Step back
Years ago
Euroleague Quarterfinals, Barcelona vs Unics
I managed to get to the first game of the 5 match quarterfinal series last night in Barcelona. Barca jumped to an early lead of around ten points in the first quarter and apart from a short period in the fourth when it got back to 3, they were never really headed.
Nate Jawai, playing for Unics, was very impressive. Was generally the main focus on offence, often they would run a double high pick for the pg and with nate then rolling to the post. He looks in great shape, top scored for Unics with 15, and was basically unstoppable once he had the ball down low. He also had a bunch of rebounds but then again had a bunch of really stupid mistakes and turnovers too...He was a beast at times and other times really looked like he lacked confidence...
Joe Ingles, playing for Barca didn´t really impact the game. He probably played about 5-8 minutes and never really got the opportunity to get going. He was backing up their gun import Pete Mickeal at the 3 who really got going, so it´s not really a reflection on his game that he didn´t do much.
For the Olympics, I would say Jawai should be a lock, he really was almost unstoppable in the low post once he had the ball in hand and was active on defence and the boards...Would be great for 15-20 minutes off the bench.
A scary thought for mine though was Joe Ingles, the fact that this guy is already a lock for the Aussie team and possibly our starting 3, can´t crack decent minutes for barca. Grantd they might be the best team in Europe, but still just goes to show how far off we are from Spain in terms of talent that there was 5 or 6 spanish guys ahead of him just on this team...
