Real take down Barcelona to regain the lead in ACB final series / News - Basketnews.com

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Real Madrid regained the series lead 2-1 in the ACB League finals, defeating FC Barcelona in Madrid 81-66 (21-16, 25-23, 20-14, 15-13).

Game 4 will be played on Sunday in Madrid.

In the third quarter Barcelona started clawing back and were within 5-points of Real, but then Fabien Causeur scored 4-points in a row to give Real a 9-point lead (59-50) with 3:35 left in the quarter.

After that Barcelona couldn't find a way to get any closer. Real had a strong start to the fourth quarter. With 6:45 left to the game, Guerschon Yabusele increased Real's lead to 19-points (72-53).

Real had a double-digit lead(44-34) already in the second quarter, after Rudy Fernandez's 3-pointer with 1:11 to go in the quarter.

Gabriel Deck led Real with 14 points (4/9 2PT, 2/4 3PT), 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 14 PIR.

For Barcelona, Kyle Kuric had 15 points (3/4 2PT, 3/4 3PT), 2 rebounds, and 15 PIR.

Real: Gabriel Deck 14 (5 REB), Fabien Causeur 13, Walter Tavares 10, Sergio Llull 10, Guerschon Yabusele 9 (9 REB).

Barcelona: Kyle Kuric 15, Nick Calathes 10 (6 AST), Nikola Mirotic 9, Brandon Davies 8.

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