Barça 87–74 Khimki: Solid win at the Palau

The leaders rack up another win in the Euroleague at the Palau Blaugrana after dominating from start to finish against Russian side Khimki. Jasikevicius' team shrugged off a bright start by the visitors to take the victory with Mirotic scoring 24 points and Higgins 20 points in the contest. 

High scoring start 

Barça quelled a bright initial period from Khimki and after just six minutes they were up 24-15. Some 12 points from Mirotic and eight from Higgins allowed the blaugranes to take a 32-25 at the end of the first quarter. 

Jasikevicius' team used their effectiveness from the three point line to more into a 51-41 lead at half time. In the third quarter a three pointer from Abrines held the lead at 10 at 61-51 before an improvement in offensive rebounding allowed them to stretch the advantage to 69-53 at the end of the quarter. 

Closing out

Khimki came back with Barça paying the price for turnovers and the lead was reduced to eight at 72-64. Nevertheless, nine unanswered points took the lead to +17 at 81-64 and from there the result was never in doubt. With the final score 87-74, Barça recorded their 11th win in 14 games in the Euroleague and they remain top of the table. 

MATCH STATS 

Barça, 87
Khimki, 74

Barça: Abrines (3), Mirotic (24), Calathes (1), Higgins (20), Oriola (10) –starting five- Davies (6), Hanga (3), Smits (4), Sergi Martínez (-), Kuric (6), Pustovyi (-).

Khimki: Shved (22), Zaytsev (5), Booker (8), Jerebko (2), Bertans (8) –starting five - McCollum (-), Timma (-), Karasev (13), Monia (-), Jovic (3), Mickey (13).