By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Barcelona came back from a 14-point deficit to defeat Zaragoza 91 – 86 on the road in the team’s last Spanish ACB League game before the EuroLeague quarterfinals against Anadolu Efes.
Zaragoza had gotten a 37 – 23 lead at the beginning of the second period but their opponents evaporated it to close down by 1, 52 – 51. The hosts held an advantage in the third period and until the first minutes of the last quarter until Barcelona 77 – 79 with 5:35 remaining.
The Blaugrana held on until the end of the match to improve to 23 – 4. Zaragoza dropped to 14-13.
Adam Hanga finished with 15 points and five rebounds while Thomas Heurtel posted a double-double of 14 points and 13 assists to lead Barcelona to victory. From Zaragoza, Stan Okoye scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds.