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Zenit overwhelms Barcelona to tie series Zenit St Petersburg tied its playoffs series with FC Barcelona with a dominant 74-61 home victory on Friday night. Zenit, which was in front all the way, raced into a double-digit lead with an explosive start, and held a 36-26 half-time advantage after a low-scoring second quarter. Zenit further stretched the lead after the break, taking the margin past 20 points early in the fourth quarter, and Barca never got the deficit down to single digits. Kevin Pangos was the chief inspiration for the home team, combining 20 points and 8 assists. Alex Poythress added 12 points, while Austin Hollins and Tarik Black both scored 11. Nick Calathes led Barcelona with a season-high 19 points, and Cory Higgins added 13. The decider will take place at Palau Blaugrana on Tuesday.
Apr 24, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
Less than 48 hours after a great Game 1 battle at Palau Blaugrana, FC Barcelona and Zenit St Petersburg resumed their exciting Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs series on Friday. Zenit had become the first team to beat the top-seeded squad in Game 1 of the playoffs. Now, Zenit aimed to become just the second team to win back-to-back playoff road games after Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, which swept Panathinaikos OPAP Athens in the 2017 playoffs despite not having home-court advantage and went on to lift the EuroLeague trophy.
Both teams were expected to make adjustments. Zenit faced another injury problem, as center Arturas Gudaitis was sidelined due to an ankle sprain from Game 1. Zenit adjusted its defense, preventing Barcelona passing ace Nick Calathes from dominating the game tempo and stopping MVP candidate Nikola Mirotic, too. Calathes finished with more turnovers (5) than assists (4) for just th