Real Madrid opens Top 16 with big road win in Berlin

Real Madrid opened the Top 16 with an important 63-77 road win over Alba Berlin at o2 World in the German capital. The visitors led for nearly the entire game spare for a brief stretch in the second quarter. Nonetheless, the hosts battled hard, kept it close throughout and closed the gap to 57-60 early in the fourth quarter before the hosts pulled away to close out the win. Sergio Llull paced Los Blancos with 15 points and 6 assists, while Rudy Fernandez, Nikola Mirotic and Jaycee Carroll added 13 points apiece. Rudy also had 7 rebounds and 4 assists for Madrid, which benefitted from 20 Alba turnovers. Albert Miralles netted 14 points and JeKel Foster scored 10 in his first Euroleague appearance for Berlin.