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Barcelona's guard depth proved pivotal against Maccabi
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FC Barcelona started Tuesday night's game against Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv with Tomas Satoransky and Nicolas Laprovittola as its starting guard duo, but instead it was a couple of guards who came off the bench that helped the Spanish team get the win: Cory Higgins and Rokas Jokubaitis.
In Barca's clásico defeat to archrival Real Madrid in Round 20, Satoransky scored 12 points and Laprovittola added 8, meaning they combined for 20 points. Meanwhile, Higgins recorded 10 points on the night, whereas Jokubaitis had just 2.
The story was somewhat different in Round 21, with Higgins and Jokubaitis being Barca's leading scorers on 15 and 14 points, respectively. Satoransky had 9, while Laprovittola finished with 5 points to his name.
It wasn’t just the totals that Higgins and Jokubaitis scored, though. Instead, it was the timing of their baskets. With both players having come off the bench, Jokubaitis hit from behind the arc in the latter stages of the first quarter to give Barca a 20-15 lead. Higgins was scoreless in the opening 10 minutes.
In the second quarter, Jokubaitis scored Barca's first points of the quarter as he saw another three-pointer fall, making it 23-18, while Higgins went on to 6 points before halftime. After the break, Higgins scored a two-pointer midway through the third quarter before Jokubaitis went 4-for-4 from the free-throw line in the final 1:13 to make it a 5-point game entering the fourth, 62-67.
Indeed, in the final quarter of play, Jokubaitis first stepped up by making a pair of two-pointers as Barca trimmed the gap, 68-72. Then, with 3:32 remaining, Higgins hit a three-pointer to give Barca its first lead since early in the third quarter, 76-74. With 2:30 left on the clock, Higgins got across to block Wade Baldwin's three-point attempt, and 13 seconds later, he made both of his free throws. When there was 1:11 to go, Higgins continued his heroics by staying ice cool at the line once again, as he gave Barca an 8-point lead, 82-74.
Barca went on to win the game, completing the regular-season sweep against Maccabi and making amends for its loss in the clásico last Thursday night, but it wouldn’t have been possible without the play of Higgins and Jokubaitis off the bench.
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Satoransky stops Campazzo!
- 03:35
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Nebo soars for a putback!
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Anadolu Efes Istanbul - Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | Round 28 | Highlights
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Nebo dunks again!
- 00:14
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Nebo's alley-oop slam!
- 00:09
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Higgins springs Kalinic for fastbreak dunk!
- 02:45
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Josh Nebo, Maccabi: 'I have more work to do'
- 03:15
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Baldwin's big bucket!
- 00:16
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7DAYS Magic Moment: DiBartolomeo beats the buzzer!
- 03:48
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Olympiacos - FC Barcelona | Round 27 | Highlights
- 00:17
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7DAYS Magic Moment: McKissic on the halftime buzzer!
- 00:10
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Sloukas with the go-ahead drive!
- 03:38
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AS Monaco - Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | Round 26 | Highlights
- 03:32
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FC Barcelona - Zalgiris Kaunas | Round 26 | Highlights
- 00:13
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Brown finds Sorkin!
- 03:41
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FC Barcelona - AS Moanco | Round 25 | Highlights
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Jokubaitis's off-balance flicker
- 03:48
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Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv - FC Bayern Munich | Round 25 | Highlights
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Sorkin breaks the rim!
- 00:10
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Baldwin plays D, Brown plays O!
- 01:52
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Virtus Segafredo Bologna - FC Barcelona | Round 24 | Highlights
- 03:32
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Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv - Crvena Zvezda Meridian Bet Belgrade | Round 24 | Highlights
- 00:30
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Hilliard steals, Sorkin soars!
- 01:17
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Virtus aims to sweep Barca on Thursday
- 03:53
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Valencia Basket - Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | Round 23 | Highlights
- 04:09
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FC Barcelona - FC Bayern Munich | Round 23 | Highlights
- 00:10
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Colson to Nebo for alley-oop!
- 00:13
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Satoransky dunks!
- 00:10
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Nebo takes no prisoners!
- 03:45
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FC Barcelona - Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | Round 22 | Highlights
- 00:08
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Wade Baldwin crosses up Tomas Satoransky before dunking with force!
- 00:20
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Darrun Hilliard's triple beats the first-half buzzer!
- 00:13
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Wade Baldwin with the showtime assist for Suleiman Braimoh!
- 00:13
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Jan Vesely posterizes Jarell Martin!
- 04:01
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Olympiacos Piraeus - Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv | Round 21 | Highlights
- 03:43
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Real Madrid - FC Barcelona | Round 21 | Highlights
- 00:15
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Sanli stops Tavares!
- 01:01
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Wade Baldwin | Round 20 MVP | 2022-23 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
- 03:32
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Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz - FC Barcelona | Round 20 | Highlights
- 03:40
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Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv - ALBA Berlin | Round 20 | Highlights
- 00:08
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Josh Nebo monstrous dunk!
- 00:23
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Baldwin rejects Olinde!
- 00:13
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7DAYS Magic Moment: Hilliard sinks a delicious three-pointer!
