The final score at the Palau did not even remotely reflect the problems that Barça had to knock down Gran Canaria and get ahead in their quarter-final series. As if the page had not turned from what happened in Belgrade, the Barça team was unable to impose their law against a clearly inferior rival and suffered unspeakably to win. It was undoubtedly an important victory but it left a bad taste in the mouth, its debut in the league playoffs very gray.
Barça ran into a rival again who tried to plant a physical battle, Fisac aware that it is a scenario in which the Catalans have not performed too well lately. But the Barça team came out very intense in the game and it didn't take long for them to take control of the scoreboard. He even threatened to break up the match already in the first quarter after Higgins scored 20-13 but the burden of his lousy shooting percentage on three-pointers (3/14 at halftime) was too great.
It's becoming common for Jasikevicius shooters to see the thimble-sized rim, there's a piece in there that needs to be adjusted ASAP, and the backpack is sometimes too big. A clear example is Kuric, whose pristine wrist has been a piece of wood for a few weeks, unable to score even on released shots. Paranormal phenomenon.
He continued percussing despite all of Barça, with an Exum who was fed up with running, enjoying himself like a small child, and a Mirotic who was fattening up his statistics. Although it was Davies who raised the maximum in the first part (34-20, minute 13), drawing a considerable drop for his team. But between Pustovyi, who was delighted by his escape from the Palau, and especially Slaughter, they refused to give up and kept Gran Canaria in the game, dreaming of surprise while Sanli was evacuated as a precaution to the hospital after a blow with shuma.
Although Calathes, who was one rebound away from the triple double, was trying to lead his team to a comfortable victory, Gran Canaria was unable to give up, gradually scratching the scoreboard. The situation became of maximum alert in the Palau with the 72-70 (m33) but there the Fisac men ran out of ideas. With Sergi Martínez as the main stiletto, Barça ended up giving one last coup de grace and adding the victory. An ugly victory, yes, make no mistake.
