By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
The way was different, but the end result the same. Barcelona and Olympiacos, the two favorites, got their home wins against Crvena Zvezda (92-77) and Laboral Kutxa (76-64) respectively with the Greeks remaining perfect in Top16.
In Spain, Barcelona controlled the game from the start and never let the Serbs get into the game, having a double digits lead from the second quarter that reached 20 points (90-70) in the last period. Alex Abrines with 15 points was the leading scorer for the winners who had six players in double digits.
In Greece, Laboral Kutxa had the lead for the first 25 minutes, but the third period belonged to Vasilis Spanoulis. The Reds came back from a nine points deficit, Spanoulis scored 15 points in the third quarter and in total 20 of his 27 in the second half, the hosts build a 15 points lead and in the end got to the win without any kind of pressure.