Barça and Lenovo Tenerife you see the faces in the first game of the Endesa League playoff semifinals. The team of Sarunas Jasikevicius exceeded by twenty-one to Joventut de Badalona in the Catalan derby of the quarter finals, Meanwhile he Tenerife team defeated San Pablo Burgos for 2-0, in a series where he showed a great level of play.
The blaugrana team wants to take the victory in the Palau Blaugrana to get ahead of the Endesa League playoff semifinals. The Barça finish the regular phase of the Endesa League on the second position, with 32 games won by 4 lost, while the Lenovo Tenerife they concluded the regular phase as third place with 27 games won by only 9 defeats.
The Barça He has had a strenuous schedule that has not given him respite and he must continue on the march with a high demand. After participating in the Cologne Final Four, where it surpassed Armani Milan in the semifinals but could not with Anadolu efes in the final, he had to overcome in the third game against Joventut
of Badalona, where the return of the Greek base Nick Calathes, In the third game, it was one of the great news for the faces of these playoffs, in a Barca key.
The wear can weigh on the legs of the Blaugrana team, which will surely dose some minutes in an extensive squad. In absence of Calathes, the Brazilian guard Leandro bolmaro has gained prominence. Pau Gasol has been adding more and more, as could be seen before the Joventut in the Palau, in this third game, where he scored 14 points in just 12 minutes of play.
Of course, the offensive reference of the team was Kyle kuric, who once again showed off his excellent exterior shot and went to the 22 points to command a comfortable victory for 94-73, in the decisive meeting of the series. Again in this final stretch of the season, Nikola Mirotic left a poor performance with only 5 points in 23 minutes of play, while the always reliable Cory Higgins it went up to 10 points. Brandon davies He returned to show signs of his quality in the inner game and reached 13 points.
The Lenovo Tenerife meanwhile, he passed over the San Pablo Burgos in his tie of Endesa League playoff quarterfinals. The Canarian team, trained by Txus Vidorreta, wants to surprise in the Palau Blaugrana, taking advantage of the degaste, and steal the field factor of the series and get one victory to achieve the pass to the final.
Against the Burgos team, he won in the second game in Burgos for a clearing 68-92, where a tremendous partial of 11-31 in the third quarter it was final. In this sense, the former Barcelona player Marcelinho Huertas led the team from the base position with 20 points, seconded by the forward Aaron Doornekamp with 18 points.
In the regular phase, the Barça was clearly imposed on Tenerife to the Lenovo for 72-96, While in the Palau Blaugrana, the azulgrana team also prevailed with a tighter 81-74. If this difference is repeated, the Barça would achieve a comfortable victory, but things change a lot in the playoff with respect to the regular phase, as already seen before Joventut de Badalona.
When is Barça – Lenovo Tenerife played?
The game is played today, Monday June 7, at 21.15 hours
Where to watch Barça – Lenovo Tenerife?
The encounter can be seen by GO (8), platform dial Movistar Plus. You can follow all the information about the match live through the Mundo Deportivo website.