By John Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
FC Barcelona Lassa fell to 23-5 after losing to Divina Seguros Joventut, 89-77, but remained on top of the ACB standings upon the conclusion of Regular Season Round 29. It proved tough to juggle domestic action with EuroLeague ahead of Game 5 against Anadolu Efes. The hosts snapped Barca’s six-game winning streak and went up to 16-14.
KIROLBET Baskonia upped its W-L record to 21-7 by defeating Montakit Fuenlabrada, 101-92, with Tornike Shengelia pouring 22 points and Darrun Hilliard 20. On Saturday, Real Madrid improved to 22-6 by taking down Cafes Candelas Breogan, 94-89.
The rest of the weekend matches were highlighted by Askia Booker and his seven first-half triples. The 25-year-old American guard ended up with 40 points shooting 9/18 beyond the arc and UCAM Murcia beat BAXI Manresa, 96-86.
ACB Day 29 results and scorers:
Movistar Estudiantes – Herbalife Gran Canaria 86-96 (Gian Clavell 22p – Marcus Eriksson 25p)
Real Madrid – Cafes Candelas Breogan 94-89 (Rudy Fernandez 17p, Facundo Campazzo 17p – Lucio Redivo 19p)
Tecnyconta Zaragoza – Valencia 89-91 (Stan Okoye 21p – Will Thomas 14p, Mike Tobey 14p)
Delteco GBC – Monbus Obradoiro 85-72 (Daniel Perez 20p – Vladimir Brodziansky 14p)
Iberostar Tenerife – MoraBanc Andorra 87-83 (Lucca Staiger 14p – David Jelinek 17p)
Unicaja Malaga – San Pablo Burgos 91-70 (Alberto Diaz 17p – Vitor Benite 17p)
BAXI Manresa – UCAM Murcia 86-96 (Gabriel Lundberg 21p – Askia Booker 40p)
KIROLBET Baskonia – Montakit Fuenlabrada 101-92 (Tornike Shengelia 22p – Francisco Cruz 22p)
Divina Seguros Joventut – FC Barcelona Lassa 89-77 (Luke Harangody 16p – Chris Singleton 16p)