By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Barcelona scored 52 points in the second half to rout Joventut Badalona 87 – 61 in Game 1 of the Spanish ACB League quarterfinals.
The trio of Thomas Heurtel (17 points), Chris Singleton (15 points, seven rebounds) and Victor Claver (15 points, six rebounds) paced a Barcelona squad that came out blazing from the locker room after scoring just six points in the second period.
Badalona had remained close to its opponents in the first half (35-31). In the third period, however, the Blaugrana responded with a 25 – 15 partial score and then continued dominating their opponents on both ends for the remainder of the match.
Nobel Boungou-Colo had 13 points for Badalona. Xabi-Lopez Arostegui scored 10 and grabbed six rebounds while newly crowned ACB MVP Nicolas Laprovitola finished with 10 points (3/9 shots)