By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Barcelona continued the chase for the top spot of the Spanish league with a 99-84 home win against Joventut Badalona.
Nicolas Laprovittola led the way with 21 points while Nikola Mirotic scored 15 and Brandon Davies 13 points. Kyle Kuric followed up with ten.
On the opposing side, Ante Tomic put up 20 points and eight boards against his former team while Guillem Vives scored 17 and Vladimir Brodziansky 13 points.
Barca improved to 13-3 while Joventut holds an 11-6 record. The gap has further decreased between the arch-rivals as Real Madrid (16-3) lost to MoraBanc Andorra (6-12) with 88-83 on the scoreboard.
Codi Miller-McIntyre was the main push behind Andorra’s winning effort with 28 points on 12-17 shooting while Nacho Llovet added 15 and Babatunde Olomuyiwa 14 points.
Miller-McIntyre also grabbed seven rebounds and dished out eight assists. For Real Madrid, Fabien Causeur scored 16 and Gabriel Deck 15 points while Anthony Randolph helped with 13.
Results
Bilbao – Unicaja 83-77
Manresa – San Pablo Burgos 93-68
Barcelona – Joventut 99-84
Real Madrid – Andorra 83-88
Tenerife – Valencia 78-80
Gran Canaria – Obradoiro