The basketball "el clasico" went to Barcelona - tonight in the 27th round of the Endesa League, the "Blaugrana" convincingly defeated Real Madrid at home - 97:82.
After tonight's triumph, Barcelona returned to first place (22-5), has the same number of points as Basconi, but two points more than Real.
Šarunas Jasikevičius' team played tonight without Jokubaitis, who missed the game due to the flu. However, what worries the Lithuanian coach is the situation with Abrines, Veseli and Higgins, who had to go to the locker room earlier due to injuries. The worst thing happened to Abrines, who was carried off the field by the members of the medical team, and the club announced that examinations would be performed as a matter of urgency.
On the other hand, Ljulj and Williams-Goss were in the Real team tonight for the first time after the break due to injury, but Ćus Mateo could not count on Poarje (appendicitis), Fernandes (virus) and Deko (injury).
Barcelona dominated in rebounding (42 vs. 25), but was behind in the first quarter. Real made a 9:0 run, led 19:15, and after 10 minutes led 24:17.
Madrid led during the second quarter as well, but after a 7:0 series, the home team turned it around, took a 42:40 lead, and went to the break with a point advantage - 47:46.
In the third quarter, Šarunas Jasikevičius' team played well, the attack was excellent, the defense was solid, so Barca won that part of the game 31:17 and calmly kept the lead until the end of the match.
Mirotic was the most effective with 23 points. Satoranski scored 18, with nine assists, Laprovitol 14 with eight assists, and Šanli 12 points.
On the other side, Jabusele was the most effective with 19 points. Hanga scored 11.
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