Baskonia Without Kurucs Lose to Real Madrid in EuroLeague
In round eight of the EuroLeague, Baskonia of Vitoria, missing the injured Latvian Kurucs, lost 86:104 to Real Madrid. The team now has one win and seven losses.
In the eighth round of the EuroLeague, Europe's top club basketball competition, Baskonia of Vitoria lost 86:104 to Real Madrid on 27 October. The Spanish side played without Latvian basketball player Kurucs, who is out injured. The defeat leaves Baskonia with one win and seven losses, 19th in the table alongside Olimpia Milano.
Kurucs also missed Sunday's game in Spain's domestic league, the ACB, where Baskonia lost 75:84 to Valencia. Against Real, Baskonia's top scorers were Eidzheis Loson and Cobi Simon, who each scored 17 points.
For the Madrid club, Theo Maledon scored 19 points. Walter Tavares recorded a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.
Other games in the round
In Istanbul, Valencia beat Fenerbahce 86:78. The winners took the rebounding battle 49:34 and pulled down 16 offensive rebounds in the first half alone. Fenerbahce coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius said at halftime that he had never seen such a statistic in his career.
Valencia's top scorer was TJ Shorts with 23 points, while Cameron Taylor and Armoni Brooks added 17 each. Fenerbahce were led by Wade Baldwin with 19 and Shavon Shields with 18.
Athens' Panathinaikos lead the standings with seven wins and one loss, while Valencia and Fenerbahce are both 6-2.
