82-70. A great club is just steps from Berlin

A magnificent choral performance of Barcelona, ​​which took Alex Abrines (25 points, 6 triples, 24 valuation) to your best man, has allowed Xavi Pascual again defeating Lokomotiv Kuban (82-70) and lie one win of qualifying for the finals in Berlin .

With a very fluid basketball, much control the game and good defense, Barca handcuffed the Russian team and that the start of the Delaney and Randolph couple was spectacular, as between the two scored 21 of the 23 points of his team in the first quarter.

Well directed by Tomas Satoranski with good Navarro , providing Doellman, rebounds Tomic , the office of Perperoglou and Abrines magical moment, the club cemented a victory that was only in doubt until the break.

In the first quarter, Lokomotiv lived the genius of Delaney and Randolph. Barca who escaped output (7-2) came to go seven points down (16-23), but a triple by Ribas left 19-23 at the end of the first ten minutes.

The second quarter was Abrines. The guard scored 15 points in this period and catapulted his team. The Spaniard scored from all positions and also defended and helped in the rebound. He was the one who unbalanced the game with 24-27 and scored eight consecutive points for the first takeoff of his team (32-27).

No one could stop him, Abrines carried her to break Barca won by six points (42-36), in a room in which neither Delaney nor Randolph managed to score or a basket.

The match was decided in the first minutes of the third quarter with a partial 6-0 for Barca. Lokomotiv Jenning just endured. A new triple Abrines put maximum advantage by then (61-48) and the Russians were saved by offensive rebounds captured by Singleton and Randolph.

With a great defense, many recoveries ball and based on continuity of transitions game, Barca knocked out the Lokomotiv in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter.

Of 68-57 it went to 75-57. The maximum advantage of Barca came to 23 points (82-59) three minutes from time. The reaction of the Russians allowed to fix a little the score to 82-70. On Thursday the club has a great opportunity to qualify for the final phase of the Euroleague in Berlin, again in a match that will be played at the Palau Blaugrana.

Data sheet:

82 - Barcelona Lassa (19 + 23 + 19 + 21): Satoransky (13), Navarro (9), Perperoglou (1), Doellman (12), Tomic (7) -starting five-, Abrines (25), Samuels ( 5), Ribas (8), Arroyo (-), Oleson (2), Vezenkov (-) and Diagne (-).

70 - Lokomotiv Kuban (23 + 13 + 14 + 20): Delaney (15), Voronov (2), Broeckhoff (-), Claver (-), Randolph (16) -starting five-, Janning (11), Singleton ( 13), Draper (9), Zubkov (2) and Bykov (2).

Umpires: Christodoulo (GRE), Javor (SLO) and Viator (FRA). Without eliminated.

Incidents: 6,414 spectators attended the match in the third game of the series of quarterfinals of the Euroleague match at the Palau Blaugrana.