Barcelona dominate Joventut to take 1-0 lead in semis / News - Basketnews.com

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FC Barcelona eased past Joventut de Badalona and got a home win in Game 1 of the ACB semi-final series 89-72 (12-11, 28-20, 29-17, 20-24).

Player of the Game EFF 24 Sertac Sanli Points 16 Accuracy 6-6 Rebounds 8 Assists 1

Game 2 of this best-of-five series will be played in Barcelona again on Sunday, 5th June.

Sertac Sanli led Barcelona with 16 points (2/2 PT, 4/4 3PT), 8 rebounds, and 24 PIR.

On the opposing side, Pau Ribas and Derek Willis ended up with 11 points each.

After the first quarter going neck-on-neck, Sertac Sanli successful performance let Barcelona to give a substantial 9-point lead (40-31) after the first half.

To begin the second half, Nikola Mirotic and Nigel Hayes-Davies-led Barcelona ran away from their opponents by 15 points (55-40), after a 13-3 run, in the third quarter.

It was not enough for Sarunas Jasikevicius‘ squad, who didn‘t let his team to relax too early and after strong performances by Cory Higgins and Brandon Davies, EuroLeague side build a huge 21-point lead (69-48) after the third quarter.

A similar scenario repeated in the decisive 10 minutes of the game and Barcelona celebrated the convincing victory.

FC Barcelona: Sertac Sanli 16 (8 REB), Brandon Davies 13 (6 REB), Nikola Mirotic 11 (5 REB).

Joventut Badalona: Pau Ribas 11, Derek Willis 11, Ante Tomic 10 (7 REB).

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