FC Barcelona had all of the cards to become the champion of the ACB league this year by winning the, Kings Cup and the Euroleague. However, Caja Laboral came up big and surprised the giants of FC Barcelona.The game was tight from the beginning, however FC Barca could not close it during the stretch a a bad first half hurt their chances.
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Box Score
CAJA LABORAL, 79 (22, 19, 11, 14, 13): Huertas (9), Oleson (7), San Emeterio (6), Teletovic (8), Splitter (14) , Eliyahu (18), Herrmann (7), Palacio (4), English (3), Ribas (3).
REGAL FC BARCELONA, 78 (18, 18, 17, 13, 12): Rubio (14), Navarro (18), Mickeal (16), Morris (9), Lorbek (9), Vázquez (2), Sada (3), Basile (1), Lakovic (2), N’dong (4).
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!