Barcelona survive Real's comeback to take first EuroLeague win / News - Basketnews.com

Following their loss against Olympiacos at Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona overcame Real in Round 2.

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Despite wasting a big lead, FC Barcelona (1-1) reached revenge against their archrivals Real Madrid (1-1) in EuroLeague's El Clasico, 75-73 (24-15, 16-15, 23-22, 12-21).

Player of the Game EFF 22 Tomas Satoransky Points 12 Accuracy 5-8 Rebounds 7 Assists 5

Real won the Spanish SuperCup final 89-83 after overtime less than three weeks ago.

Tomas Satoransky put on an early show to start El Clasico. He recorded 7 of his team's first 10 points by going straight at Sergio Rodriguez every time. The Czech guard also dished out 3 assists en route in the first 10 minutes. Real stayed in the game but had a 9-point deficit (15-24) after 10 playing minutes.

The Royal club could not get closer in the second tally. They went into the break 10 points down (30-40) thanks to a deep three-pointer by Mario Hezonja.

Chus Mateo's men could not find momentum on the offensive end, as Barca were leading 69-52 at the start of the fourth quarter.

But that was not the end. Gabriel Deck scored 11 points in the fourth to initiate a clutch 11-1 run for Real to reduce the gap between the teams to just 2 points (73-75) with 16 seconds to play. On top of that, Nicolas Laprovittola made a crucial turnover and gave the last attack to Real Madrid.

However, Sergio Llull missed the last three-pointer that could gift Real a fantastic win.

Barcelona: Sertac Sanli 14, Jan Vesely 13 (6/7 2PT), Tomas Satoransky 12 (4/6 2PT, 7 REB, 5 AST), Nicolas Laprovittola 8 (2/4 3PT, 6 AST), Mike Tobey (2/4 3PT, 6 REB), Rokas Jokubaitis 8.

Real: Gabriel Deck 21 (7/11 2PT, 7/8 FT, 23 PIR), Petr Cornelie 12 (2/3 3PT), Mario Hezonja 9.

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