FIBA Basketball

    ESP - Barca one win away from final

    BARCELONA (ACB) - Barcelona stand on the brink of a place in the ACB play-off final after a 78-62 victory over Caja Laboral put them 2-0 up in the best-of-five series. Alan Anderson scored 12 points and Jaka Lakovic added 11, though it was a balanced attack that won it for Barcelona as Juan Carlos Navarro and Kosta Perovic both had nine and Victor Sada ...

    BARCELONA (ACB) - Barcelona stand on the brink of a place in the ACB play-off final after a 78-62 victory over Caja Laboral put them 2-0 up in the best-of-five series.

    Alan Anderson scored 12 points and Jaka Lakovic added 11, though it was a balanced attack that won it for Barcelona as Juan Carlos Navarro and Kosta Perovic both had nine and Victor Sada added eight.

    Caja Laboral star San Emeterio, the league MVP, countered with 14 points while Stanko Barac had 13, but they did not have the supporting cast to match Barca's resources.

    Barca can now seal a fifth consecutive finals appearance with victory in Game Three on Wednesday.

    The other semi-final is tied at 1-1 after Bizkaia Bilbao Basket saw off Real Madrid 71-66 in the Spanish capital.

    Alex Mumbru and Aaron Jackson led Bilbao with 13 points each while Konstantinos Vasileiadis had 11.

    Sergio Llull poured in 20 points for Madrid while Ante Tomic added 10.

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