{"id":392041,"date":"2026-01-05T00:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/392041\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T00:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:01:07","slug":"barca-dominates-real-madrid-and-achieves-a-historic-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/392041\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar\u00e7a dominates Real Madrid and achieves a historic victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Eurohoops \/\u00a0info@eurohoops.net<\/a><\/p>\n

Bar\u00e7a under Xavi Pascual is a different team and is now a contender for everything, but there was still one thorn in their side.<\/p>\n

The Blaugrana had suffered nine consecutive defeats against Real Madrid<\/a> in all competitions, an unacceptable record that the coach from Gav\u00e0 (along with his players) has been tasked with remedying.<\/p>\n

A great victory for Bar\u00e7a against Real Madrid<\/a>, 105-100, in a game marked by the high accuracy of both teams.<\/p>\n

Despite the absences (Vesely<\/a> and Brizuela due to the flu, Clyburn and Juan N\u00fa\u00f1ez due to injury), Bar\u00e7a displayed a superb performance.<\/p>\n

Nico Laprovittola put his lackluster performances behind him after recovering from injury and was named MVP of the game, finishing with 19 points and 9 assists. Kevin Punter also played at a high level with 19 points, vital alongside Willy Hernang\u00f3mez (8 points and 10 rebounds) and Tomas Satoransky (16 points, 3 rebounds, and 5 assists) for the visitors\u2019 victory.<\/p>\n

Mario Hezonja was the game\u2019s top scorer with 27 points, but even his scoring wasn\u2019t enough for Real Madrid to secure the win.<\/p>\n

From the very first quarter (24-28), the game\u2019s trend was clear: high scoring and a slight advantage for Bar\u00e7a.<\/p>\n

As the minutes ticked by and the second half began, nothing changed, as Bar\u00e7a continued to find offensive rhythm while Real Madrid always played catch-up.<\/p>\n

In the final quarter, having a slight lead proved crucial for Bar\u00e7a. The 89-98 score with 3:26 remaining was fantastic news for Xavi Pascual\u2019s team, who from then on simply had to manage their advantage, an objective they achieved without too much trouble despite Mario Hezonja\u2019s attempts at a comeback.<\/p>\n

Liga Endesa Round 14<\/p>\n

Valencia<\/a> Basket \u2013 BAXI Manresa 103-76
B\u00e0squet Girona \u2013 Bilbao Basket 89-93
Kosner Baskonia<\/a> \u2013 Morabanc Andorra 99-92
Hiopos Lleida \u2013 Casademont Zaragoza 77-87
Real Madrid \u2013 Bar\u00e7a 100-105
R\u00edo Breog\u00e1n \u2013 Unicaja<\/a> de M\u00e1laga 98-82
Dreamland Gran Canaria \u2013 UCAM Murcia 77-72
Coviran Granada \u2013 San Pablo Burgos<\/a> 90-107
Joventut Badalona \u2013 La Laguna Tenerife 78-67<\/p>\n

STANDINGS: Real Madrid (12-2), Valencia<\/a> Basket (11-2), UCAM Murcia (10-4), Bar\u00e7a (10-4)\u2026<\/p>\n

Photo credit: ACB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Eurohoops \/\u00a0info@eurohoops.net Bar\u00e7a under Xavi Pascual is a different team and is now a contender for everything,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-392041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}