Overview

• The win came five days after Valencia beat Barça in Liga Endesa, reversing the outcome in an offense-heavy repeat meeting.
• Kevin Punter led Barcelona’s scoring and sealed the result in the closing moments at Palau Blaugrana.
• Barcelona strung together a 19–5 burst, and a Punter three pushed the margin to 69–59 before Valencia rallied to keep it tight into the fourth.
• Will Clyburn was a key threat for the hosts, with Tomas Satoransky, Toko Shengelia and Willy Hernangómez providing important double-digit support.
• Darius Thompson, Brancou Badio, Neal Sako and Omari Moore paced Valencia’s attack as the visitors absorbed their first loss of the season.