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Paris beat Palau Blaugrana, beat Barcelona 103-87 and celebrated their sixth consecutive EuroLeague victory.
In a high-intensity and high-tempo encounter, Paris Saint-Germain took a huge victory over Barcelona with a commanding 103-87 at the Palau Blaugrana for Matchday 10 of the EuroLeague.
“Hot” Tiago Splitter’s team, “hot” and TJ Shorts, who scored 24 points (6/10 2-pointers, 1/1 3-pointers) with 9 assists and led his team to its sixth straight victory. Great performance by Maodo Lo with 20 points (4/7 three-pointers) and 5 rebounds, Nadir Hifi was also valuable with 15 points and 2/5 three-pointers. Jabari Parker, the leading scorer of the Blaugrana with 19 points, 3/7 three-pointers, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. Kevin Pander stopped at 4 points (26 minutes of participation, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 3 errors).
Another impressive result for Paris, which saw them improve to 7-3, where Barcelona fell to their third defeat of the competition.
8-9 points on surprise, 14-28 points from opponent’s mistakes, 7-2 second chance points (offensive rebounds).
The fight
Paris was explosive at the start of the contest, with the shots of Shorts and Xi giving a seven-point lead (8-14, 5′) to Splitter’s total, which ended the first period at +11 (18-31, 10 ‘) thanks to six consecutive points by TJ Shorts. Completely different story in the second quarter, with Barcelona equalizing with four consecutive three-pointers, two from Parker and two from Abrines (37-37, 17’). The two teams entered the locker room with the score at 48-45. The Catalans came back, taking advantage of the failure of the French from the three-point line (1/10).
In the first minutes of the third period, Nuñez and Parra’s three-pointers brought the Blaugrana to +7 (62-55, 24′). Paris never gave up. Short’s three-pointer for -4 (59-55, 26′), Law’s three-pointer and Paris is ahead again (65-69, 28′).
Delicate balances at the start of the fourth quarter (73-73, 31′), Shorts feinted in front of Abrines, got up and executed for Paris +5 (73-78, 32′). The French were “hot”, finding points in every attack (77-83, 33′). Lo executed from close range (77-85, 35′), Heaphy sent the difference to +11 with a big three-point shot (77-88, 35′). Maoto Lo hit another great three-pointer (81-93, 38′) and Shorts fired Paris to +14 (81-95) three minutes from time to seal a huge result for the French.
THE REFEREES: Paterniko, Villius, Ballack
THE DECADES: 18-31, 48-45, 70-73, 87-103
BARCELONA (Penaroja): Pander 4 (1/3 2-pointer, 0/4 3-pointer, 2/2 shots, 4 rebounds, 6 assists), Sarr 6, Vesely 2, Brithuela, Metu, Satoranski 6, Hernangometh 12 (3/3 2-pointer, 6/8 shots, 3 rebounds, 3 assists), Nunez 15 (1/2 3-pointers, 6 rebounds), Fall, Abrines 11 (3/5 3-pointers), Parker 19 (3/7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), Over 12 (2/4 3-pointers)
PARI (Splitter): Shorts 24 (6/10 2-pointer, 1/1 3-pointer, 9/11 shooting, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 3 steals, 3 turnovers, 36 PIR), Malcolm 8, Heaphy 15 (2/5 3-pointers), Ward 13 (1/3 threes, 7 rebounds), Cavalier 6, Si 2, Herrera, Crutcher, Lo 20 (4/7 threes, 5 rebounds), Hayes 6, Yantunen 2 (5 rebounds), Ouattara 7 (1/2 3-pointers, 3 rebounds)
Barcelona’s team stats: 22/35 2-pointers, 9/26 3-pointers, 16/20 shots, 32 rebounds (25 defensive, 7 offensive), 22 assists, 7 steals, 18 turnovers, 23 fouls
Paris’ team stats: 28/42 2-pointers, 9/23 3-pointers, 20/23 shots, 31 rebounds (25 defensive, 6 offensive), 17 assists, 10 steals, 11 turnovers, 24 fouls
The next matches of the two teams: In the 11th matchday, Barcelona will face Bayern in Munich (22/11, 21:30), while Paris will be tested in Istanbul against Anadolu Efes (21/11, 19:30).
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