Euroleague: Mirotic is enough for Bara and the last quarter to win in Valencia | Euroleague 2019

The Valencians came to have an income of 16 points. Those of Pesic, seconds tied with Real Madrid

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Bara has the last quarter and the foolproof reliability of his great star, Nikola Mirotic, to take a victory against Valencia (76-77) for which very few will have bet in the first 30 minutes. The great performance of the Hispanic Montenegrin (26 points, 32 valuation) and the timely appearance of Thomas Heurtel when things seem to paint worse for those of Svetislav Pesic they ended up converting the great performances of Fernando San Emeterio and Bojan Dubljevic. The Montenegrin was vital at the start of the duel for his own, but his pulse trembled in the free throw line at the most inopportune moment. Something that, in the end, will give that thread of hope to which Mirotic also managed to grab for the Catalans to add a new victory in the Euroleague. (Narration and statistics: 76-77)

Bara started the game showing serious problems to score. Something that Valencia knew how to use perfectly to escape on the scoreboard and prevail over a first quarter in which only Nikola Mirotic seemed able to face Barca. Bojan Dubljevic and Fernando San Emeterio, meanwhile, set the tone for a team that based its advantage on a better success from the three-point line, however much Vctor Claver make up things in the final stretch of the period to cut the local advantage to three points with a view to the second quarter (21-18).

Valencia, however, managed to erase at a stroke the reaction of Barcelona's reaction. At least, in the initial moments of the second period. A partial 8-0, which could have been 9-0 if Alberto Abalde I would have scored the extra shot, allowed him to open a gap of 11 points (29-18) that Bara, again from the hand of Mirotic, but in this case with the timely appearance of Hanga and Oriola In the triples, I responded with a 0-10 that put him a point away (36-35). His lack of control in the defensive rebound and his bad choices in attack, however, prevented Svetislav Pesic's team from getting ahead for the first time on the scoreboard, despite enjoying several opportunities for it. Something that Valencia of Jaume Ponsarnau He was able to punish six points above the Barcelona for resting (43-37).

Arren after the break

The Bara had gotten himself alone, largely, in quicksand. And Valencia, of course, did not miss his chance to make blood after the break. Again, exploiting the poor statistics of the Svetislav Pesic set in the rebound and displaying a lethal toe from beyond the three-point line. The locals managed to leave on the scoreboard until reaching a maximum advantage of 16 points (58-42) in the first few minutes of the period in which Fernando San Emeterio was able to score three triples. An unsportsmanlike foul of Guillem VivesHowever, it could have been crucial. I allowed the Pesic people to reduce the distances a little to get some air. Fortunately for locals, just a little. Those of Ponsarnau, far from being intimidated, knew how to find an answer, again, to the attempt of Barcelona's reaction to go to the last and final room with a seemingly comfortable income to take the game definitively (66-53).

Only in appearance. Bara uncovered his best defensive version, to the delight of a Svetislav Pesic who, until then, quite possibly, must be cursing his teeth. That, together with the timely appearances of Thomas Heurtel and a Nikola Mirotic who knew how to lean on his back at the most decisive moment, ended up turning the scoreboard practically in the last breath. Dubljevic, one of the great arguments of Valencia in the first minutes, failed again and again from the free throw line and, unwittingly, made it possible for the Montenegrin Hispanic, a few seconds to go, put for the first time in advantage to the Barcelona players at the Fuente de San Luis. Two points that meant a 76-77 that, finally, was worth the victory for theirs.