It is difficult to stop a player like Laprovittola yesterday, but it is more complicated to stop a Barça like yesterday. Morabanc Andorra did not have a bad game, but the azulgranas were intractable. After a disputed first quarter, the match only had one color. Jasikevicius’ men were unstoppable in attack and insurmountable in defense, with an effectiveness that scares them. And with Laprovittola as leader.
After a couple of minutes of general error, the game started with a festival of three shots. On the part of Andorra especially, but also of Barça. Laprovittola disguised himself as Kuric with three triples without a boat, while a much more choral Andorra riddled Barça from the perimeter. Calathes shone in the direction and Sanli inside, being the only interior that scored.
Morabanc Andorra punished Barça a lot from the outside, but also from the inside. Arteaga’s entry hurt Barça (10 points in five minutes) and the second unit did not resolve the attacks as effectively (33-35). The success percentages, and therefore the score, were very high from the beginning.
Barça raised the physical level and Andorra began to bog down. They kept hitting a triple, but that was practically his only option to score. With a play of four points (two plus one and technique to Jasikevicius) Morabanc tied the match (41-41) and a subsequent mate from Miller-Mcintyre finished the patience of the Lithuanian coach. Dead time and read the card to his players. With a stellar Kuric (14 points without missing a shot) Barça recovered the advantage before the break (52-49).
The difference increased on the scoreboard because the dynamics, already from the first half, increased. Barça continued to move the ball more and better (they had twice as many assists) but above all they continued to improve in defense. And Laprovittola also returned to the parquet. The Argentine put on a show from the perimeter. Of those that lift people from their seats, of those that are worth a ticket. In just four minutes of the third quarter, the blaugranas already began to decide the match (63-52). Davies, very active and who was almost always stopped with a foul, just shored up the advantage.
With Jokubaitis in charge, the maximum difference was reached in the last quarter (90-68) before Morabanc Andorra stopped the game to, at least, not leave the Palau very badly. He achieved it based on good attacks, minimizing the distance in the electronic until the final 107-88.