Barcelona passes over Real Madrid in the Christmas Classic

  • The Blaugranas match in the league standings with Real Madrid
  • Mirotic once more marked the variations in the Barça assault
Picture: EFE

Barcelona actually wished to win Real Madrid and from the first second of the Classic these of Pesic confirmed it. On the different hand, Laso's had been lacking and didn’t present their typical potential in one of these video games and ended up falling sharply by 20 factors of distinction (83-63).

Campazzo, certainly one of the greatest Real Madrid gamers, was disconnected from the starting. Barcelona's protection lined the Argentine base completely and compelled him to lose the ball 4 occasions in half 1 / 4. These of Pesic embroidered it with an 8-Zero of partial and a last of the first quarter of 22-5 in favor.

The distinction between the two was abysmal: a 6 of 8 in triples for the Catalans and a 1-10 for the meringues. In the second leg of the crash, Pablo Laso's staff reacted thanks, in half, to the contribution from the bench of Trey Thompkins and Rudy Fernández. It was the solely quarter worthy of Real Madrid that made him go to relaxation with 12 down (39-27).

The assault of Real Madrid was removed from what it used to and nearly by no means generated areas for good launches, one thing that Barcelona did. For extra inri, Laso misplaced Deck as a consequence of damage. The third quarter ended with 62-45 and Barcelona regaining the distinction in the scoreboard.

In the final and last, Real Madrid appeared to get up and returned to drag the rope with 11 down and an preliminary 6-0, however when it appeared he might once more Barcelona marked the distances with a triple of Kuric and a 2 +1 Oriola. The whites didn’t get well from this and ended up dropping the Classic by 20 factors. With this rating, whites and Blaugranas equal in the League (12-3) tied in the desk with the stunning CAI.

DATA SHEET

BARÇA: Hanga (10), Higgins (7), Claver (-), Mirotic (20) and Davies (5) – preliminary five–; Oriola (7), Abrines (2), Delaney (14), Kuric (10), Tomic (8).

REAL MADRID: Campazzo (4), Taylor (4), Deck (2), Randolph (7) and Tavares (8) – preliminary five–; Causeur (4), Rudy Fernández (3), Laprovittola (4), Garuba (5), Carroll (9), Thompkins (13).

PARTIALS: 22-5, 17-22, 23-18 and 21-18.

REFEREES: Hierrezuelo, Oyón and Serrano. They eradicated Garuba at Real Madrid.

PAVILION: Palau Blaugrana. 7,387 spectators.