By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Week 14 of the Spanish Liga Endesa was not short of surprises. In a round of games where all hosts minus one celebrated victories, two EuroLeague squads felt the sting of their opponents, while the last two teams in the standings caught a break with precious wins.
Real Madrid (11-2) remains the sole holder of the first place in the standings, despite its defeat by Real Betis, definitely the most sound upset of the Week. Meanwhile Gran Canaria (8-6) took advantage of Baskonia‘s (8-5) lack of firepower to prevail in Las Palmas.
Barcelona’s (10-3) fluent offense led them to victory over Valencia (9-4) in the… unofficial “battle for the second spot” in the classification, which is now owned by the Blaugrana.
In the meantime, Manresa (2-11) took its second victory in the season by beating Estudiantes (4-10). Joventut Badalona (4-10) downed Zaragoza (5-8) in an attempt to get further away from the relegation zone.
Liga Endesa 2016/2017 – Week 14
Barcelona – Valencia 94 – 82 (Tyrese Rice 25 p.)
Manresa – Estudiantes 77 – 75 (Marjan Cakarun 19 p. 7 r.)
Andorra – Unicaja Malaga 92 – 87 (Giorgi Shermadini 16 p. 10 r.)
Gran Canaria – Baskonia 74 – 61 (Bo McCalebb 17 p.)
Real Betis – Real Madrid 86 – 85 (Trent Lockett 16 p. 6 r.)
Fuenlabrada – Murcia 86 – 83 (Marko Popovic 15 p.)
Joventut Badalona – Zaragoza 84 – 80 (Luka Bogdanovic 22 p. 7 r.)
Obradoiro – Bilbao 77 – 83 (Micheal Eric 11 p. 8 r.)