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.
