Victory in the Palau Blaugrana basketball team as they defeated Surne Bilbao by 90-61 in the ACB league. An excellent defensive performance formed the basis of the win for the blaugranes with Juan Núñez's return another bonus for Xavi Pascual's team. 

Great start

Barça could not have started the contest in better fashion. Clyburn began the scoring early in the first quarter and an 8-0 lead early on became a 21-7 lead at the end of the first quarter with Brizuela and Parra adding three pointers. 

Into the second quarter and Barça's lead stretched to 20 at 29-9 with Youssoupha Fall a big influence. A three pointer from Punter rounded off an excellent half for the blaugranes as they led 41-23 at the break. 

Securing victory 

Bilbao mounted a mini comeback in the second half but Barça were still able to maintain a 20 point lead during most of the third quarter. Xavi Pascual was able to bring on Juan Núñez for his return to action after an absence of 429 days out due to injury. 

Brizuela and Fall continued to lead the side as Barça marched towards a 90-61 victory, number 300 for coach Xavi Pascual in the ACB League. 

MATCH STATS

Barça, 90
Surne Bilbao, 61

Barça: Punter (8), Clyburn (10), Parra (16), Shengelia (10) and Vesely (-) -starting five- Fall (17), Marcos (2), Brizuela (9), Norris (6), Hernangómez (8), Núñez (4) and González (-)
Surne Bilbao: Jaworski (7), Petrasek (3), Pantzar (6), Hlinason (7) and Lazarevic (4) -starting five- Normantas (3), Frey (3), Krampelj (16), Hilliard (5), Bagayoko (-), Font (5) and Sylla (2)

Quarters: 21-7; 20-16 // 24-20; 25-18

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