A very clear win and back to winning ways in the EuroLeague for Barça against Baskonia in the EuroLeague (93-67). Saras' men dominated throughout, even taking a 41 point lead at one stage. Mirotic received the trophy for MVP of the month before the game. He ended up top-scoring for Barça with 25 points.
Off to a good start
A good start to the game, with Mirotic and Calathes helping Barça put on a show to lead 32-15 after the first 10 minutes.
Barça looked at ease on the court, counteracting Baskonia's attack and winning defensive rebounds to mount their own attacks, leaving the score 55-31 at the break.
No let up
A great third quarter included going 40 points ahead, with Caicedo also getting some minutes, with the score 81-41 going into the final quarter. Baskonia then went on a damage limitation exercise to leave the final score 93-67.
Game Stats:
Barça, 93
Bitci Baskonia, 67
Barça: Laprovittola (11), Calathes (9), Hayes-Davis (2), Mirotic (25) y Sanli (8) – starters l-, Davies (11), Smits (4), Kuric (8), Jokubaitis (8), Martinez (3), Oriola (2) and Caicedo (2).
Bitci Baskonia: Granger (4), Sedekerskis (2), Fontecchio (4), Giedraitis (14) y Enoch (22) – starters -, Peters (4), Baldwin (3), Marinkovic (4), Costello (8), Nnoko and Kurucs (2).
Quarter scores: 32-15 / 23-16 / 26-10 / 12-26
Referees: Damir Javor, Mehdi Difallah and Uros Nikolic.
