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EuroLeague 23/01/2014, 23.14

Navarro sparks late rally as Barcelona tops Unicaja Malaga

83-79 the final score

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In an all-Spanish showdown, FC Barcelona stayed undefeated in Group E by downing Unicaja Malaga 83-79 at home on Thursday. Barcelona improved to 4-0 with its 16th consecutive Top 16 victory, while Unicaja dropped to 2-2. Bostjan Nachbar paced the winners with 13 points, including a decisive three in the final minute, while Juan Carlos Navarro and Kostas Papanikolaou added 12 points apiece. Marcelinho Huertas contributed 10 points and 6 assists to the winning effort. Carlos Suarez made 5 of 9 three-pointers to lead Unicaja with 15 points and Nik Caner-Medley scored 12 in defeat for Unicaja, which was without Ryan Toolson and Fran Vazquez. Papanikolaou and Erazem Lorbek fueled an opening 11-2 run, but Caner-Medley and Suarez allowed Unicaja to get within 25-24 after 10 minutes. The game remained close into the third quarter, when Suarez struck three times from downtown and got plenty of help from Jayson Granger for a 61-68 Unicaja lead late in the third quarter. Navarro had 8 points in a mammoth 18-2 run that Nachbar capped with a triple for a 79-70 Barcelona lead en route to the win. 

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