sweet defeat

The team loses at the Palau but secures its place in the standings with the defeat of Covirán Granada

| Sunday, 25 May 2025

Barça started the game with great success in their first attacks, which allowed them to have the advantage in the scoreboard from the first elections, closing the first period with a +13 (32-19). Kevin Punter led the offense with three three-pointers out of his team’s six and thirteen points out of thirty-two, but the Girona team did not give up through a concerted play that placed them ten points behind.

The second period, the Girona team started by scoring, with good points from Iroegbu and good minutes from Cáffaro at the low post, managing to recover the -9 (39-30) but two consecutive three-pointers from Abrines forced Moncho to call a timeout. The script was repeated in the last minute, when two three-pointers from Jabari Parker put Barça +21 before the three-pointer at the end of the time against the backboard by Pep Busquets (53-35).

In the second half, the Blaugrana team showed their offensive muscle again from the defense, establishing a difference of +26 (79-53). Moncho’s team finished the third period better and in the last period equality prevailed in the score with an 18-18 period that left the score at 97-74, with the omnipresent Ike Iroegbu taking the MVP award with 19 points and a rating of 26. The defeat was the bitter conclusion of a match in which the team celebrated their stay, after the defeat of Covirán Granada, and the debut of Enric Sanmartín in the ACB, the second player to make his debut in the elite after Pau Sala.