Spanish League, Regular Season, Game 25: March 17-18, 2012 - Spain

May 19, 2013

Spanish League, Regular Season, Game 25: March 17-18, 2012

FC Barcelona Regal snapped a two-game losing streak by downing Blusens Monbus 71-58, but Real Madrid brushed aside CAI Zaragoza 85-71 to take advantage of its rival’s losses and move once more into a tie for first with 20-5 records. Barcelona wanted to send a message early, taking a 20-2 lead after eight minutes, but Blusens answered with an 0-11 run of its own. The hosts resumed control to take a 34-22 lead at the half, which they maintained the rest of the way. Boniface Ndong led the way, scoring 21 points, while Juan Carlos Navarro posted 16 and Marcelo Huertas added 10. Real Madrid took care of Zaragoza 85-71 behind a stellar performance by Jaycee Carroll, who scored 36 points, including 5 of 7 from downtown. The Whites went out front with a 25-13 second quarter and never relinquished the lead. Kyle Singler had 13 and Nikola Mirotic 10 for the winners. Caja Laboral also recovered from a loss last week by pounding Unicaja 90-68 in a game the winners led 20-6 after the first quarter. Mirza Teletovic paced the winners with 24 points, while Brad Oleson netted 20, draining 5 of 6 three-pointers. Pablo Prigioni led Caja Laboral in rebounds and assists, with 8 and 4, respectively. Kristaps Valters scored 13 in a losing effort. Caja Laboral remained in third place with an 18-7 record, well ahead of three teams tied with 14-11 records – Valencia Basket, Lucentum Alilcante and Lagun Aro. Valencia continued its winning ways, overpowering Assignia Manresa 68-89 as Nando De Colo poured in 22 points and Victor Claver and Rafa Martinez added 17 apiece. Lucentum used a 20-12 third quarter to take out Lagun Aro 79-68, led by Pedro Llompart’s 15 points. Gescrap led Asefa Estudiantes 33-35 at halftime and held on to win 69-71, as Marko Banic netted 14 points and pulled down 9 rebounds, while Konstantinos Vasileiadis and Roger Grimau added 10 apiece. Gescrap climbed to 13-12. In other games, Banca Civica beat Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada 70-75, and UCAM Murcia walloped Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 85-56.

LAST GAME GAME 25 March 17-18, 2012
Day	Match	Result
Mar. 17	Asefa Estudiantes vs. Gescrap BB	69-71
Mar. 18	Mad-Croc F. vs. Banca Civica	70-75
Mar. 18	FIATC Joventut vs. Gran Canaria 2014	73-81
Mar. 17	FC Barcelona Regal vs. Blusens Monbus	71-58
Mar. 18	UCAM Murcia vs. Blancos de Rueda	85-56
Mar. 17	Assignia Manresa vs. Valencia Basket	68-89
Mar. 18	Real Madrid vs. CAI Zaragoza	85-71
Mar. 18	Lucentum Alicante vs. Lagun Aro GBC	79-68
Mar. 18	Caja Laboral vs. Unicaja	90-68

NEXT GAME GAME 26 March 24-25, 2012
Day	Match
Mar. 25	Caja Laboral vs. Esafa Estu.
Mar. 24	Unicaja vs. Lucentum
Mar. 25	Lagun Aro vs. Real Madrid
Mar. 25	CAI Zaragoza vs. Assignia M.
Mar. 24	Valencia Basket vs. UCAM Murcia
Mar. 24	Valladolid vs. Barcelona Regal
Mar. 25	Blusens vs. FIATC Joventut
Mar. 25	Gran Canaria vs. Mad-Croc F.
Mar. 25	Banca Civica vs. Gescrap BB

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	Real Madrid	25	20	5	2079	1790
2	FC Barcelona Regal	25	20	5	1894	1607
3	Caja Laboral	25	18	7	1830	1713
4	Valencia Basket	25	14	11	1853	1785
5	Lucentum Alicante	25	14	11	1724	1762
6	Lagun Aro GBC	25	14	11	1972	1894
7	Banca Cívica	25	13	12	1857	1826
8	Gescrap Bizkaia	25	13	12	1928	1905
9	CAI Zaragoza	25	13	12	1810	1788
10	Unicaja	25	13	12	1870	1876
11	Assignia Manresa	25	12	13	1812	1855
12	FIATC Mutua Joventut	25	11	14	1809	1885
13	Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada	24	10	14	1720	1822
14	Gran Canaria 2014	25	10	15	1687	1761
15	Blusens Monbus	25	8	17	1753	1849
16	UCAM Murcia	25	8	17	1740	1846
17	Asefa Estudiantes	24	7	17	1647	1835
18	Blancos de Rueda Valladolid	25	6	19	1705	1891