Barcelona inflict a defeat on Red Star, Monaco’s direct competitor
Friday evening, while Baskonia signed another victory, this time against ALBA Berlin, FC Barcelona confirmed their status as leaders of the EuroLeague by winning 82 to 70 against Red Star Belgrade. Sarunas Jasikevicius’ players were excellent in the first half, so much so that their Lithuanian coach admitted that they had played like never before this season. “I think our first 15 minutes were absolutely spectacular, among our best this season and the best for a long time.” But the Serbs, although led 47-32 at the break, did not abdicate and came back little by little (75-68). Finally, thanks in particular to Dante Exum (13 points at 5/7 on shots), Brandon Davies (20 evaluation) and Rokas Jokubaitis, they were definitively rejected by the Catalans.
If we remove the results against Russian clubs, it’s the 19th victory in 24 games for FC Barcelona this season. They are first ahead of Real Madrid (18 wins, 6 losses). For its part, the Red Star falls to 11 wins and 13 losses. They thus have the same record as AS Monaco, one of their competitors for the playoffs. Behind these two teams, Maccabi Tel Aviv has a balanced record (11 wins, 11 losses). The Roca Team will not have to falter against Olympiakos Piraeus on Wednesday evening at home.