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18-year-old James Nnaji came off the bench as Barcelona beat Girona in the Catalan derby.
Barcelona's basketball team recorded an 84-73 victory against Girona in a Spanish ACB fixture played on Saturday, January 28, 2023.
In their last fixture, Barcelona suffered an overtime loss to arch-rivals Real Madrid in an El Clasico Euro League duel that took place in midweek.
The fixture against Barcelona and Girona in basketball came after their respective football sides met in a Spanish La Liga encounter that took place at the Estadi Montilivi earlier in the day.
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Barcelona's football team needed a second-half goal from Pedri Gonzalez to record a 1-0 victory.
Barcelona vs Girona
After the football battle was settled, Barcelona took to the court to challenge Girona again in basketball.
Barcelona and Girona are in the same province and an encounter between the two sides is regarded as a derby.
The atmosphere was intense as Barcelona also launched their new Senyera fourth jersey designed by international sports brand Nike.
Barcelona dominated the first quarter to take a comfortable 10-point lead at the end.
Girona responded with a 24-13 run in the second quarter cutting off Barcelona's lead to take a one-point advantage to the half-time break.
Barcelona responded with a 10-point domination of the third quarter to establish a nine-point lead.
The fourth quarter was back and forth as Barcelona were able to hold on to record an 11-point blowout victory.
James Nnaji for Barcelona against Girona
Barcelona head coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius relied on monster performances from his star players Nicolás Laprovíttola, Rokas Jokubaitis, and Nikola Mirotić to get the win.
Nigeria's young prospect James Nnaji received garbage minutes for Barcelona against Girona with the game already decided.
James came off the bench to feature for eight of a possible 40 minutes at the center position and only contributed one rebound.
Barcelona now has eight straight victories in the ACB and will aim to return to winning ways on the continent next.
They take on Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv in their next Euro League outing scheduled for Tuesday, January 31, 2023.
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