Grazulis loses in Italy's Serie A, Silins scores 16 in losing Spanish league game

Latvian basketball players took part in games in Italy's Serie A and Spain's ACB league, the top basketball divisions of those countries, on Sunday. Andrejs Grazulis scored six points, but his team Cantu lost. Karlis Silins also suffered a defeat with Coruna, though he stood out with 16 points.

Italian Serie A

Cantu lost 92-72 away to Trieste, a team Grazulis has represented in the past. The Latvian spent 19 minutes on court, made three of four two-point attempts, missed all three three-pointers, grabbed five rebounds and committed two turnovers. His plus/minus was -16, the worst on his team.

For the winners, Savion Flagg scored 21 points and Osvaldas Olisevicius added 20. Ledge Jones recorded 21 points and 13 rebounds for the home side, while Langston Galloway scored 19.

On Saturday, Arturs Strautins scored 11 points, but Roma lost 104-98 at home to Umana Reyer of Venice. Roma have started the season with one win in four games and sit 12th, while Cantu, with four defeats, are 15th, second from bottom.

Spain's ACB

Coruna lost 107-90 to Girona. Silins played just over 20 minutes, hitting three of five two-point shots, one of four three-pointers and seven of eight free throws. His plus/minus was -8 and his efficiency rating was ten. On the Girona side, only Luke Ulec outscored the Latvian, finishing with 17 points and ten rebounds. For the hosts, Yasel Perez contributed 40 points.

In other ACB games, Roberts Blumbergs and Zaragoza's Casademont beat Lleida 109-98, with Blumbergs scoring nine points. In the clash between the Kurucs brothers, Arturs Kurucs's Tenerife won 82-77 at home against Vitoria's Baskonia, for whom Rodions Kurucs played. Rodions scored nine points and Arturs two. Marcis Steinbergs's Murcia-based UCAM lost 116-93 away to Valencia; Steinbergs scored six points.

Baskonia, Tenerife and Casademont have each won three of four games and are in a group of five teams between second and sixth place. UCAM and Coruna have one win each and are 16th and 17th in the 18-team league. Valencia were last season's Spanish champions, beating Barcelona 3-1 in the final series.