Navarro leads Barcelona to big win vs Lokomotiv Kuban in his 300th Euroleague game

FC Barcelona Lassa registered its first win in this year's Turkish Airlines Euroleague playoffs by thrashing Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar 66-92 on the road in Game 2 of their best-of-five series on Friday. The series is tied at 1-1, but Barcelona stole the home-court advantage and will host Games 3 and 4 at Palau Blaugrana next week. The 26-point margin was the second-largest for a road team in playoffs history and Barcelona became the first team to win a playoffs game on the road by at least 20 since 2009, when it routed Caja Laboral. In his record 300th Euroleague appearance, Juan Carlos Navarro turned the game into a celebration by leading the winners with 18 points. Tomas Satoransky and Stratos Perperoglou each added 13 while Justin Doellman and Ante Tomic had 12 apiece for Barcelona. Satoransky added 10 assists for a double-double. Malcolm Delaney led Lokomotiv with 19 points, Anthony Randolph added 17 while Sergey Bykov had 12 for the hosts. A 0-9 run that Perperoglou capped with a free throws gave Barcelona an early 5-13 lead. Delaney led a 9-0 Lokomotiv run that gave the hosts a 19-18 lead, but three-pointers by Alex Abrines and Pau Ribas restored a 19-24 Barcelona lead after 10 minutes. Perperoglou kept pushing Barcelona early in the second quarter and he got plenty of help from Satoransky and Doellman to build a 26-41 margin. Barcelona boosted its margin to 31-48 at halftime and then to 38-68 late in the third quarter on a huge three-pointer by Navarro. Lokomotiv did not give up, however, Randolph, Janning and Delaney brought the hosts within 61-74 with four minutes left, but Satoransky helped put the game on ice.