ESP - Caja Laboral Lose Ground On Barcelona

MADRID (ACB) - Caja Laboral’s bid to overhaul Regal Barcelona in Spain’s ACB took a hit on Sunday when Dusko Ivanovic’s team fell 86-85 at Gran Canaria.

Jaycee Carroll poured in 28 points for Gran Canaria, who went in front to stay when a Marcus Norris basket snapped an 82-82 tie with just over a minute to play.

Caja Laboral, who are without injured Brazil center Tiago Splitter for a couple of weeks, slumped to 19-4 and now trail Barcelona (21-2) by two games.

Eighth-place Gran Canaria are one of five sides in Spain with an 11-12 record.

Barcelona took on Cajasol, the side they edged in the Copa del Rey Quarter-Finals, and grinded out a 71-64 triumph in Seville.

Spain shooting guard Juan Carlos Navarro had 18 points.

He was the only Barcelona player to reach double figures.

Third-place Real Madrid won for the second time in a row after being blown out by Barcelona in the Copa del Rey Final.

After winning in the Euroleague in midweek, they travelled to Meridiano Alicante and rolled to a 95-55 win as Marko Jaric scored 19 points.

France international Nando De Colo erupted for 18 points as Power Electronics Valencia romped past Ayuda en Acción Fuenlabrada, 84-71.

In other games, Estudiantes edged Blancos de Rueda Valladolid 89-86, CB Granada won 86-76 at DKV Joventut, Xacobeo Blu:Sens fell 87-80 at home to Suzuki Manresa, Bizkaia Bilbao Basket thrashed Lagun Aro GBC 88-62 and Unicaja Malaga prevailed at CB Murcia, 89-74.



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