By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Barcelona stood strong in the big derby of Round 24 in ACB and prevailed over Real Madrid with an 82-76 road victory to remain on top of the standings with a 20-4 record.
Thomas Heurtel and Kyle Kuric paced the winners with 15 and 13 points each, while Jaycee Carroll was the hosts’ leading scorer with 15 points.
Nothing much changes in regards to the standings after this result, as Real keeps on to its second place with an 18-6 record.
Earlier in the weekend, Baskonia faced defeat from Zaragoza on the road despite a big performance by Johannes Voigtmann.
At the same time, the Spanish League reached a new milestone in points score, with Luka Mitrovic claiming the 2,500,000th point!
ACB Day 24 results:
Unicaja – Monbus Obradoiro 74-63 (Suarez 19 p. – Singler 18 p.)
Cafes Candelas Breogan – Montakit Fuenlabrada 92-96 (Gerun 18 p. – Rowland 20 p.)
Iberostar Tenerife – Delteco GBC 60-67 (Beiran 14 p. – Burjanadze 14 p.)
Tecnyconta Zaragoza – KIROLBET Baskonia 81-79 (Justiz 16 p. – Voigtmann 23 p.)
MoraBanc Andorra – Herbalife Gran Canaria 99-85 (Ennis 23 p. – Wiley 21 p.)
Movistar Estudiantes – UCAM Murcia CB 86-110 (Hakanson/Whittington 17 p. – Doyle 20 p.)
BAXI Manresa – San Pablo Burgos 83-86 (Lundberg 17 p. – Benite 18 p.)
Valencia Basket Club – Divina Seguros Joventut 93-80 (Thomas 27 p. – Laprovittola 18 p.)
Real Madrid – Barcelona Lassa 76-82 (Carroll 15 p. – Heurtel 15 p.)