Tamir Blatt continues his good performance, and today (Sunday) he led Alba Berlin to an 81:89 away victory over Oldenburg in the second round in Germany, so Blatt and his teammate Yuval Sussman maintain a perfect balance. Three days after the center scored 16 points and recorded a career record in the Euroleague against Partizan Belgrade, today he settled for only 7 points, but also gave 7 assists. Sussman also scored 6 points and grabbed 4 rebounds.
In the Spanish league, the third round matches continued today and in the early meeting, Real Madrid beat Unicaja Malaga dramatically 71:76 away and handed the locals their second loss of the season, after Malaga also succumbed to Basconia in the opening round.
Dejanan Moussa led the Blancos’ scorers with 15 points, Walter Tavares added 14 and Gershon Yabosla also had double-digit points, scoring 12. Malaga’s scorers were led by Dario Brisuala with 17, but the hosts had to chase without success until the end. Real Madrid beat Panathinaikos last week in Athens in the opening round of the Euroleague and now they have a Clasico against Barcelona on Thursday in Catalonia.
And what did Barcelona do? They easily won 56:84 away from Fuenlabrada, who have not yet won this season, in a game whose direction was already clear in the first quarter in which the locals scored only 8 points against the Catalans’ 22. Tomas Stronsky led Barcelona’s scorers with 12 points, Corey Higgins contributed 11.