Ante Tomic's dominant performance leads Joventut to win on the road in Barcelona / News - Basketnews.com

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Joventut Badalona recovered after a heavy loss in Game 1 of the ACB League semifinals, this time getting 87-81 (27-26, 15-14, 23-13,22-28 ) win on the road against FC Barcelona and tying the best-of-five series at one victory apiece.

Player of the Game EFF 22 Ante Tomic Points 24 Accuracy 10-13 Rebounds 5 Assists 0

Game 3 is scheduled for June 8, at 21:00 CEST in Badalona.

In the final quarter, Ante Tomic's dominant performance continued, powering Badalona till the end of the game. Derek Willis also provided some really important buckets down the stretch. Despite a good effort from Nigel Hayes-Davis and Calathes, Barcelona wasn't able to reduce the gap and suffered the loss at home.

Powered by Joel Parra's six points in a row, Joventut ran away from Barca at the start of the third quarter. They organized a 14-4 run and created a tangible 12-point advantage (56-44). The same 12 points (65-53) differed both squads before the last 10 minutes of the match.

For Barcelona, the top scorer was Nick Calathes with 15 points (6/9 2PT, 1/4 3PT), 6 REB, 6 AST, and 16 PIR.

For Badalona, on the other hand, the top scorer was Ante Tomic with 24 points (10/13 2PT, 4/7 FT), 5 REB, and 22 PIR.

Barcelona: Nick Calathes 15 (6 AST), Dante Exum 12 (6 REB), Nikola Mirotic 11 (6 REB), Nigel Hayes-Davis 10

Joventut: Ante Tomic 24 (5 REB), Ferran Bassas 13, Andres Feliz 12, Joel Parra 10

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