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Spanish King's Cup semifinal: February 10, 2007

Real Madrid will face Winterthur FC Barcelona in the Spanish King's Cup final! The two teams will face each other in the King's Cup title game for the first time since 2001, as each survived their respective semifinal showdowns in Malaga on Saturday to advance to the title game Sunday at 19:30 CET. Winterthur FCB used a 0-18 run in the third quarter to down DKV Joventut 70-84 in the first semifinal. Gianluca Basile and Jordi Trias led the winners each with 16 points and 7 rebounds. Rudy Fernandez had 16 for Joventut. Meanwhile, Real Madrid set the Spanish superclassic and avdanced to the final by edging Tau Ceramica 72-74. Louis Bullock led the winners with 17 points, while Felipe Reyes added 15, including some decisive free throws down the stretch. Luis Scola had 15 points for Tau. With two fierce archrivals ready to battle each other for the first domestic title in the 2006-07 Spanish season, expect nothing but an instant classic.

Jordi Trias - Winterthur FC Barcelona

Winterthur FC Barcelona made it to the Spanish King's Cup final for the first time since 2003 by downing rival DKV Joventut 70-84 in the first semifinal in Malaga on Saturday afternoon. Basile and Trias led the winners each with 16 points and 7 rebounds. Jaka Lakovic and Juan Carlos Navarro added 14 points apiece for Barcelona. Fernandez had 16 points for Joventut while Robert Archibald and Charles Gaines each added 10. It was a balanced game in the first half, in which Joventut used a 9-2 final run to get a 38-36 lead at halftime. Trias, Basile and Lakovic fueled a game-breaking 0-18 run after the break to get a 49-64 margin after three quarters. Joventut managed to get within 67-73 with 3 minutes to go but did not manage to complete its comeback.

Joventut opened the game with a 6-0 run that Elmer Bennett capped with a three-pointer, as Barcelona went scoreless in the opening 3 minutes, until Trias stepped up with a jump hook. Joventut had a better intensity on defense, while a triple by Fernandez gave his team a 14-6 lead. Basile and Navarro fueled a 0-6 run to wake Barcelona up, but Andy Betts and an unstoppable Fernandez helped Joventut to a 19-16 edge after 10 minutes. Joventut opted to kept looking for Betts in the middle, but Barcelona was a different team on defense now. Free throws by Fran Vazquez and a bomb from downtown by Navarro tied it at 27-27, and then Lakovic had 5 points in a 0-7 run that gave Barcelona a 29-34 lead. Paco Vazquez and Fernandez rescued Joventut, which reached halftime with a 38-36 lead. Barcelona started to dominate the boards after the break through an outstanding Denis Marconato, while Trias, Basile and Lakovic fueled a 0-18 run that gave their team a 42-56 lead. Joventut struggled to score for 4 long minutes until Fernandez made free throws, but Barcelona still kept a 49-64 lead after three quarters. Gaines followed a power layup with a wild dunk to give Joventut some hope at 55-66. Trias scored inside and Basile buried another one from downtown for a 59-73 Barcelona edge. Joventut was not done, however, as a drving basket by Marcelinho Huertas ignited a 8-0 run that brought his team within 67-73. But a three-pointer by Lakovic sealed the outcome in the final 2 minutes.

Marko Milic - Real Madrid

Real Madrid reached the King's Cup final for the first time since 2005 by edging Tau Ceramica 72-74 in a very physical game, in which both teams combined for 64 fouls and 71 free throws and seven players fouled out. Bullock led the winners with 17 points before fouling out with 3 minutes to go. Reyes added 15, including some decisive free throws down the stretch. Scola had 15 points for Tau, Igor Rakocevic added 13, Pablo Prigioni 12 and Serkan Erdogan 11. An outstanding Scola allowed Tau to get a 42-34 edge at halftime, but Madrid rallied soon after the break and Bullock scored the go-ahead basket, 66-68, with less than 4 minutes to go. Free throws by Reyes, Blagota Sekulic and Kerem Tunceri gave Madrid a 72-74 edge before Sergi Vidal missed a three-point shot at the buzzer.

Madrid went scoreless in the opening 4 minutes, as Scola, Rakocevic and Prigioni fueled a 7-0 opening run for Tau. Reyes got Madrid going with an acrobatic three-point play and Charles Smith fired in one from downtown, but Scola still kept Tau ahead, 14-8. Reyes got some help from Bullock and Sekulic to tie the game at 15-15. A put-back basket by Scola and a three-pointer by Ender Arslan allowed Tau to keep a 21-19 edge after 10 minutes. Tiago Splitter dunked it while Serkan Erdogan shined with 8 unanswered points for a 31-21 Tau lead. Reyes and Axel Hervelle stepped up to get their team within 31-26. Tau found a go-to guy in Scola, who followed free throws with a put-back layup, and a buzzer-beating layup by Kaya Peker gave Tau an 8-point lead, 42-34, at halftime. Sekulic and Bullock combined for 7 quick points after the break to bring Madrid back to life at 42-41. Vidal and Splitter rescued Tau, but Reyes shined with a three-point play and Edu Hernandez-Sonseca dunked twice to keep Madrid in the game, 53-52. Fred House and Scola still managed to keep Tau ahead, 60-57, after three quarters. Tau had Scola, Splitter, Peker and Mirza Teletovic with 4 fouls apiece when Madrid called timeout at 66-63 with 6 minutes to go. Bullock followed a fast break basket with a driving layup for a 66-68 Madrid edge, but he fouled out with less than 3 minutes remaining. Tau continued to struggle to score, while Reyes and Sekulic made foul shots to give Madrid a 66-72 lead. Prigioni got Tau within 70-72 with 16.1 seconds to go and his team opted to foul on Tunceri, who hit just 1 of 2 from the line. Prigioni was next on the line and made both for a 72-73 Tau deficit with 9.1 seconds remaining. Reyes was fouled and hit just one with 8.1 ticks to go, but Vidal missed a three-pointer at the buzzer.

Spanish King`s Cup 2006-07, February 8-11, 2007
Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
82 Akasvayu Girona
84 DKV Joventut	70 DKV Joventut

62 Unicaja	84 Winterthur FCB
77 Winterthur FCB		Winterthur FCB

82 Tau Ceramica		Real Madrid
73 Caja San Fernando	72 Tau Ceramica

85 Real Madrid	74 Real Madrid
82 Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas

Saturday, February 10, 2007

Javier Gancedo, Malaga

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