Preview
26 December 2009
Real Madrid - Barcelona
- Alejandro González
It's a 1 vs 2 showdown as 2009 winds down
Alvaro Velasco / Translation by realmadrid.com
Week 14 of the ACB includes a contest between the top teams in the land. Real Madrid have won 14 straight at home dating back to last season as they welcome arch rival Barcelona. Only one win separates the two teams in the standings as 2009 winds down.
Two of the ACB’s premier titles contenders meet at Vistalegre on Sunday at 20:30 CET. It’s a battle of big name teams and big name players. Prigioni takes on Ricky Rubio, it’s Bullock vs. Navarro and some of Europe’s finest centers square off in the paint.
Real Madrid have won 14 straight at home dating back to last season. This year the Whites are 10-0 with six ACB wins and four Euroleague victories at Vistalegre. On Sunday, Ettore Messina will be without both Sergio Llull and Tomas van den Spiegel, both of whom are injured.
| TEAM | PLACE | P | W | L | PF | PA | +/- |
| Real Madrid | 2nd | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1012 | 905 | +107 |
| Barcelona | 1st | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1031 | 822 | +209 |
Real Madrid and Regal FC Barcelona have met 157 times in the Liga Nacional and the ACB. The Merengues hold the upper hand with 86 wins, 17 more than their arch rival. The advantage is much more significant at home, where Real are 50-27 against Barcelona.
Only once in the last 15 years of the ACB have the top two teams in the standings notched so few defeats. Back in 2006/07, Real Madrid won their first thirteen games and second-place TAU Ceramica had lost just once. Real Madrid and Barcelona have combined for three defeats on the season.
| SEASON AVERAGES | |||||||||
| TEAM | PF | PA | R | A | B | S | TO | ||
| Real Madrid | 77.85 | 69.62 | 31.69 | 15.85 | 2.46 | 9.08 | 13.15 | ||
| Barcelona | 79.31 | 63.23 | 31.23 | 17.23 | 3.77 | 10.85 | 13.08 | ||
Louis Bullock is seven three-pointers shy of 650 in ACB play. He is the second-leading active three-point scorer in the ACB behind Juan Carlos Navarro and this season is averaging 3.5 per game. The American shooting guard is also one rebound away from hitting the 600 mark.
Sunday 27 December
REAL MADRID
REGAL BARCELONA
SQUAD LIST
- Point Guards
- Prigioni
- Shooting Guards
- Bullock, Kaukenas
- Forwards
- Hansen, Vidal, Dasic
- Power Forwards
- Velickovic, Garbajosa
- Centers
- Lavrinovic, Reyes
Watch Out For...
Navarro
Fran Vazquez
NEXT MATCH
- First Team
- Liga BBVA
- Match
- Real Madrid - Levante
- Date
- Sunday 12/02/2012
- Time
- 21:30
- Venue
- Santiago Bernabeu
- Matchday
- 23
- Champions League
- Match
- CSKA Moscow - Real Madrid
- Date
- Tuesday 21/02/2012
- Time
- 18:00
- Venue
- Luzhniki
- Matchday
- Last 16 (1st leg)
- Liga BBVA
- Basketball
- Endesa League
- Match
- Banca Cívica - Real Madrid
- Date
- 12/02/2012
- Time
- 18:00
- Venue
- Palacio de Deportes San Pablo
- Matchday
- 20
- Copa del Rey
- Match
- Real Madrid - Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
- Date
- Friday 17/02/2012
- Time
- 21:30
- Venue
- Palau Sant Jordi
- Matchday
- Quarterfinals
- Euroleague
- Match
- Real Madrid - Unicaja Malaga
- Date
- Thursday 23/02/2012
- Time
- 20:45
- Venue
- Palacio de los Deportes
- Matchday
- 5 (Top 16)
- Endesa League
- Real Madrid Castilla
- 2nd Division B-Group 1
- Match
- Getafe B - RM Castilla
- Date
- 12/02/2012
- Time
- 12:00
- Venue
- Ciudad Deportiva Getafe
- Matchday
- 24
- 2nd Division B-Group 1
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