Real Madrid continues its league streak and Barça, also with Xavi Pascual

Real Madrid swept Bàsquet Girona (112-76) this Sunday in the tenth matchday of the Endesa League to maintain its clean streak at the Movistar Arena, while Barça beat BAXI Manresa forcefully (62-89), extending the Xavi Pascual effect.

Sergio Scariolo’s team achieved its eighth consecutive victory in the League and extended the historical record in ACB to 36 games without losing at home. The White Arsenal set their best scoring record of the season and surpassed 100 points for the fifth time.

Nine local players were in double digits of rating, in a choral performance in which Facundo Campazzo and Gabriele Procida and David Krämer stood out who, also with a rating of 19, claimed their place in the League champion. In the second half, Scariolo’s men also put in defense in addition to a high score to leave the Catalans far behind.

The whites were left alone in the lead, Valencia Basket’s duel with Casademont Zaragoza was postponed, while UCAM Murcia added its eighth victory. Sito Alonso’s team continued its historic start by knocking down (80-77) in its Palace a direct rival at the top of the table like Joventut.

The Murcian team won with 23 points from the free throw in an even match where Ricky Rubio was once again in the ‘double-double’ for the ‘Penya’. Emanuel Cate (15 points, 11 rebounds and 26 PIR), Dylan Ennis (22 points) and Howard Sant-Roos (17 PIR) were the ones who led UCAM’s lead.

Meanwhile, Barça did not trust BAXI Manresa and put in a solid performance to win the derby at the Pavelló Nou Congost. Tomas Satoransky, Will Clyburn and Darío Brizuela opened hostilities, but Bages’ team held on to the park in a demanding start to the second quarter. Willy Hernangómez pitched in and by half-time the Blaugranas had once again escaped on the scoreboard (37-50).

After passing through the locker room, the script continued for Xavi Pascual’s men, a coach who seems to have changed the face of Barça, which has settled into the ‘Top 8’ with its sixth victory, in just three weeks. The defense dried up the locals, the rebounding dominance was overwhelming and Brizuela finished as the top scorer with 22 points. Satoransky was the most valued with 24 credits.

On the other hand, Surne Bilbao Basket made it three out of three in Miribilla to sign their fifth victory of the season at the expense of a Hiopos Lleida team that was also looking to get into fifth gear (93-75). The ‘men in black’, who are running for a ticket to the Copa del Rey, once again counted on the great performance of Tryggvi Hlinason (14 points, 10 rebounds and 25 PIR).