The leader of the Endesa League succumbed on one of the toughest courts in the competition, the Palacio de los Deportes in Murcia. He knocked down UCAM Murcia against Real Madrid (73-61) in a high-flying morning, which led to the second league defeat of the season for the whites, the fourth in total. Chus Mateo could not count on his two centers, Poirier and Tavares, or Dzanan Musa, all absent due to injury, but he managed to reach the final stretch with the score tied. But the local team, which will be in the Cup pot today (1 p.m.), scored a surprising 12-0 run to close the match and claim the victory.
In Manresa, Baskonia spoiled the party of Pedro Martínez, who completed a thousand games on the ACB bench, beating Baxi Manresa (82-90) with a final partial of 0-11, ruining a great game for the Nou Congost team. Before the duel, the Manresa public also paid tribute to Chima Moneke, who ended up emotional and crying uncontrollably.
In La Hamburguesa de Santa Cruz, Barça closed the day with a valuable victory against the always rocky Lenovo Tenerife (80-83), one of their possible rivals in the cup draw. It was a most agonizing victory for Grimau’s team, sealed with a triple on Jabari Parker’s horn. Brizuela, with 16 points, extended his state of grace.
