Barça 74-56 Emporio Armani Milan: Good win in Europe

Great win for the blaugranes in the 5th game of the Euroleague as Saras Jasikevicius' team beat Emporio Armani Milan 74-56 in the Palau Blaugrana. 

Barça turned on the style in the 2nd and 3rd quarters to record an important victory after a 2 week break from competition. 

All even early on 

Despite the fact that Barça got off to an excellent start, taking a 12-4 lead in the opening minutes, the first quarter ended with the sides level at 21-21. The second quarter was a different story with the blaugranes taking control and at the break they led 43-29 over the Italians. 

Barça dominate 

In the second half the home side continued to control the match with Satoransky leading the way to a 61-41 lead. In the final quarter a three pointer from Higgins underlined the blaugranes' control and the 74-56 scoreline at the end sealed another win for Barça with their next game to come on Sunday in the league against Valencia Basket. 

Barça, 74
Emporio Armani Milan, 56

Barça: Laprovittola (5), Satoransky (9), Kalinic (6), Sanli (4), Tobey (13) -starting five-. Da Silva (-), Paulí (4), Vesely (7), Abrines (5), Higgins (11), Jokubaitis (3), Nnaji (7). 
Emporio Armani Milan: Davies (18), Thomas (-), Pangos (5), Melli (2), Hall (7) -starting five-. Tonut (5), Baron (7), Hines (6), Datome (1), Voigtmann (5).
Parcials: 21-21 / 43-29 / 61-41 / 74-56