By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
It was all fun and celebrations for Baskonia on Friday after the grand victory against Fenerbahe but there was no continuation to them after today’s Spanish League match.
With a fantastic Antoine Diot having a career night in Liga Endesa with 28 points and 6 assists, Valencia (5-2) had a superlative offensive performance to outplay the Basques 99 – 91, climbing up in the third place of the standings and leaving Sito Alonso’s team at the fourth spot.
Shane Larkin had another brilliant output for Baskonia(5-3) with 26 points and 8 assists but his team generally lacked defensive consistency. Especially on Diot.
Meanwhile, Real Madrid (6 – 1) and Barcelona (6 – 1) proceeded with victories against Tenerife (6-2) and Murcia (2-6) respectively, while Unicaja Malaga (5-3) crushed Real Betis (3-4) to climb in the third place, holding hands with Valencia.
Liga Endesa 2016/2017 – Day 8
Murcia – Barcelona 83 – 89 (Petteri Koponen 23 p.)
Obradoiro – Gran Canaria 87 – 90 (Eulis Baez 17 p. 9 r.)
Real Madrid – Iberostar Tenerife 86 – 59 (Luka Doncic 12 p. 5 r. 5 a.)
Unicaja Malaga – Real Betis 85 – 64 (Kyle Fogg 17 p. 5 a.)
Zaragoza – Fuenlabrada 80 – 75 (Stefan Jelovac 29 p. 10 r.)
Estudiantes – Joventut Badalona 83 – 71 (Edwin Jackson 27 p. 6 a.)
Valencia – Baskonia 99 – 91 (Antoine Diot 28 p. 6 a.)
Manresa – Andorra 91 – 93 (Giorgi Shermadini 15 p. 6 r.)