Laprovittola acts as MVP at Barça and knocks out Joventut

Nico Laprovittola left a mark Youth, won the MVP title in the 18-19 season, and is on course to do so in the Barça, play as he played this Sunday against the black-and-whites in the Catalan derby of the ACB or a few days ago against Madrid. The Penya endured the gait in the Palau until the last minute, even doubt in the team of late Jasikevicius, enter the last minutes with options (76-71). But the Argentine point guard blew up any hint of resistance and added 11 of his 21 total points in that last period, with three of his five tries, to open the door for a comfortable victory for the Barcelona fans (99-84 ).

“Nico finds solutions, records a lot and feels more and more comfortable in the system of this team, so keep on & rdquor ;, he praised him Jasikevicius to the conclusion. “This victory was important to us. It was a derby against a team like the Penya which is full One prepares to play hard in every game, but the whole team was very good & rdquor ;, the point guard said.

21 points. 5/7 in triplicate. Nice match by Nico Laprovittola. #LigaEndesa pic.twitter.com/p4qwOEP8q9

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The impact of Laprovittola in the last period, with three consecutive three-pointers, he was fundamentally in the 13-2 run with which the Barcelona fans brought the draw to victory, after three quarters in which they experienced an uncertain pulse, of steel-like defense and exchange of hold, in which both Tomic (20 points, 8 rebounds) as Long live (17 points, 5 assists) has the hope of the Penya. The black-and-green team justified their excellent level at the Palau this season, which led to them entering the Cup as a selected team, whose pairs will be determined next Monday with the draw for the draw.

Tomic, dominant

In the party plan Carles Duran There was the idea of ​​controlling the pace and limiting Barça’s triple to the maximum to reduce their fistfight. But Miroties It only took two minutes to force him to change it and change immediately, putting together three tries that drew a very favorable scenario for the interests of Barcelona fans (11-4). The inspiration of the Hispano-Montenegrin, added to the triple of Jokubaitis y Exum, and a very soluble defense, which left the black-and-white shots barely comfortable, allowed the Barça plays very comfortably in the first quarter (24-13), despite the constant rotations of Jasikevicius, who bet on the young James Nnaji in the starting line-up, and also for Exum, forced by the last minute drop of Higgins due to a plantar fascia, and also the Turkish center Sanli for your positive.

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A @ Vives16 You do not have to move from Badalona to join it.

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The reaction of the Penya came through the defense. Then it was the turn of Tomic, who returned to the Palau for the first time with an audience in the stands and was received with a standing ovation. The Croatian center easily pushed under the hoops and made a difference on the setback to leave a very open game for the second half (40-35).

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The scenario did not change much after the restart, with both teams taking a step into defense and with alternate appearances by many protagonists such as e.g. Davies, Hayes and Mirotic on the Barça side and Vives and Brodziansky in the Badalonese, who knew how to take the match to the stage that suited them best (76-71, m. 35), to the overwhelming disruption of Laprovittola He turned the match around and clinched a victory that was too tough for the black-and-white merit.