Barça overwhelmed Girona in the Catalan derby (97-74). Joan Peñarroya's players razed a star Kevin Star (13 points in the first quarter) and took advantage of their external efficacy (20/36 T3; Abrines scored 6 triples and Parker 5) to open gap on the scoreboard before the break.
In the second half, the Catalans completely fallen to Girona, who with the casualties of Juan Fernández and Maxi Fjellerup could only assume defeat. Despite the defeat, Madrid's victory against Granada (79-67) allows Catalans to seal the permanence in ACB.
The Palau was full to witness the Catalan derby of the day. As side, everyone was aware of what happened between Madrid and Granada. The duel began with intensity and rapid transitions by both teams, which ran without stopping for a moment.
The Barça, with a Kevin Punter Excelso (13 points in the first quarter), escaped on the scoreboard in a closing and open-eyed (18-8). Jabari Parker was added to his compatriot's party in the face of the circumstances of the Galician coach of Girona, who was incapacitated to stop the outer success of the Barcelona, who scored 32 points in 10 minutes.
Joan Peñarroya's players stretched the difference until 17 and the rojiblancos were very complicated by the game against a Barça that despite playing with the third march on, had enough to keep their opponents at bay. Just when it seemed that the locals had the hunting game, Ike Ireegbu appeared on the scene to cut points and Francisco Caffaro lowered the ten barrier from the free throw line.
And when Girona began to react, two triples of àlex Abrines decapitated visiting expectations. A Triple of Parker put his finger on the sore and placed the maximum (+21) and Busquets responded on the horn to make up the bleeding to rest (53-35).
The mattress of twenty points and, worse, the lack of proposals of Girona, left a Dantesque panorama. The absurd losses, the lack of organization on the track and the fact that Barça seemed to take advantage of the duel to turn it into a shooting training, darkened the Moncho Fernández team and left the game practically resolved at the end of the third quarter (+26). With nothing to add and with all the fish distributed, Girona assumed its defeat number 22.
Technical file
97- Barça (32+21+26+18): Villar (-), Pinter (18), Abrines (20), Parker (21) and Hernángomez (4)-initial-year-Anderson (10), Satoransky (2), Fall (7), Brizuela (13) and Parra (2).
74- Basketball Girona (19+16+21+18): 'Juani' Marcos (2), Ireegbu (19), Susinkas (-), Sergi Martínez (7) and Geben (9) -Cinco initial-; Ferrando (-), Sanmartín (-), Lucas (5), Pons (7), Durham (6), Caffaro (5) and Pep Busquets (5).
Referees: Martín Caballero, Fabio Fernández and David Sánchez. They pointed out unsportsmanlike to Lucas (min.7) by Bàsquet Girona.
Incidents: Match of the 33rd of the Endesa League played at the Palau Blaugrana (Barcelona) against 5,450 spectators.
