Jasikevicius about high-scoring game vs Baskonia: 'I didn't enjoy it' / News - Basketnews.com

Head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius says he prefers winning the games defensively instead of being involved in high-scoring battles.

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FC Barcelona defeated Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz in a high-scoring game in the EuroLeague last evening. Even though his team got the victory, head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius was not happy with how the match went.

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"I thought we played really good defense in the fourth quarter. We dug a little bit deeper and got some stops. Every coach would like to win the game from the defensive perspective," Saras stated in the press conference.

"The boys watched the Madrid-Partizan game yesterday and got affected by it a bit too much," Jasikevicius joked. "Surely, people had a great time but not me until the end. The truth is that everything we have prepared did not work. In the end, they missed some shots. It's a joy for the coach to win defensively."

Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade and Real Madrid set a new EuroLeague record on Thursday. The two teams scored 72 points in the first quarter (40-32) setting a new record for the highest-scoring first quarter in the competition's history.

In Friday's match between Barca and Baskonia, both teams scored 22+ points in the first three quarters. The fourth quarter was the lowest-scoring in the game with the away team recording only 11 points in the last 10 minutes.

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