score (45-46). Solution? Ball to Mirotic and another show. Two more three-pointers without fail, a steal with a basket and Barça gas because Abrines also found inspiration from the periphery to leave 11 points. At last the only reliable theory of Barça in this course became good because it counts its matches in the Endesa League by victories, 18 so far.

It cost the Barça team to reactivate in the last quarter, three minutes of drought and Radebaugh penalizing with more triples. It remained in tame because Valencia, from butter hands, continued to accumulate losses (16 in total) for Barça to replicate with Satoransky and with races to the Speedy Gonzales. Simple points. The complicated thing had already been done by Mirotic, this time definitive as required. The second round, on Friday in Valencia.

BARCELONA, 84 - VALENCIA B., 74

Barcelona: Satoransky (14), Laprovittola (6), Abrines (6), Mirotic (27) and Vesely (10) —initial quintet—; Sanli (-), Sergi Martínez (-), Kalinic (5), Tobey (-), Kuric (14), Jokubaitis (2) and Nnaji (-).

Valencia Basket: Jones (18), Harper (15), Puerto (6), Claver (-) and Alexander (9) —starting quintet—; Prepelic (-), Pradilla (5), Webb (6), Ferrando (-), Radebaugh (6), Djubljevic (6) and Hermannsson (3).

Partial: 18-16; 22-21; 29-18; 15-19.

Arbitrators: Pérez Pérez, Serrano and Mendoza. Excluded by personal Harper.

Palau Blaugrana. 5,454 spectators.

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Source: elparis

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