Joel Parra leads FC Barcelona past Valencia Basket with 19
Joel Parra turned a 21-minute cameo into the difference-maker FC Barcelona needed. The guard went 7/8 from the floor — 5/6 on threes — for 19 points, 5 rebounds and a clean sheet of zero turnovers in 21 minutes to lift Barcelona past Valencia Basket 98–94 at home. The margin was thin and stayed that way. Barcelona never got comfortable; Valencia answered every run. What Parra supplied was timing and efficiency. He did not force anything. No free-throw attempts, no steals, no assists — but a 87.5% field-goal rate when the game hinged on execution down the stretch. Five made threes in six tries is the kind of shooting night that closes out a four-point win when every possession matters. Barcelona's depth showed. Not a dominant performance across the board, but a second-half answer from a rotation piece who needed only 21 minutes to make himself counted in the standings.

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