Last Tuesday in Malaga, Barça added one of the best victories throughout the season. With its 97-101 triumph against Unicaja, the Barca team added the first point in the quarter-final series, to the best of three, getting the track factor and, thus, the Possibility of closing the tie in the Palau Blaugrana with the 0-2 over the Malagaños.
An opportunity that will arrive This Friday, June 6, starting at 7:00 p.m., when Barça receives Unicaja at home in the second game of the series. For this meeting to be the definitive, Joan Peñarroya's team must fight and fight for 40 minutes, who knows if more, to defeat the only Spanish who has won titles this season (Supercopa, Copa del Rey, FIBA Intercontinental Cup and Basketball Champions League).
For this game, Peñarroya will have the same squad that traced the game in Malaga and put the 0-1. Confirmed the decline of Vesely and with the very small role of Raul Villar in the first meeting, You can expect Barça to play the game again with 9 players, something that supposes a major wear. Perhaps there will be more important than ever the Palau factor, than this 2025 in ACB has not worked as well as usual.
More local losses than a visitor
Since the new year began in the Endesa League, Barça has achieved a positive balance of 14 wins and 7 losses. However, Four of those defeats arrived in the Palau Blaugrana Against Joventut, Manresa, Tenerife and Madrid, with three of them being for three points of difference or less, but with the Barca ones almost always towing.
But From the last defeat in the Palau in ACB more than two months agoalthough Barça has had level rivals, for example Unicaja himself on April 27 (83-81). A meeting that took place just before Barça faced the two games at home against Monaco, where there team and fans responded more than.
Barça pointed the victory in Malaga in the first game against Unicaja / ACB Photo – Mariano Pozo
Before Unicaja This Friday a new great atmosphere is expected, despite the early hours of 7:00 p.m., with the need to add a victory. Because despite the margin of error, no one from Barça is passed by the option of having to return to Malaga to play a third and final game. The tie must be closed in Barcelona.
Justin Anderson's role
Barça and Unicaja have played three games to date this season and Only a Catalan template player has exceeded 10 points in all meetings: Justin Anderson. Putting the focus on Tuesday, the American committed his second personal fault with 2-11 on the scoreboard and from there came a huge partial of Unicaja. And despite failing the free kick that the game would have closed in the regulation time, its two triples in the extension dynamited the match and led the triumph for Barça.
Justin Anderson, during the game against Unicaja / EFE
Anderson also, together with Parker and Parra, were vital players in the alternative raised by Peñarroya, in addition to a successful Pinter (21 points and 12 of 12 in free throws). With 80-74 on the score less than three minutes to the end, The Catalan coach opted for a small quintet who traced without Hernangómez or Fall to force the extension And then he won extra time.
With this small ball Barça took the first game, but if something defines an elite series of play-off is that what is useful for a match does not work for the next. AND This Friday at 7:00 p.m. and live in M+ Sportsthe locker will be put to zero to live another great encounter of the best national basketball.
