Two players dreamed up by the Palau become a nightmare for Barça

BarcelonaBarça lost on Zalgiris' court, a direct rival in the fight for the play-off positions of the Euroleague. The Lithuanian team's strategy prevailed over the blaugrana squad for the second time this season (83-71). Moses Wright and Sylvain Francisco, two players the Palau Blaugrana dreams of, completed a great performance. The center scored 18 points and 11 rebounds. The point guard contributed to the home team's victory with 14 points, all in the final period, and 8 assists.

Kevin Punter (16 points) and Jan Vesely (14) were the best for a Barça that ran out of steam again when they needed it most.

Barça, who did not commit any personal fouls in the entire first quarter, started the game with offensive accuracy but defensive weakness. Zalgiris took advantage of offensive rebounds to score easy points (22-21). The shooting accuracy of both teams was very high in a first half that the Catalan team closed with a minimal advantage thanks to a triple from Kevin Punter (39-40).

Zalgiris tried to prevent Barça from accelerating the game in every possible way. The blaugrana team, which could not use Tomás Satoransky during the second half due to a knock, struggled to keep up with the scoring pace of the home team, which displayed its usual collective play (73-61).

Barça's comeback attempts were met by a focused team that secured the victory.