Spanish League, Regular Season, Game 28: April 7-9, 2012 - Spain

June 20, 2013

Spanish League, Regular Season, Game 28: April 7-9, 2012

FC Barcelona Regal’s lead grew atop the Spanish League standings to two wins, while third placed Caja Laboral closed within two of Real Madrid with a 67-66 win in a thriller between the two. Barcelona had its fierce defense on display in a 49-68 road win at CAI Zaragoza. Barca did not allow more than 14 points in any quarter and limited the hosts to 2-for-17 shooting (11.8%) from downtown and 14 of 41 (34.1%) within the arc. Boni Ndong paced the Barcelona attack with 17 points on 8-of-10 shooting plus 9 rebounds. Erazem Lorbek added 9 points, Xavi Rabaseda 8 and Marcelinho Huertas tallied 5 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists as head coach Xavi Pascual’s men improved to 23-5. Laboral beat Madrid on an Andres Nocioni bucket and defense that denied Sergio Llull twice in the closing seconds. Nocioni scored the game’s final points with less than two minutes remaining and the defenses prevailed the rest of the way. Nocioni finished with 12 points and 8 rebounds and Maciej Lampe and Nemanja Bjelica added 10 points apiece for Laboral. Sergio Llull finished with 16 points and Kyle Singler and Nikola Mirotic added 11 each in defeat. Wins for Valencia Basket and Gescrap BB saw those two move into a three-way tie with Lagun Aro GBC for fourth place with 16-12 records. Valencia routed FIATC Joventut 90-67 after taking a double-digit lead in the opening quarter. Nando De Colo paced six Valencia scorers in double figures with 15 points and 4 assists, Nik Caner-Medley added 13 points and 8 rebounds and Serhiy Lishchuck contributed 11 and 7. Pooh Jeter netted 17 for Joventut in defeat. Gescrap got the best of Blusens Monbus 79-71 as Kostas Vasiliadis came through with 20 points, D’Or Fischer amassed 16 points and 11 rebounds and Alex Mumbri flirted with a triple-double by posting 9 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists. Bilbao dominated early and led 27-7 after 10 minutes before Blusens rallied to tie it after three quarters. Gescrap reasserted itself in the fourth quarter to snatch the win. UCAM Murcia handed Lagun Aro a 67-71 victory behind 19 points and 5 assists from Ime Udoka. Unicaja’s playoffs hopes suffered a blow with an 81-96 home defeat at the hands of Assignia Manresa. Adam Hanga paced the winners with 21 points in as many minutes; Luka Zoric’s 24 points on 11-of-12 shooting were not enough for Unicaja. In another result of note, Banca Civica improved its playoffs chances with a 66-74 road win at Gran Canaria.

LAST GAME GAME 28 April 7-9, 2012
Day	Match	Result
Apr. 19	Lucentum Alicante vs. Asefa Estudiantes	0-0
Apr. 9	Caja Laboral vs. Real Madrid	67-66
Apr. 8	Unicaja vs. Assignia Manresa	81-96
Apr. 8	Lagun Aro GBC vs. UCAM Murcia	67-71
Apr. 8	CAI Zaragoza vs. Barcelona Regal	49-68
Apr. 7	Valencia Basket vs. FIATC Joventut	90-67
Apr. 7	Valladolid vs. Mad-Croc Fuenla.	69-66
Apr. 8	Gescrap Bizkaia vs. Blusens Monbus	79-71
Apr. 8	Gran Canaria 2014 vs. Banca Civica	66-74

NEXT GAME GAME 29 April 14-15, 2012
Day	Match
Apr. 15	Asefa Estu. vs. Gran Canaria
Apr. 14	Banca Civica vs. Blusens Monbus
Apr. 15	Gescrap BB vs. Valladolid
Apr. 18	Mad-Croc F. vs. Valencia Basket
Apr. 15	FIATC Joventut vs. CAI Zaragoza
Apr. 15	Barcelona Regal vs. Lagun Aro
Apr. 15	UCAM Murcia vs. Unicaja
Apr. 15	Assignia Manresa vs. Caja Laboral
Apr. 15	Real Madrid vs. Lucentum

	STANDINGS	TG	W	L	P+	P-
1	FC Barcelona Regal	28	23	5	2130	1814
2	Real Madrid	28	21	7	2299	2006
3	Caja Laboral	28	20	8	2057	1925
4	Valencia Basket	28	16	12	2102	2008
5	Lagun Aro GBC	28	16	12	2216	2129
6	Gescrap Bizkaia	28	16	12	2195	2156
7	Lucentum Alicante	27	15	12	1856	1905
8	Banca Cívica	28	15	13	2116	2066
9	Unicaja	28	14	14	2074	2096
10	CAI Zaragoza	28	14	14	1993	2003
11	Assignia Manresa	28	13	15	2053	2087
12	FIATC Mutua Joventut	28	12	16	2019	2121
13	Gran Canaria 2014	28	11	17	1895	1978
14	Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada	28	11	17	1990	2115
15	Blusens Monbus	28	10	18	1979	2051
16	UCAM Murcia	28	10	18	1967	2062
17	Asefa Estudiantes	27	7	20	1857	2077
18	Blancos de Rueda Valladolid	28	7	21	1933	2132