May 24, 2012
Spanish League, Game 25: March 17-18, 2007
Tiago Splitter - Tau Ceramica A classic game highlighted the Spanish League weekend, as Winterthur FC Barcelona took the big showdown by beating archrivals Real Madrid 73-68 at home on Saturday. Barcelona improved to 16-9 and is fourth while Madrid dropped to 19-6 but kept the top spot in the standings. Rodrigo De La Fuente led the winners with 15 points. Tau Ceramica now ties atop the league board also at 16-9 by thrashing ViveMenorca 96-59 in Vitoria on Sunday. Tiago Splitter paced Tau with 22 points. Igor Rakocevic added 19 while Luis Scola posted a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds. Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas improved to 14-11 by thrashing Caja San Fernando 89-67 at home on Sunday behind 17 points from Sitapha Savane. Unicaja dropped to 14-11 due to a 74-66 road loss against Pamesa Valencia while DKV Joventut also registered a 86-76 road loss against Etosa Alicante despite 24 points and 11 rebounds from Charles Gaines. In other games, MMT Estudiantes topped Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket 94-86, C.B. Granada downed Bruesa GBC 80-68, Grupo Capitol Valladolid beat Alta Gestion Fuenlabrada 71-63 while Akasvayu Girona edged Polaris World CB Murcia 80-81 with game-winning free throws from Marko Marinovic.

Winterthur FC Barcelona took the 100th league edition of the Spanish superclassic by downing archrivals Real Madrid 73-68 at home on Saturday. Barcelona improved to 16-9 and is fourth while Madrid dropped to 19-6 but kept the top spot in the standings. De La Fuente led the winners with 15 points. Michalis Kakiouzis added 14 while Denis Marconato had 10 for Barcelona. Felipe Reyes had 16 points for Real Madrid while Charles Smith and Axel Hervelle each added 13. Gianluca Basile and Roko-Lenu Ukic allowed Barcelona to get a 19-15 lead after 10 minutes. Madrid struggled to score, while Kakiouzis helped the hosts to extend their margin to 34-25 at halftime. Barcelona kept a slim lead throughout the second half, but a put-back basket by Hervelle got Madrid within 67-64 with 1:45 to go. De La Fuente and Jaka Lakovic hit consecutive triples to seal the outcome. Tau Ceramica tied for first place at 19-6 by thrashing ViveMenorca 96-59 in Vitoria on Sunday. Splitter paced Tau with 22 points. Rakocevic added 19, Scola posted a double-double of 17 points and 10 rebounds, Serkan Erdogan had 15 points and Zoran Planinic 10 in an easy home win for Tau, that led 45-36 at halftime and simply rolled in the final period to seal the outcome.

Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas improved to 14-11 by thrashing Caja San Fernando 89-67 at home on Sunday. Savane led Gran Canaria with 17 points off the bench. Jim Moran added 15, Kornel David had 13, Jackson Vroman 12 and Sergio Perez 11. Moran had 11 points in a 15-4 opening run. Gran Canaria boosted its margin to 48-30 at halftime and then again to 71-47 after 30 minutes, enough to seal a big win. Unicaja dropped to 14-11 due to a 74-66 road loss against Pamesa Valencia. Dejan Milojevic led Pamesa with 14 points. Berni Rodriguez had 18 points for Unicaja, Daniel Santiago 17 and Marcus Faison 13. A basket by Santiago got Unicaja within 60-58 with 4 minutes to go. Milojevic and Mindaugas Timinskas allowed Pamesa to seal the win down the stretch. DKV Joventut is now fifth at 15-10 due to a 86-76 road loss against Etosa Alicante. Larry Lewis led the winners with 22 points. Gaines led Joventut with 24 points and 11 rebounds. Elmer Bennett had 15 points, Robert Archibald 13 and Rudy Fernandez 12. Joventut trailed 68-48 after 30 minutes and even when it got within 75-68 with 2 minutes to go, it happened to be too little, too late for the guests.


LAST GAME GAME 25 - March 17-18, 2007
DayMatchResult
Mar. 17Etosa Alicante vs. DKV Joventut86 -76
Mar. 17Winterthur Barcelona vs. Real Madrid73 -68
Mar. 17Gran canaria vs. Caja San Fernando89 -67
Mar. 17MMT Estudiantes vs. Lagun Aro Bilbao94 -86
Mar. 18C.B. Granada vs. Bruesa GBC80 -68
Mar. 18G. Capitol Valladolid vs. Fuenlabrada71 -63
Mar. 18Polaris World Murcia vs. Akasvayu Girona80 -81
Mar. 18Pamesa Valencia vs. Unicaja74 -66
Mar. 18Tau Cerámica vs. ViveMenorca96 -59
NEXT GAME GAME 26 - March 24-25, 2007
DayMatch
Mar. 24Akasvayu Girona vs. Tau Cerámica
Mar. 24Caja San Fernando vs. Pamesa Valencia
Mar. 24Lagun Aro Bilbao vs. C.B. Granada
Mar. 25Bruesa GBC vs. Winterthur Barcelona
Mar. 25Real Madrid vs. Fuenlabrada
Mar. 25Polaris World Murcia vs. MMT Estudiantes
Mar. 25DKV Joventut vs. Unicaja
Mar. 25Etosa Alicante vs. G. Capitol Valladolid
Mar. 25ViveMenorca vs. Gran canaria


STANDINGSTGWLP+P-
1Real Madrid2519621071860
2TAU Cerámica2519620931876
3Akasvayu Girona2517820371965
4Winterthur F.C. Barcelona2516919711802
5DKV Joventut25151019921924
6Unicaja25141119131774
7Gran Canaria Grupo Dunas25141119181892
8Pamesa Valencia25131218621897
9MMT Estudiantes25121319492011
10Caja San Fernando25121319412023
11C.B. Granada25111419542023
12Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada25111418211863
13Polaris World CB Murcia25101518691932
14Etosa Alicante25101518111943
15Lagun Aro Bilbao Basket2591618341938
16Bruesa GBC2581718131903
17Grupo Capitol Valladolid2581718541959
18ViveMenorca2571818261980
Sunday, March 18, 2007
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