Spanish League, Game 33: April 30 - May 1, 2008
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With just one game to go in the regular season, it is already clear that regular season champion Real Madrid will face Unicaja in the quarterfinals. Moreover, DKV Joventut will be second, AXA FC Barcelona third and Tau Ceramica fourth while Akasvayu Girona, Pamesa Valencia and iurbentia Bilbao Basket will the the other playoff teams. Madrid improved to 28-5 by thrashing Kalise Gran Canaria 79-98 on the road on Wednesday. Louis Bullock led 7 Madrid players in double digits with 15 points. DKV Joventut clinched the second spot with a 25-8 record by simply overwhelming CB Granada 118-68 in Badalona on Thursday behind 19 points and 8 assists from Rudy Fernandez. Barcelona moved up to 24-9 by edging Polaris World CB Murcia 81-75 at home on Thursday. Pepe Sanchez led the winners with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists. Tau Ceramica had beaten Pamesa Valencia 91-73 in an early game played on April 23, while Akasvayu Girona improved to 20-13 and kept tying for sixth place by downing Grupo Capitol Valladolid 69-79 on Wednesday. Unicaja dropped to 17-16 due to a 87-83 road loss against archrivals Cajasol in Seville on Thursday. In other games, MMT Estudiantes edged ViveMenorca 80-78, iurbentia Bilbao Basket topped Alta Gestion Fuenlabrada 69-74 while Ricoh Manresa defeated Grupo Begar Leon 84-75.
Real Madrid, already the regular season champion, improved to 28-5 by thrashing Kalise Gran Canaria 79-98 on the road on Wednesday. Bullock led 7 Madrid players in double digits with 15 points. Michalis Pelekanos added 14, Charles Smith had 12, Axel Hervelle and Lazaros Papadopoulos each got 11 while Blagota Sekulic and Alex Mumbru contributed 10 apiece for Madrid, that led 35-55 at halftime and never looked back. Sitapha Savane had 16 points for Gran Canaria, Kornel David added 15 while Carl English got 10 for the hosts. DKV Joventut clinched the second spot with a 25-8 record by simply overwhelming CB Granada 118-68 in Badalona on Thursday. Fernandez paced the winners with 19 points and 8 assists. Jan Jagla added 18 points, Jerome Moiso and Pau Ribas each had 17 while Lubos Barton and David Noel got 10 apiece in an easy home win for Joventut, that led 62-31 at halftime and kept extending its margin at the end of each quarter. Barcelona moved up to 24-9 by edging Polaris World CB Murcia 81-75 at home on Thursday. Sanchez led the winners with 18 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists. Roger Grimau added 15 points, Ersan Ilyasova had 14 while Mario Kasun got 12 for Barcelona, that led 75-73 with 2 minutes to go. Ilyasova and Sanchez took care of business to win it for Barcelona.
Tau Ceramica had beaten Pamesa Valencia 91-73 in an early game played on April 23 to make the hosts get an easier road to the Final Four. Tiago Splitter paced the winners with 19 points. Sergi Vidal and Pete Mickeal each added 16 while Zoran Planinic and Mirza Teletovic had 11 apiece for Tau. Dejan Milojevic had 16 points for Pamesa, Fred House added 13 while Ruben Douglas got 10 for the guests, that trailed all the way since 16-17. Akasvayu Girona improved to 20-13 and kept tying for sixth place by downing Grupo Capitol Valladolid 69-79 on Wednesday. Fernando San Emeterio paced the winners with 19 points. Arriel McDonald and Erik Daniels added 14 while Victor Sada had 12 for Akasvayu, that led 61-64 with 6 minutes to go. Sada, Daniels and San Emeterio boosted the guests' lead to double digits, 65-75, and Grupo Capitol did not recover. Unicaja dropped to 17-16 due to a 87-83 road loss against archrivals Cajasol in Seville in front of 7,100 fans on Thursday morning. Aaron Miles led Cajasol with 23 points while Tyrone Ellis added 18 for the winners. Carlos Cabezas had 18 points for Unicaja, Boniface Ndong added 17 while Jiri Welsch got 14 for the guests, that led 70-76 midway through the fourth quarter. Miles, Ellis and Michalis Kakiouzis fueled a 15-2 run that allowed Cajasol to get its fourth consecutive win.
LAST GAME GAME 33
April 30-May 1, 2008 | | Day | Match | Result | | Apr. 30 | Estudiantes vs. Menorca | 80 -78 | | May 1 | AXA FC Barcelona vs.Murcia | 81 -75 | | Apr. 30 | Valladolid vs. Akasvayu | 69 -79 | | Apr. 30 | Kalise GC vs. Real Madrid | 79 -98 | | Apr. 30 | Fuenlabrada vs. Bilbao | 69 -74 | | May 1 | DKV Joventut vs. Granada | 118 -68 | | Apr. 30 | Cajasol vs. Unicaja | 87 -83 | | May 1 | Ricoh Manresa vs. León | 84 -75 | | Apr. 23 | TAU Cerámica vs. Pamesa | 91 -73 |
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NEXT GAME GAME 34
May 9, 2008 | | Day | Match | | May 9 | Unicaja vs. Ricoh Manresa | | May 9 | Pamesa vs. DKV Joventut | | May 9 | Akasvayu vs. Fuenlabrada | | May 9 | Begar León vs. Estudiantes | | May 9 | Bilbao vs. AXA FCBarcelona | | May 9 | CB Murcia vs. Valladolid | | May 9 | ViveMenorca vs. Kalise GC | | May 9 | Real Madrid vs. Cajasol | | May 9 | Granada vs. TAU Cerámica |
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| STANDINGS | TG | W | L | P+ | P- | | 1 | Real Madrid | 33 | 28 | 5 | 2773 | 2491 | | 2 | DKV Joventut | 33 | 25 | 8 | 2904 | 2565 | | 3 | AXA F.C. Barcelona | 33 | 24 | 9 | 2533 | 2434 | | 4 | TAU Cerámica | 33 | 22 | 11 | 2780 | 2515 | | 5 | Pamesa Valencia | 33 | 21 | 12 | 2621 | 2444 | | 6 | iurbentia Bilbao Basket | 33 | 20 | 13 | 2507 | 2423 | | 7 | Akasvayu Girona | 33 | 20 | 13 | 2641 | 2616 | | 8 | Unicaja | 33 | 17 | 16 | 2635 | 2558 | | 9 | Kalise Gran Canaria | 33 | 15 | 18 | 2577 | 2586 | | 10 | Cajasol | 33 | 14 | 19 | 2620 | 2675 | | 11 | Ricoh Manresa | 33 | 13 | 20 | 2625 | 2731 | | 12 | Alta Gestión Fuenlabrada | 33 | 13 | 20 | 2473 | 2586 | | 13 | ViveMenorca | 33 | 12 | 21 | 2464 | 2650 | | 14 | Polaris World CB Murcia | 33 | 12 | 21 | 2396 | 2545 | | 15 | MMT Estudiantes | 33 | 11 | 22 | 2465 | 2623 | | 16 | Grupo Capitol Valladolid | 33 | 11 | 22 | 2596 | 2792 | | 17 | C.B. Granada | 33 | 11 | 22 | 2540 | 2674 | | 18 | Grupo Begar León | 33 | 8 | 25 | 2500 | 2742 |
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