Cory Higgins buzzer beater sends Barcelona to ACB semis / News - Basketnews.com

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The reigning champions FC Barcelona defeatedGran Canaria in a hard battle on the courtin Game 2 of the ACB quarterfinals.

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

Sarunas Jasikevicius's team conquered the win through their defense in an exciting ending with the final score of 88-86 (15-18, 26-28, 22-20, 25-20). Barca advanced to the semifinal.

In the upcoming semifinal series, the Catalans will face either Joventut Badalona or Tenerife.

AJ Slaughter made a jumper and Gran Canaria took a 2-point lead (80-78) with 3 minutes left, but Nicolas Laprovittola answered with a floater on the other end (80-80).

Nikola Mirotic hit a layup (82-81) with 1:50 to go, then Barcelona stopped the opponents on their offense twice, and Laprovittola extended the lead to 3 points (84-81) with 20 seconds left after making a couple of free throws.

Dylan Ennis drained an unbelievable desperate 3-pointer to tie the game (84-84) with 4 seconds left, and it seemed that the game would go to overtime.

But then came Cory Higgins' turn. He beat the buzzer with a fantastic fade-away jumper to steal the victory for the visitors (88-86).

Nikola Mirotic led Barcelona with 21 points (3/6 2PT, 3/7 3PT, 6/6 FT), 9 rebounds, and 29 PIR.

On the opposing side, Dylan Ennis was the high-scorer for Gran Canaria, ending with 26 points (3/6 2PT, 4/8 3PT, 8/8 FT), 4 assists, and 28 PIR.

FC Barcelona:Nikola Mirotic 21 (9 REB), Nicolas Laprovittola 17 (5 REB),Cory Higgins 12 (5 AST), Brandon Davies 10 (5 REB).

Gran Canaria:Dylan Ennis 26 (4 AST), Ilimane Diop 15 (4 REB).

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