FC Barcelona outlasts Budivelnik Kiev in the paint

A fast-paced game saw host FC Barcelona take a 96-77 home win over Budivelnik Kiev in the closing game of the Tuskih Airlines Euroleague regular season on Thursday night. In the first half, Barca dominated and managed to run in offense combined with good accuracy from the arc, but DaJuan Summers and Ricky Minards combined efforts to put Budivelnik at 7 points, 73-66, starting the last quarter. It was then when Maciej Lampe and Marcelinho Huertas appeared to put the win in ice for Barcelona. Lampe led the winners with 16 points, Ante Tomic added 15, Bostjan Nachbar posted 13 and three players ended with 10 points apiece: Huertas, Joey Dorsey and Erazem Lorbek. For Budivelnik, Summers had 17 points, Darjus Lavrinovic added 16, Minard contributed 15 and Janis Strelnieks bagged 11. Barcelona ends the regular season with a 7-3 record and Budivelnik, who will now continue the season in the Eurocup, end slast in Group A with a 2-8.