Barcelona beat Baskonia, remain undefeated in Top 16

In an All-Spanish League showdown in Group E, FC Barcelona remained undefeated in the Top 16 by topping Laboral Kutxa Vitoria 68-80 on the road. Barcelona improved to 7-0, while Vitoria dropped to 1-6. Barcelona extended its own record of consecutive Top 16 victories to 19. Ante Tomic paced the winners with Euroleague career highs of 24 points and performance index rating of 36. He made 8 of 9 two-point shots and grabbed 9 rebounds. Marcelinho Huertas added 16 points, Juan Carlos Navarro scored 15 and Erazem Lorbek 12 for Barcelona. Fernando San Emeterio led Vitoria with a season-high 22 points and Tibor Pleiss added 15 and 10 rebounds for the hosts. Tomic already reached double digits in scoring in the first quarter. He got plenty of help from Marcelinho Huertas to give Barcelona a double-digit lead, 17-27, after 10 minutes. Vitoria improved its defense and found a go-to guy in San Emeterio, whose three-pointer tied it at 29-29. An unstoppable Tomic put Barcelona back ahead, 31-33, at halftime. Lorbek took over after the break and Navarro helped him put Barcelona ahead 49-59 after 30 minutes. Nothing changed from that moment, as Navarro and an unstoppable Tomic boosted the guests' margin to 57-71 and Barcelona never looked back