Spanish League, Regular Season, Game 13: December 28-29, 2011 - Spain

May 24, 2013

Spanish League, Regular Season, Game 13: December 28-29, 2011

FC Barcelona Regal regained sole possession of first place in the Spanish League after beating visiting Assignia Manresa 74-61, while in neighboring Badalona, FIATC Mutua Joventut edged Real Madrid 78-75. The end result left Barca in first place with an 11-3 record, while Madrid is tied with Unicaja, Caja Laboral and Lucentum Alicante with 10-3 records. Chuck Eidson scored 14 points, Erazem Lorbek added 12 and Boni Ndong hauled in 11 rebounds for Barcelona, which broke open a close game in the third quarter. Joventut held off Madrid in a game that was close throughout. Albert Oliver made a pair of free throws with 17.4 seconds left to give Joventut a 78-75 lead and on the final possession and Euroleague December MVP Nikola Mirotic missed badly on a three from the corner to tie the game at the buzzer. A week after losing at Gescrap BB and missing out on the Euroleague Top 16, Caja Laboral won 79-80 on the same floor on a Fernando San Emeterio three at the buzzer. Unicaja came from behind to beat Cajasol 68-72 on the road in the Andalusian derby as Kristaps Valters scored 18 and Joel Freeland posted a double-double. Alicante’s 10th win came at Fuenlabrada’s expense, 60-64, as Ty Ellis scored 16.

FC Barcelona Regal regained sole possession of first place in the Spanish League after beating visiting Assignia Manresa 74-61. Chuck Eidson scored 14 points, Erazem Lorbek added 12 and Boni Ndong hauled in 11 rebounds for the winners. Barcelona broke open a close game in the third quarter when Ndong and Lorbek helped lift the team to a double-digit lead and it held on the rest of the way. Juston Doellman scored 12 to lead Manresa. FIATC Mutua Joventut edged Real Madrid 78-75. Albert Oliver made a pair of free throws with 17.4 seconds left to give Joventut a 78-75 lead and on the final possession and Euroleague December MVP Nikola Mirotic missed badly on a three from the corner to tie the game at the buzzer. Albert paced the winners with 14 points. Madrid, which struggled from outside – 2 of 12 three-point shooting – and missed 13 free throws, got 15 points from Sergio Llull and 12 points and 8 rebounds from Mirotic.

A week after losing at Gescrap BB and missing out on the Euroleague Top 16, Caja Laboral won 79-80 on the same floor on a Fernando San Emeterio three at the buzzer. Mirza Teletovic paced the winenrs with 24 points and 7 rebounds and Pablo Prigioni added 18 points. Aaron Jackson and Kostas Vasiliadis scored 20 points each for Bilbao. Unicaja came from behind to beat Cajasol 68-72 on the road in the Andalusian derby as Kristaps Valters scored 18 and Joel Freeland posted a double-double. After a back-and-forth first half ended at 37-35, Cajasol raced ahead by as many as 11 early in the third quarter. But a Valters triple narroed it to 54-48 at the end of the third quarter, and Mark Payne tied the game at 56-56 before Berni Rodriguez put the visitors ahead. A valetrs triple down the stretch sealed the win. Freeland finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds and Jorge Garbajose added 11 points for Unicaja. Paul Davis led Cajasol with 18.

LAST GAME GAME 13 December 28-29, 2011
Day	Match	Result
Dec. 28	UCAM Murcia vs. Asefa Estu.	88-75
Dec. 28	Barcelona Regal vs. Assignia	74-61
Dec. 29	FIATC Jov. vs. Real Madrid	78-75
Dec. 29	Fuenlabrada vs. Lucentum	60-64
Dec. 29	Gescrap BB vs. Caja Laboral	79-80
Dec. 28	Cajasol vs. Unicaja	68-72
Dec. 29	Gran Canaria vs. Lagun Aro	45-78
Dec. 28	CAI Zaragoza vs. Blusens	80-71
Dec. 29	Valladolid vs. Valencia Basket	74-65

NEXT GAME GAME 14 January 3-4, 2012
Day	Match
Jan. 3	Asefa Estu. vs. Valladolid
Jan. 4	Valencia Basket vs. Blusens
Jan. 3	CAI Zaragoza vs. G. Canaria
Jan. 3	Lagun Aro vs. Cajasol
Jan. 3	Unicaja vs. Gescrap BB
Jan. 4	Caja Laboral vs. Fuenlabrada
Jan. 3	Lucentum vs. FIATC Jov.
Jan. 4	Real Madrid vs. FCB Regal
Jan. 4	Assignia vs. UCAM Murcia

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	FC Barcelona Regal	13	11	2	982	845
2	Real Madrid	13	10	3	1067	934
3	Unicaja	13	10	3	1040	956
4	Caja Laboral	13	10	3	953	881
5	Lucentum Alicante	13	10	3	917	907
6	Cajasol Banca Cívica	13	7	6	991	952
7	CAI Zaragoza	12	6	6	889	907
8	Valencia Basket	13	6	7	973	967
9	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada	13	6	7	978	1003
10	Gescrap Bizkaia	12	5	7	928	941
11	Lagun Aro GBC	13	5	8	1031	986
12	Gran Canaria 2014	13	5	8	863	908
13	Assignia Manresa	13	5	8	901	954
14	FIATC Mutua Joventut	13	5	8	938	992
15	Blusens Monbus	13	4	9	909	950
16	UCAM Murcia	13	4	9	884	933
17	Asefa Estudiantes	13	4	9	881	1002
18	Blancos de Rueda Valladolid	13	3	10	924	1031