By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
In control through the mission of bouncing back, FC Barcelona blew out Baskonia on Sunday.
The reigning ACB champions prevailed, 82-62, in Round 14 of the Liga Endesa Regular Season.
Jabari Parker and Willy Hernangomez shared a team-high 14 points. Rokas Jokubaitis followed with 12 points. Oriol Pauli was a healthy scratch. Michael Caicedo (right foot surgery) is on the injury list.
Carrying three consecutive defeats between the ACB and the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, the players of Roger Grimau were comfortable in jumping to 10-5. With Real Madrid improving to 13-1 on Saturday, Barca trails the leaders by a margin of 3.5 games.
The team coached by Dusko Ivanovic dropped to 8-7. Markus Howard logged a game-high 24 points in the losing effort. Matt Costello (right ankle) was unavailable.
Trailing by ten points in the fourth quarter, Valencia rallied past MoraBanc Andorra, 86-82, and went up to 10-4. Kassius Robertson and Brandon Davies shared a team-high 16 points, and Chris Jones added 15 points. Nate Reuvers tallied all of his ten points in the final period. Falling short of helping in an upset, Jean Montero settled for a game-high 19 points.
ACB Round 14
BAXI Manresa – Lenovo Tenerife 73-76
Unicaja – Coviran Granada 92-70
Monbus Obradoiro – Real Madrid 74-85
Dreamland Gran Canaria – Surne Bilbao 83-75
Zunder Palencia – Casademont Zaragoza 80-88
Girona – Joventut Badalona 67-82
Rio Breogan – UCAM Murcia 74-83
FC Barcelona – Baskonia 82-62
Valencia – MoraBanc Andorra 86-82
STANDINGS: Real Madrid 13-1, Unicaja 11-3, Valencia 10-4, Barcelona 10-5, Murcia 9-5…