With the return to the call of the base Nick Calathes after two months injured and the loss due to covid-19 of the power forward Nikola Mirotic, the barca visit this Thursday the track of Unique boiler Russian, the great revelation of the first round of the Euroleague (5:00 p.m., DAZN).
The Barca coach, Conversation Jasikevicius, confirmed this Wednesday that Calathes will reappear on the Russian track, after two months off the track due to a fibula fracture.
“Nick (Calathes) is coming into dynamics little by little. I think he will have minutes tomorrow, then it will depend on how things go, ”said the Lithuanian coach about his starting point guard, absent since November 17 due to a proximal fracture in the left fibula.
Jasikevicius described as “difficult” the meeting on the track of the single Boiler, a rival “at a very good time” and that “has established itself as a ‘play-off’ team with a very clear basketball idea”, he specified.
“They do a lot of fast breaks and they have a high pace. In defense they risk a lot, they try to take you out of your positions. We have to prepare well for the game and be very tough, because on their court they grow even more”, analyzed the Barcelona coach about his next rival.
A rival of high quality
In addition, Jasikevicius acknowledged that the suspension of Sunday’s league duel against Valencia Basketball has favored the preparation of the meeting: “It had been a long time since we could all train together, except for No one (Mirotic, positive for covid-19). It has gone very well for us, and now we have to put everything on the track”.
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In the first leg, played on December 22 at the Palau, the barca managed to overcome a 20-point deficit in the last quarter to prevail in extra time (111-109) with mirotic (28 points and 26 rating credits) as the most outstanding player.
The team of Perasovic showed to have resources and quality in that match with the escort lorenzo moreno (27 points), the forward brown john (21 points and 5 steals, leader of the Euroleague in this facet), the ex-blaugrana mario hezonja (18 points) and shooting guard Isaiah Canaan (20 points), which provoked the Palau public on top of making them shut up after scoring a triple.
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