Who needs Mirotic having Evbuomwan?: the ARA's Instant Replay

BarcelonaBarça overcame Valencia Basket in the rematch of the Liga Endesa final (89-86). Tosan Evbuomwan (7 points and 8 rebounds) left a very good impression in Nikola Mirotic's return to the Palau Blaugrana. The Montenegrin power forward, who missed the decisive three-pointer, scored 10 points against his former team. "It is an important triumph against one of the teams in the best form in Europe," explained Aleksander Sekulic. The coach gave Stanley Umude a rest.

La Penya, victim of expectations

Asisa Joventut suffered a painful defeat on the court of Kosner Baskonia (93-73). Without success in outside shooting and with little defensive continuity, the green-and-black team had a very poor second half at the Fernando Buesa Arena. "We cannot make a positive assessment. We let them play comfortably and we were victims of our own expectations. We don't have the patience necessary to be solid when we don't play a perfect game," said Dani Miret.

An inch away from the comeback

Ilerna Lleida lost by just two points on the court of Monbus Obradoiro (91-89). The Lleida team was able to recover from an eleven-point deficit, but Darius McGhee missed the shot that would have sent the game into overtime. The point guard, who scored 23 points, and Mikel Sanz led the reaction of the team coached by Gerard Encuentra. "We didn't start the game with the necessary energy," said the coach.

The best known poison

From preferred weapon to lethal poison. Accustomed to taking advantage of its pace, Kids&Us Manresa was overwhelmed by a Real Madrid that used its same strategy (120-83). "The reality is that we are not at the level of Real Madrid. We need to improve and have more stability in the roles," acknowledged Diego Ocampo. FIATC Girona, for its part, lost on Saturday against a Río Breogán that accumulates three triumphs against Catalan rivals (115-92).