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Cory Higgins paced Barcelona to an 81-65 victory against Gran Canaria on the road with his 16 points and four assists, in Round 21 of the Spanish League.
Pierre Oriola and Ante Tomic followed Higgins’ lead with 14 points each, while the Blaugranas lacked Thomas Heurtel who went out with an ankle sprain in Friday’s game vs. Olimpia Milano. Gran Canaria’s Beqa Burjanadze exited the court with a team-high performance of 13 points.
Earlier in Round 21, Real Madrid and Baskonia grabbed respective victories against Real Betis and Obradoiro.
After this week’s action, Barcelona still leads the race of the standings with a 17-4 record, Real Madrid follows with 16-5, while Zaragoza ranks third with a 15-6 record.
ACB Day 21 results:
Bilbao – Unicaja 98 – 95 (Kulboka 18, Brizuela 21)
Manresa – Zaragoza 85 – 67 (Cvetkovic 22, Brussino 11)
San Pablo Burgos – Andora 94 – 88 (Clark 23, Todorovic 21)
Baskonia – Obradoiro 83 – 69 (Shengelia 19, Kravic 20)
Real Madrid – Real Betis 93 – 69 (Carroll 16, Green 15)
Joventut Badalona – Fuenlabrada 79 – 81 (Harangody 18, Anderson 23)
Gran Canaria – Barcelona 65 – 81 (Burjanadze 13, Higgins 16)
Estudiantes – Valencia 73 – 77 (Avramovic 15, Dubljevic 18)
Photo: ACB