Jasikevicius on failure in EuroLeague: 'We must forget it' / News - Basketnews.com

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Joventut de Badalona. Lenovo Tenerife. Zenit St Petesburg. Bayern Munich.

Player of the Game EFF 22 Nikola Mirotic Points 21 Accuracy 6-13 Rebounds 9 Assists 1

Sarunas Jasikevicius could not hide his relief. It was the first time FC Barcelona closed a series away from Palau Blaugrana since the Lithuanian mastermind arrived at the Catalan club back in 2020.

FC Barcelona managed to close the quarterfinals series against Gran Canaria on the road this Sunday, erasing a 10-point deficit in the last quarter. Nikola Mirotic was a game-changer. Higgins came clutch.

"We are happy to be in the semifinals," Saras began his post-game conference.

"However, we did not start well. We were soft, especially in the pick&roll defense, we allowed too much to Khalifa Diop.

In the second half, we clearly improved, but they played amazingly offensively. Fortunately, Higgins saved us with an amazing shot", analyzed the 46-year-old coach.

Jasikevicius admitted his team had not forgotten yet what happened in Belgrade.

"It's possible that the EuroLeague is still weighing on us. It is difficult to overcome something like that, but we must focus and forget about it. In any case, we faced an opponent that played at a very good level. We are in the best league in Europe, and now we can play against two very difficult opponents," he expressed.

The Blaugranas will face Joventut or Lenovo Tenerife in the semifinals. After the disappointing Final Four in Belgrade, they are focused on getting a back-to-back ACB League trophy.

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