With 1-1 in their Endesa League semifinal, Barça visits Carpena with doubts
MADRID, 11 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Barça visits Unicaja de Málaga this Sunday (6:30 p.m.) to play the third game of its semifinal playoff in the Endesa League, with a 1-1 overall score for the series and with the people from Malaga with the aim of consolidating the surprise , after having snatched the home court factor from the culé team in the second of their clashes.
His good finish in the opening match last Wednesday, although he did not get loot (84-81), did serve as a warning to the stands of the Palau Blaugrana. 48 hours later, Unicaja dominated the scoreboard almost the entire time during the second round of the tie; He only faltered midway through the third period, but quickly handcuffed Barça again.
The American point guard Tyson Carter, with 19 points, led the victory of the Malaga team (79-88). But Tyler Kalinoski, David Kravish and Kendrick Perry also stood out, with 13 points each, to draw a carat choral performance. Thus, Ibon Navarro won the battle of the benches against a Sarunas Jasikevicius without alternative resources and full of doubts to counteract his opponents.
In addition, Unicaja broke a particular drought of 23 seasons, since they had not won a Playoff match at the Palau since 2000. Now the series moves to the José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace, one of the hottest venues in the entire ACB League. In front of their audience, Navarro’s pupils will try to finish off the job.
For their part, those of Jasikevicius face two life-and-death appointments at home. After having lost the Endesa Super Cup final at the beginning of the course against Real Madrid, after having lost in the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey precisely against Unicaja and after having finished fourth in the Euroleague Final Four, the only thing left for him to do is to Barça to smile this season is to win the ACB League. So everything goes through the Carpena.
DATASHEET.
–EQUIPMENT.
UNICAJA: Perry, Brizuela, Djedovic, Sima and Ejim –possible starting five–; Carter, Kalinoski, Barreiro, Thomas, Kravish, Osetkowski, and Diaz.
BARÇA: Satoransky, Laprovittola, Abrines, Mirotic and Vesely –possible starting five–; Sanli, Kalinic, Tobey, Kuric, Jokubaitis, Nnaji and Martinez.
–REFEREES: Conde, Caballero and Torres Sánchez.
–PAVILION: José María Martín Carpena Sports Palace.
–TIME: 18.30/#Let’s go.