Two from two at the Palau. Barça beat La Laguna Tenerife 97-89 to take a 2-0 lead in the semi-final series and travel to the Canary Islands knowing that one more win will secure a place in the final. If not, the series will return to Barcelona for a decisive fifth game.

Mills leads Tenerife response

After a one-sided first game, Tenerife came out with a different approach, putting the ball in the hands of veteran scorer Patty Mills. The Australian responded immediately, hitting two early three-pointers and proving almost impossible to stop. Barça stayed composed, though, sharing the scoring load and relying on Fall's presence inside to keep pace in a high-scoring opening quarter, which ended 25-27.

Barça take control

The hosts seized the initiative in the second quarter. Vesely dominated inside, while Laprovittola sparked the Palau with back-to-back threes as Barça produced an 18-4 run to open up a double-digit lead. Tenerife cut the deficit to ten by half-time (48-38), but the blaugranes stretched it to 15 points early in the third quarter (61-46).

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Tenerife fight back, Barça finish the job

Just when the game seemed to be slipping away, Tenerife responded. Two Scrubb triples sparked a comeback, and Mills' 36-point display helped level the scores for the first time since the opening quarter.

Barça, however, had one final answer. An 8-0 run, coupled with a second technical foul for coach Txus Vidorreta, ended Tenerife's challenge and secured a 97-89 victory.

The series now moves to Tenerife, where Barça will have two chances to claim the win they need to reach the final.

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    MATCH STATS

    Barça: 97
    La Laguna Tenerife: 89

    Barça: Juani Marcos (0), Punter (15), Clyburn (14), Shengelia (9), Fall (16), Cale (4), Vesely (19), Brizuela (4), Satoransky (4), Hernangómez (-), Laprovittola (13), Parra (3). 

    La Laguna Tenerife: Marcelinho (14), Mills (36), Scrubb (12), Doornekamp (4), Guerra (10), Jaime Fernández (6), Van Beck (0), Fridriksson (-), Sastre (0), Abromaitis (5), Yebo (2), Alderete (-).

    Periods: 25-27, 48-38, 69-63, 97-89.

    Referees: Carlos Cortés, Sergio Manuel, Jorge Martínez.

    Força Barça