Gipuzkoa Basket took down Unicaja – ACB Day 8 Recap

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net

Gipuzkoa Basket prevailed over them at home 71-63 in Spanish Liga Endesa Day 8. Unicaja now fell down to a 4-4 record and Gipuzkoa Basket moved to a 3-3.

Turning point: The home squad had a two-point lead with 2:30 left on the clock 62-60. Their defense was rock-solid in the decisive moments of the game as they allowed Unicaja to score just 3 points in the last two minutes seconds.

It was a slow-paced game which suited better to the hosts as they had more focus down the last stretch. The visitors were off to the solid start as they won the first quarter 21-17. After that, it was Gipuzkoa who was in the charge thanks to their defense.

The stars: Norel Henk had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds followed by Dan Clark with 14 points. For the losing side, Carlos Suarez had 14 points along with him Sasu Salin scored 11. Those two players were the only one scoring double figures for Unicaja.

In the last match of the Day 8 of the ACB  League, the stunning “el clasico”, Barcelona beat Real Madrid on the road becoming the first team to beat Real this season.

Earlier in the day, Marco Popovic saved the day for Fuenlabrada, while Green got Valencia back on the winning track.

ACB – Day 8 Results

HOME AWAY FT HT Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
R. NATURA MONBUS OBRADORIO HERBALIFE GRAN CANARIA 79-65 32-33 17-20 15-13 22-16 25-16
SAN PABLO BURGOS UCAM MURCIA CB 89-86 44-43 18-23 26-20 14-20 31-23
TECNYCONTA ZARAGOZA IBEROSTAR TENERIFE 89-77 32-40 16-17 16-23 24-16 33-21
RETABET BILBAO BASKET VALENCIA BASKET CLUB 77-81 36-34 15-19 21-15 14-12 27-35
MOVISTAR ESTUDIANTES MONTAKIT FUENLABRADA 69-71 36-29 21-17 15-12 7-21 26-21
BASKONIA DIVINA SEGUROS JOVENTUT 87-77 46-35 24-17 22-18 24-24 17-18
GIPUZKOA BASKET UNICAJA 71-63 37-36 17-21 20-15 15-14 19-13
REAL MADRID BC FC BARCELONA LASSA 80-84 45-45 19-18 26-27 16-16 19-23
MORABANC ANDORRA REAL BETIS ENERGIA PLUS 96-68 40-37 21-13 19-24 30-18 26-13

Standings

#
TEAM
PTS
MP
W
L
POINTS
+/-
1
REAL MADRID BC
8
7
1
723 – 653
70
2
VALENCIA BASKET CLUB
8
7
1
672 – 629
43
3
FC BARCELONA LASSA
8
6
2
726 – 633
93
4
R. NATURA MONBUS OBRADORIO
8
6
2
590 – 583
7
5
MONTAKIT FUENLABRADA
8
6
2
608 – 605
3
6
HERBALIFE GRAN CANARIA
8
5
3
688 – 633
55
7
IBEROSTAR TENERIFE
8
4
4
590 – 586
4
8
UNICAJA
8
4
4
644 – 597
47
9
TECNYCONTA ZARAGOZA
8
4
4
665 – 650
15
10
BASKONIA
8
4
4
654 – 656
-2
11
MOVISTAR ESTUDIANTES
7
3
4
547 – 569
-22
12
GIPUZKOA BASKET
8
3
5
646 – 627
19
13
UCAM MURCIA CB
8
3
5
626 – 640
-14
14
RETABET BILBAO BASKET
8
3
5
639 – 682
-43
15
MORABANC ANDORRA
8
3
5
670 – 660
10
16
DIVINA SEGUROS JOVENTUT
7
2
5
543 – 585
-42
17
SAN PABLO BURGOS
8
1
7
621 – 739
-118
18
REAL BETIS ENERGIA PLUS
8
0
8
592 – 717
-125
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