By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Nikola Mirotic, Kyle Kuric, and of course Thomas Heurtel were missing, but Cory Higgins with 19 points, Nick Calathes with 15, and Pierre Oriola with 12 picked up the slack, as Barcelona got the easy 83-67 win over Fuenlabrada on the road.
However, while Barcelona now has a 14-3 record and is tied with Iberostar Tenerife in the second place, the top of the standings still belongs to Real Madrid, which beat Tenerife on Saturday (92-85) despite also missing Sergio Llull and Gabriel Deck.
Walter Tavares with 12 points and 13 rebounds and Jaycee Carroll with 18 points in 18 minutes of action made things easy for the “Whites” who have a 15-1 record.
Still, Burgos stole the show after beating Unicaja in overtime (95-83) and climbed to the fifth spot of the standings (12-5) just behind Baskonia (13-4). Dejan Kravic (20 p), Vitor Benite (15 p.), and Omar Cook (15 p.) made things happen for the winning side.
The top performance of the weekend, however, belongs to Youssupha Fall of Baskonia who 17 points, 14 rebounds, and four blocks for a 38 PIR in the 84-67 win of Baskonia against Andorra.
Meanwhile, two games were postponed this week due to COVID cases on Liga Endesa.
ACB Round 18
RETAbet Bilbao – Acunsa GBC 81-80
Iberostar Tenerife – Real Madrid 85-92
TD Systems Baskonia – MoraBanc Andorra 84-67
Valencia Basket Club – Herbalife Gran Canaria 101-85
Casademont Zaragoza – Coosur Real Betis 96-95
Hereda San Pablo Burgos – Unicaja Malaga 95-83
Urbas Fuenlabrada – Barcelona 67-83