The Barça receives without respite to the ambitious Milan
BARCELONA, 10 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Barça receives Armani Milan at the Palau Blaugrana in a match on matchday 20 of the Euroleague Regular Phase with the intention of forgetting the last defeat and staying at the top of the table despite not having any respite and taking on one one of the most ambitious projects in the competition.
Barça and Milan land on this eventful day 20, with several games suspended due to the current coronavirus outbreak, after conceding losses in their last games. Barça also comes from falling at home in the Endesa League in the derby against Manresa.
There is a desire to return to the path of victory, after the unexpected defeat against Bitci Baskonia (94-75) in the last day played in this Euroleague, but above all Barça wants to recover injured or positive players and see their strength diminished.
In an already tight calendar, having fewer rotations is affecting Barça from a Sarunas Jasikevicius who was also infected with COVID-19 but who, like Nico Laprovittola, is already back to a team that hopes to recover troops .
Still leader, despite the hard stumble at the Buesa Arena, they will try to stop with those available to a Milan that in their last duel fell at home against Real Madrid (73-75) and that yearns to win so as not to see their position as ‘play-offs’.
The Italians arrive, surely, without the injured Luigi Datome and with the great doubt of Sergio Rodríguez, who also ended the duel against the whites with discomfort. At Barça, Pierre Oriola no longer has a coronavirus but he does have annoyances that make him doubt, as well as all those who are pending a negative PCR – such as Caicedo, Davies or Exum.
The youth center James Nnaji could play again at the Palau and again in the Euroleague, who had a dream debut in the Endesa League with his 10 points, 5 rebounds and a PIR of 19 in that lost derby against Manresa. The best assessment of a debutante at Barça in ACB who could play again and improve his 2 points in Vitoria.
DATASHEET.
–EQUIPMENT.
BARÇA: Laprovittola, Kuric, Hayes-Davis, Mirotic and Sanli –possible initial quintet–; Smits, Orihuela, Higgins, Jokubaitis, Ubal, Nnaji.
ARMANI EXCHANGE MILAN: Delaney, Daniels, Shields, Melli and Hines -possible starting five-; Grant, Rodríguez, Tarczewski, Ricci, Hall, Bentil.
– REFEREES: Latisevs, Rocha and Nedovic.
– PAVILION: Palau Blaugrana.