May 24, 2012
Spanish League, Game 9: November 18-19, 2006
Luis Scola - Tau Ceramica Real Madrid maintains its position atop the Spanish League following another solid victory, 64-82 on the road at Fuenlabrada, kept it as the only undefeated team in the competition after nine games. Louis Bullock led five Madrid double-figure scorers with 17 points. Tau Ceramica ruled its duel with Akasvayu Girona, 95-75, to stay a victory behind Madrid as Luis Scola was near-perfect with 19 points. Akasvayu's defeat allowed Caja San Fernando and MMT Estudiantes to join it in a three-way tie for third place. Caja won 70-87 on the road at Pamesa Valencia for its fifth straight victory, while Estudiantes prevailed 93-85 at home against Murcia. Unicaja took revenge for an earlier Euroleague home loss by blowing out DKV Joventut 81-63 with Carlos Cabezas exploding for 19 points. Gran Canarias Dunas joined a four-way tie for sixth place - with Unicaja, Joventut and Fuenlabrada - with a 63-56 decision over visiting Menorca as Mario Fernandez came off the bench for 17 points. Winterthur FC Barcelona dropped to 10th place with a rare 65-67 home loss to Bruesa San Sebastian despite 19 points from Juan Carlos Navarro. Barcelona ties with Alicante, a 76-82 road winner at Valladolid, while a victory behind is Bilbao, a 76-85 winner at Granada. All told, five of the nine games in the ninth round were won by visiting teams.

After a 25-23 first quarter in Fuenlabrada, Madrid made its move toward victory on the defensive end, holding the hosts scoreless during 8 minutes, 45 seconds at the start of the second quarter. Madrid ended up winning the middle quarters by a combined score of 24-44 and running away with its ninth consecutive win. The visitors outrebounded Fuenlabrada 35-23, shot 11-for-20 on three-pointers and made all 7 of their free throws. Joining Bullock in double figures were Charles Smith with 12 points, Kerem Tunceri with 11, Ratko Varda and Axel Hervelle with 10 each. Tau blew away Girona with a 28-11 first quarter and never looked back. Sergan Erdogan followed Scola with 17 points in as many minutes. Tiago Splitter and Zoran Planinic combined for 16 of those first-quarter points and finished with 13 each, while Igor Rakocevic added 13 and Fred House 10.

Another super first quarter, which ended 25-12, sent Unicaja on its way against Joventut. Cabezas scored most of his points at the foul line, where he made a perfect 12 of 12 tries. Berni Rodrgiuez followed with 14 points and Kostas Vasileiadis 10 for the winners. For the visitors, Ferran Laviña had 17 points and Elmer Bennett 13. A 31-47 advantage in the middle qurters allowed Caja San Fernando to win going away at Pamesa Valencia. The visitors shot well and received balanced scoring, 15 points each from Demetrius Alexander, Carles Mrco and Hollis Price. Marco and Filip Videnov, with 11 points, helped the Caja bench total 39 points. Ruben Douglas had 24 points for Pamesa.

Back-to-back triples in the third quarter by Marlon Garnett gave Estudiantes a lead it did not reliques the rest of the way against Murcia. Garnett finished with 26 points having hit 6 of 8 triples. Will McDonald added 17 points, Hernan Jasen and Goran Nikolic 15 each, and Gonzalo Martinez 10 for Estudiantes. Marcus Fizer put up 30 for Murcia. Gran Canaria played with fire by falling behind 6-1 on its own court, but was saved by its bench to stop next-to-last place Menorca. Besides 17 from Fernandez, the winners got 10 points from Jackson Vroman as the bench outscored the Gran Canaria starters 42-21. Only Sam Clancy, with 22 points, could do much for Menorca.


LAST GAME GAME 9 - November 18-19, 2006
DayMatchResult
Nov. 18Winterthur F.C. Barcelona vs. Bruesa GBC65 -67
Nov. 18Gran Canaria vs. ViveMenorca63 -56
Nov. 18MMT Estudiantes vs. P.World CB Murcia93 -85
Nov. 18Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada vs. Real Madrid64 -82
Nov. 19G. Capitol Valladolid vs. Etosa Alicante76 -82
Nov. 19C.B. Granada vs. Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket76 -85
Nov. 19Unicaja vs. DKV Joventut81 -63
Nov. 19Tau Cerámica vs. Akasvayu Girona95 -75
Nov. 19Pamesa Valencia vs. Caja San Fernando70 -87
NEXT GAME GAME 10 - November 25-26, 2006
DayMatch
Nov. 25Fuenlabrada vs. G. Capitol Valladolid
Nov. 25Caja San Fernando vs. Gran canaria
Nov. 25ViveMenorca vs. Tau Cerámica
Nov. 25Real Madrid vs. Winterthur Barcelona
Nov. 26Lagun Aro Bilbao vs. MMT Estudiantes
Nov. 26Unicaja vs. Pamesa Valencia
Nov. 26DKV Joventut vs. Etosa Alicante
Nov. 26Akasvayu Girona vs. P. World Murcia
Nov. 26Bruesa GBC vs. C.B. Granada


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1Real Madrid990783630
2TAU Cerámica981776687
3Caja San Fernando963720693
4Akasvayu Girona963733727
5MMT Estudiantes963746742
6Unicaja954685653
7DKV Joventut954708685
8Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas954643635
9Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada954664661
10Winterthur F.C. Barcelona945704657
11Etosa Alicante945658710
12C.B. Granada936728742
13Polaris World CB Murcia936637659
14Bruesa GBC936633669
15Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket936667710
16Pamesa Valencia936660739
17ViveMenorca927639736
18Grupo Capitol Valladolid918697746
Sunday, November 19, 2006
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