By John Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Sergio Llull, Rudy Fernandez, Trey Thompkins, Anthony Randolph and Ognjen Kuzmic weren’t available for the ACB Regular Season Week 9 game, but Real Madrid got an easy 104-71 win over Delteco GBC. Pablo Laso’s team got to 8-1 and dropped the visitors to 2-7. Playing time was split to avoid fatigue before EuroLeague’s upcoming 2-game week.
Real opened up a two-digit lead from the first period and build on it throughout the game played at the “WiZink Center”. Klemen Prepelic and Jeff Taylor scored 14 points each, Felipe Reyes had 13, Jaycee Carroll 12, Facundo Campazzo 12 and Santi Yusta 11. Duda Sanadze had 17 and Vyacheslav Bobrov 15 for the losing side.
UCAM Murcia climbed to 3-5 beating Monbus Obradoiro with 80-58. Askia Booker sank 16 points and Damjan Rudez added 15. As for the visitors, who fell to 3-6 with their second straight loss, Kostas Vasileiadis scored 17 points with five threes.