By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Barcelona gambled away a double-digit lead but still got away with an 87-83 road win against Iberostar Tenerife in the Spanish League.
It was a tie at 83 with a minute and a half left to play but Ante Tomic and Alex Abrines scored four points to push Barca ahead while Tenerife’s Giorgi Shermadini and Sasu Salin didn’t use their chances on the other end.
Nikola Mirotic scored 18 points for the winning side followed by Abrines with 16 and Brandon Davies with 14 points. Tomic finished with nine.
For Tenerife, Salin banked game-high 24 points while Shermadini was right behind with 20. Marcelinho Huertas score nine but also dished 11 assists.
Barca improved to 16-4 and grabbed the first spot in front of Real Madrid and Zaragoza with 15-5 records. Tenerife follows with 13-7 and Andorra with 12-8.
ACB Day 20 results and scorers
Obradoiro – Manresa 97-83 (Magee 23 – Kravish 16)
Zaragoza – Murcia 80-70 (Radovic 17 – Booker 18)
Unicaja – Baskonia 82-72 (Fernandez 21 – Shengelia 15)
Fuenlabrada – Gran Canaria 41-36 (Garcia 12 – Costello 9)
*the game was abandoned due to issues with the floor
Real Madrid – Joventut 83-86 (Carroll 15 – Prepelic 22)
Real Betis – Brugos 79-66 (Green 15 – Benite 13)
Andorra – Estudiantes 69-65 (Massenat 9 – Dangubic 12)
Tenerife – Barcelona 83-87 (Salin 24 – Mirotic 18)
Valencia – Bilbao 78-81 (Dubljevic 20 – Bouteille 24)