By Stefan Djordjevic/ info@eurohoops.net
Barcelona didn’t show any fatigue coming from Game 5 of EuroLeague playoffs and dominated Gran Canaria 97-77 on the road on Day 30 of Spanish League.
Thomas Heurtel led the winning side with 20 points on 7-8 shooting (3-4 triples) while adding seven assists in addition to Victor Claver’s 13 points and nine boards. For Gran Canaria, Jacob Wiley scored 19 and Marcus Eriksson 11 points.
Barca improved to 24-6 and kept the top of the standings in front of Real Madrid which has the same record.
Baskonia follows behind them as third-placed (23-7) after they got the job done against Manresa with an 82-71 home win.
Darrun Hilliard scored 16 points for the victors followed by Tornike Shengelia and Marcelinho Huertas’ 14 points each with the latter also dishing eight assists. For Manresa, Gabriel Lundberg nailed 20 and Ryan Toolson 13 points.
Gran Canaria now holds an 11-19 record while Manresa stays at 16-14 and is still in the playoff zone.
ACB Day 30 results and scorers
Tenerife – Joventut 79-72 (San Miguel 22 – McFadden 12)
Estudiantes – Unicaja 72-80 (Whittington 24 – Wiltjer 17)
Valencia – Breogan 83-82 (Dubljevic 20 – Redivo 18)
Fuenlabrada – Zaragoza 87-88 (Kemp 20 – Okoye 23)
Burgos – Real Madrid 84-102 (Huskic 14 – Causeur 20)
Andorra – Obradoiro 91-72 (Ennis 16 – Vasileiadis 12)
Murcia – Gipuzkoa 61-74 (Lecomte 12 – Nevels 19)
Baskonia – Manresa 82-71 (Hilliard 16 – Lundberg 20)
Gran Canaria – Barcelona 77-97 (Wiley 19 – Heurtel 20)