Tenerife edges Barca in critical win – ACB Day 32 Recap

2018-05-13T20:24:04+00:00 2018-05-13T20:44:08+00:00.

Dionysis Aravantinos

13/May/18 20:24

Eurohoops.net

In a tight game down the stretch, Tenerife got past Barcelona Lassa at home; a crucial win for the playoff race.

By Eurohoops Team / info@eurohoops.net

Day 32 was completed with Iberostar Tenerife’s 86-81 triumph over Barcelona. With three minutes on the clock, it was a two-possession game (75-71), but Bassas’ three-pointer put the hosts up seven (78-71). Barca, however, responded with a quick 0-6 run (78-76). In the end, Vasileiadis’ shot behind the arc, made it a two-possession game and the visitors could not respond (81-76). 

Tim Abromaitis finished with 18 points, while Kostas Vasileiadis added 19 and some tough shots in the clutch.

Earlier on Sunday, Baskonia picked up a tough road win in Bilbao thanks to Matt Janning’s crucial three-pointer. Bilbao’s squad has eventually been relegated.

MoraBanc Andorra and Valencia both enjoyed home wins, after easily defeating Gipuzkoa and Estudiantes respectively.

On Saturday, Real Madrid beat Murcia 63-61 in a defensive, tough and close game that was decided down the stretch. Murcia lost a big opportunity to get closer to sealing a playoff spot. Luka Doncic struggled from the field (1/8 FG), coming off his first triple-double performance.

Finally, in Malaga, Gary Neal was on another level, scoring 37 points in a crucial road win for Zaragoza. This win brought Zaragoza, above the relegation zone with a 10-22 record.

Results:

HOME                               AWAY                  FT HT Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
UNICAJA TECNYCONTA ZARAGOZA 82-83 37-36 23-14 14-22 22-20 23-27
R. NATURA MONBUS OBRADORIO REAL BETIS ENERGIA PLUS 89-70 38-27 19-18 19-9 33-16 18-27
UCAM MURCIA CB REAL MADRID BC 61-63 25-31 12-18 13-13 18-16 18-16
SAN PABLO BURGOS HERBALIFE GRAN CANARIA 89-98 43-43 25-23 18-20 26-27 20-28
MORABANC ANDORRA GIPUZKOA BASKET 94-81 41-31 23-18 18-13 28-23 25-27
RETABET BILBAO BASKET KIROLBET BASKONIA 74-78 34-42 17-15 17-27 21-18 19-18
DIVINA SEGUROS JOVENTUT MONTAKIT FUENLABRADA 95-87 47-34 20-7 27-27 26-27 22-26
VALENCIA BASKET CLUB MOVISTAR ESTUDIANTES 93-69 49-36 21-17 28-19 22-23 22-10
IBEROSTAR TENERIFE FC BARCELONA LASSA 86-81 46-32 21-16 25-16 20-27 20-22

Standings:

# TEAM MP W L POINTS +/-
1 REAL MADRID BC 33 30 3 2974 – 2590 384
2 KIROLBET BASKONIA 32 23 9 2761 – 2509 252
3 FC BARCELONA LASSA 32 22 10 2859 – 2537 322
4 VALENCIA BASKET CLUB 32 22 10 2670 – 2424 246
5 HERBALIFE GRAN CANARIA 32 19 13 2688 – 2614 74
6 MORABANC ANDORRA 32 18 14 2725 – 2631 94
7 UNICAJA 32 18 14 2613 – 2460 153
8 IBEROSTAR TENERIFE 32 17 15 2502 – 2483 19
9 UCAM MURCIA CB 32 16 16 2471 – 2439 32
10 MONTAKIT FUENLABRADA 32 15 17 2449 – 2634 -185
11 MOVISTAR ESTUDIANTES 32 15 17 2696 – 2746 -50
12 R. NATURA MONBUS OBRADORIO 32 14 18 2504 – 2586 -82
13 GIPUZKOA BASKET 32 12 20 2580 – 2683 -103
14 SAN PABLO BURGOS 32 12 20 2603 – 2773 -170
15 DIVINA SEGUROS JOVENTUT 32 11 21 2537 – 2661 -124
16 TECNYCONTA ZARAGOZA 32 10 22 2594 – 2798 -204
17 RETABET BILBAO BASKET 32 8 24 2433 – 2671 -238
18 REAL BETIS ENERGIA PLUS 33 7 26 2567 – 2987 -420

Photo Credit: FCB Basket

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