Those of ‘Saras’ defeat Tenerife and Baskonia beat Real Madrid
MADRID, 23 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Barça became the leader of the Enesa League this Sunday by beating (67-65) a direct rival like Ibertostar Tenerife on matchday five and thanks to the defeat of Real Madrid, which fell (88-82) against Cazoo Baskonia , end of the undefeated in the table.
The League is tightening and for the first time in 11 years it was left without undefeated teams after the fifth day. The Basque team took on Madrid to continue cementing their optimism about Joan Peñarroya’s project, with an unstoppable Hommes (24 points).
The last quarter left a brilliant blow on the table for the locals, spurred on by the Fernando Buesa Arena. Hommes’ 12 points, Thompson’s leadership and Sedekerskis’ fight sealed the first loss for Chus Mateo’s team in the League.
Tenerife also experienced defeat, suffering from the culé leadership of Laprovittola, who took the reins with 25 points in a duel of defenses. The culé physicist, with a lot of protest from the visitors to the referees at the Palau, won a battle that put Sarunas Jasikevicius’s leaders, with the same 4-1 as those of Vidorreta, Gran Canaria and Madrid. Baskonia is fifth with 3-2, the same record as five other teams.
Valencia Basket is one of them after beating Monbus Obradoiro (98-103), with a great Dubljevic (25 points, 9 rebounds and a PIR of 28). Van Rossom was decisive to get the win from Galician lands with a streak of points at the end of extra time.
Meanwhile, Joventut Badalona prevailed (74-65) against Unicaja thanks to a brilliant last quarter, to prevent the reaction of the people of Malaga. Tomic (15 points, 10 rebounds and a PIR of 20), Feliz (18 points and a PIR of 20) and Parra (14 points without fail) were lethal to give the ‘Penya’ the second victory of the season.
In addition, Bàsquet Girona achieved its first victory in the ACB at the expense of a Betis always in tow (71-79). The recently promoted player achieved a triumph to remember that he trusts is only the beginning, with the great performance of Marc Gasol (21 PIR) and Fjellerup (20).
