UCAM Murcia 77–73 Barça: Condemned by poor start

Slip up in Murcia. Barça were unable to add another victory to their collection against a UCAM Murcia who were at the top of their game in a 77-73 win for the home side. Jasikevicius' side were 21 points down in the first quarter but came back to almost claim victory in the final quarter. 

The game started with two consecutive three pointers for Di Leo to set the home side off to a great start. Barça struggled early on and after 10 minutes they found themselves 29-13 down. The blaugranes came back into the game before the break and at half time the score stood at 43-31 to UCAM. 

Unlucky

Barça came back at the home side in the second half but UCAM withstood the pressure to end the third quarter at 59-49. In the final quarter the blaugranes rallied and with less than a minute to go, Abrines' score levelled things up at 73-73. However, in the final seconds UCAM held firm to take a 77-73 win to inflict on Barça their second defeat of the season in the league. 

Match stats:

UCAM Murcia, 77
Barça, 73

UCAM Murcia: Frankamp (10), Davis (27), Rojas (7), Di Leo (9) and Lima (6) –starting five-, Strawberry (-), Cate (6), Townes (-), Radovic (9), Jok (3), Luz (-).

Barça: Hanga (3), Higgins (14), Abrines (7), Smits (2) and Davies (10) –starting five-, Calathes (8), Mirotic (19), Kuric (3), Bolmaro (-), Oriola (4), Martínez (-), Heurtel (2).