VIDEO ⟩ Steinberg has the best +/- score in the victory over the title holder “Real” Madrid

“Baxi” won 83:72 (17:15, 24:19, 19:18, 23:20) away from home and ended Madrid’s streak of seven victories in both tournaments.

With Steinberg on the field, the guests scored 20 more points than they allowed, which was by far the best score in the team. In this match, the Latvian spent 19 minutes and six seconds on the field, during which he made his only two-point shot and one of four long-range shots, won four rebounds, blocked one shot and accumulated seven efficiency coefficient points.

Brancu Badio was the top scorer for the winners with 20 points, while Vincent Poirier had 19 points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots for the opponents.

On the other hand, “Obradoiro” of Santiago de Compostela, represented by Timma and Jānis Strēlnieks, recognized the superiority of “Barcelona” at home with the result 84:89 (15:25, 29:21, 24:16, 16:27).

Timma, playing 34 minutes and seven seconds, made one of two two-point shots, three of eight long-range shots and both two free throws, won six rebounds, gave two assists, made three fouls, one steal, three fouls, provoked two notes, came to a negative +/- indicator (-6) and 12 efficiency coefficient points. The archer had a less successful individual performance – in 14 minutes and 22 seconds he missed the only two-point shot and both long shots, distributed two assists, made one mistake, violated the rules twice and had a negative +/- indicator (-8).

Thomas Scrubs scored 24 points and grabbed seven rebounds for the hosts, while Nicolas Laprovitola scored 21 points for Barcelona.

Meanwhile, Rodion Kurucs scored two points and Artūrs Kurucs remained on the bench, in which Murcia UCAM beat Andorra’s MoraBanc at home with the result 99:86 (21:22, 29:18, 26:24, 23:22). It has already been reported that Andrzej Pasechnik scored 17 points on Saturday, while “Palencia” lost 68:89 to “Lenovo” of Tenerife at home.

UCAM is in fifth place with 17 wins in 27 games, “Baxi” is in eighth place with 16 successes, “Obradoiro” is in 16th place with seven wins, and “Palencia” is last in the 18-unit championship with a record of 5-22.

In the previous season, “Barcelona” became the champion of Spain, which defeated “Real” Madrid 3-0 in the final series.