This Friday, May 30, the regular season of the Endesa League ends with the dispute of the last day and Barça arrives with everything made. After a very irregular year and plagued with injuries, The Barca team will end fifth in the table and will face Unicaja in the quarterfinals of the play-off for the title.
This means that, if Joan Peñarroya want to advance to the semifinals of the ACB, they must become strong in Malaga and, at least, win a match at Martín Carpena. Therefore, Barça wants to end the regular phase with good feelings and Win in Bilbao (Friday 30, 6:30 p.m.), breaking a streak of five losses in a row at home.
Month and a half without beating
The last Barca victory away from home was on the track of Covirán Granada by 86 to 93a triumph led by the 21 points of Kevin Punter and the 18 of Jabari Parker. This meeting in Andalusian lands was played April 13 and since then Barça has accumulated three defeats in Euroleague and two in ACB.
In European competition, the Catalan team paid badly in its first two visits to Monaco and then was out of the Final Four after losing the fifth and definitive match for a point (85-84). Meanwhile, two days after falling in the Euroleague El Barça He lost by a point on the track of the Leyma Coruña (93-92) and subsequently fell clearly in the Buesa Arena against Baskonia (110-98).
Therefore, winning at Bilbao Basket's house can be important for Joan Peñarroya players, who have seen their forces diluted in their last outings. More knowing that, If they do not add any victory in Malaga, they will fall in the quarterfinals at the hands of Unicaja.
A new junior to the scene
For this game, Joan Peñarroya has summoned Daniel González. 18 -year -old exterior, the Leon combines the Barca Junior with the subsidiary and will complete the Barça list next to Raul Villar and Sayon Keita. An opportunity to see a new debut this year, the fifth in a Junior, after seeing those of Villar and Keita, in addition to Butajevas and Grujicic.
These three juniors will have the opportunity to participate in what will be Barça 2,300 match in the ACB, a milestone that the Barca ones arrive with 73% of victories And being seconds in the historical ranking of played meetings, only behind Real Madrid (2,315 before his Friday 30).
Finally, there are a couple of individual milestones that could be achieved, although they seem unlikely. First, Tomas Satoransky is 13 rebounds to reach 1,000 in his ACB careerwhile Álex Abrines is 21 points to match Rodrigo de la Fuente in the 11th place of the top scorers in the history of the club in Endesa League.
