Spanish League, Regular Season, Game 21: February 25-26, 2012 - Spain

June 19, 2013

Spanish League, Regular Season, Game 21: February 25-26, 2012

The top three teams in the Spanish League all won as leader FC Barcelona Regal and closest rival Real Madrid both registered comfortable victories, while Caja Laboral edged past Blancos de Rueda Valladolid. Barcelona beat Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 86-59, outscoring the opponent 50-25 in the first and third quarters. Erazem Lorbek led the way with 19 points, doing damage inside and out, as he nailed 4 of 5 from downtown, while Juan Carlos Navarro and Boniface Ndong netted 13 apiece and Kosta Perovic added 10. C.J. Wallace controlled the boards with 11 rebounds. Real Madrid upended Gran Canaria 2014 90-72 after opening an 18-9 lead in the first quarter and never looking back. Sergio Llull continued his recent productivity with 20 points to pace the winners, while Jaycee Carroll knocked down 17 and Felipe Reyes had 14. Madrid played efficiently, making 29 of 38 attempts from two-point range. With the win Madrid climbed to 17-4, a win behind Barcelona’s 18-3 record. Caja Laboral held onto third place at 15-6 after it held off Valladolid 67-65 as the hosts’ Brad Oleson buried a two-pointer with 9 seconds left to grab the win. Oleson was the leading scorer for Caja Laboral with 15 points, while Fernando San Emeterio bagged 12 and Pau Ribas added 11. The hosts won without Mirza Teletovic who left after 1:16 in the first quarter with stomach cramps and did not return. Both Unicaja and Lucentum Alicante lost and remained tied for fourth with 13-8 records. Valencia took care of Unicaja on the road 58-68, led by an impressive Nando De Colo, who racked up a double-double with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Rafa Martinez and Nik Caner-Medley each added 11 points for the winners. Unicaja’s Joel Freeland had 17 points and Jorge Garabosa 13 in a losing effort. Blusens Monbus squeaked by Alicante 63-64 on a free throw by Levon Kendall with less than 1 second on the clock, giving the visitors their third consecutive win, all against teams in the upper half of the table. Bernard Hopkins and and Ebi Ere paced with winners with 10 points apiece. UCAM Murcia ended Gescrap’s five-game winning streak with a 73-69 win, led by James Augustine’s 16 points and Ime Udoka’s 14. Aaron Jackson led the losers with 17 points and Alex Mumbru chipped in 14. Lagun Aro GBC eked out a 76-75 win over Zaragoza behind Jimmy Baron’s 23 points. Lagun Aro, Valencia, CAI Zaragoza and Gescrap are now tied at 11-10. Finally, Assignia Manresa downed Banca Civica 76-71 as Justin Doellman led all scorers with 26 points and 10 rebounds, and FIATC Mutua Joventut dumped Asefa Estudiantes 56-71 behind Pooh Jeter’s 19 points.

LAST GAME GAME 21 February 25-26, 2012
Day	Match	Result
Feb. 25	Asefa Estudiantes vs. FIATC Joventut	56-71
Feb. 26	FC Barcelona Regal vs. Mad-Croc F.	86-59
Feb. 26	UCAM Murcia vs. Gescrap Bizkaia	73-69
Feb. 26	Assignia Manresa vs. Banca Civica	76-71
Feb. 26	Real Madrid vs. Gran Canaria 2014	90-72
Feb. 26	Lucentum Alicante vs. Blusens Monbus	63-64
Feb. 26	Caja Laboral vs. Blancos de Rueda	67-65
Feb. 26	Unicaja vs. Valencia Basket	58-68
Feb. 26	Lagun Aro GBC vs. CAI Zaragoza	76-75

NEXT GAME GAME 22 March 3-4, 2012
Day	Match
Mar. 4	Lagun Aro vs. Asefa Estudiantes
Mar. 3	CAI Zaragoza vs. Unicaja
Mar. 3	Valencia Basket vs. Caja Laboral
Mar. 3	Blancos de Rueda vs. Lucentum
Mar. 4	Blusens Monbus vs. Real Madrid
Mar. 4	Gran Canaria 2014 vs. Assignia M.
Mar. 3	Banca Civica vs. UCAM Murcia
Mar. 4	Gescrap BB vs. Barcelona Regal
Mar. 3	Mad-Croc F. vs. FIATC Joventut

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	FC Barcelona Regal	21	18	3	1598	1325
2	Real Madrid	21	17	4	1769	1512
3	Caja Laboral	21	15	6	1524	1436
4	Unicaja	21	13	8	1595	1547
5	Lucentum Alicante	21	13	8	1474	1490
6	Lagun Aro GBC	21	11	10	1631	1580
7	Gescrap Bizkaia	21	11	10	1633	1592
8	Valencia Basket	21	11	10	1548	1518
9	CAI Zaragoza	21	11	10	1533	1520
10	Banca Cívica	21	10	11	1567	1556
11	Assignia Manresa	21	10	11	1511	1547
12	Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada	21	10	11	1514	1583
13	Gran Canaria 2014	21	8	13	1390	1445
14	FIATC Mutua Joventut	21	8	13	1496	1609
15	Blusens Monbus	21	7	14	1480	1547
16	UCAM Murcia	21	6	15	1457	1585
17	Asefa Estudiantes	21	6	15	1423	1594
18	Blancos de Rueda Valladolid	21	4	17	1446	1603