Joan Peñarroya and Barça players agreed. Despite having the opportunity to get the ticket to the semifinals, Unicaja was much higher and won the second meeting of the series, in which it was the “Worse game of the season” of the premises in the Palau Blaugrana.
Declarations that could well go hand in hand only with the sensations transmitted, since Unicaja felt superior at all times. However, the numbers also certify the collapse in this meeting, since 59-81, The 22 points of difference, suppose the greatest defeat of Barça in the Palau in the Endesa League match throughout the 21st century.
27 years of such a forceful defeat
Roger Esteller, Jerrod Mustaf or 'Sasha' Djordjevic are some of the names to which you have to go back to find such a forceful defeat in the League match in the Palau. Happened On February 8, 1998, against Gran Canaria, in a party that the Canaries took by 85-107the same 22 points of difference that remained in Barça-Unicaja on Friday.
Laporta and Cubells, present in Barça's defeat against Unicaja / Javi Ferrándiz | SPORT
About 22 points that are One of the maximum difference in the history of defeats in the Palau in ACB. An Endesa League that on its website has a database that goes back to the 1983-1984 season. However, there are examples of broader defeats, such as 67-90 against Real Madrid on February 11, 1968.
A Madrid that also has the milestone to endorse Barça the worst night in the history of basketball in the Palau Blaugrana. A meeting that happened on November 18, 2016, when Barça lost for 39 points (63-102) in what was the greatest defeat in the history of Europe for the Barca.
A single course below 70 points
Returning to the present, with Peñarroya on the bench, Barça had played 79 games in all competitions before facing Unicaja in the Palau Blaugrana. In 78 of them, regardless of victory or defeat, the Catalan team had reached 70 pointsalmost always showing a great offensive power and being the only ACB team to overcome as a collective 40% success in shots of 3.
So much so that To see the worst scoring of Barça before these 59 points you have to go back to the first course of the course in Euroleague, on October 3, 2024when the Barca ones lost on the track of Zalgiris Kaunas for 74-67 in a meeting where the best of the Catalans was Nico Laprovittola.
Laprovittola during the match between Zalgiris Kaunas and Barça de la Euroleiga / FC Barcelona
And if the focus is put only on ACB, we must also go back to 2024. Specifically, on November 10, when Barça fell by 77-70 on the Breogán river track In an encounter in which Barça losing 19 balls, but that fought until the end. On the contrary to the game against Unicaja.
Equals the worst defeat of the season
There have been a few games this course in which Barça has been overcome, highlighting two consecutive ones above the rest. They were at the end of November, with the defeat at the Palau against Paris Basketball (87-103) and on the track of the Bayern Munich (100-78) on the historic day of the 11 triples of Andreas Obs. Precisely, That defeat in Germany was the most overwhelming of the seasonthat 59-81 against Unicaja matched.
Therefore, In Endesa League the difference of -22 established a new brand as the worst defeat of the year for Barçaexceeding the distance of 13 points against Baxi Manresa (85-72) and against Casademont Zaragoza (105-92). Both matches, it should be said, played away from the Palau Blaugrana.
