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EuroLeague 03/01/2013, 18.38

Planinic, defense keep Khimki undefeated at home

Il Barcelona non perdeva da febbraio 2010 nelle Top 16

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BC Khimki Moscow Region remained undefeated in Top 16 Group F by downing FC Barcelona Regal 78-65 at home on Thursday. Khimki, which leads Group F with a 2-0 record, handed Barcelona its first road loss of the season. Khimki is undefeated at home in all three competitions – the Euroleague, VTB League and Russian League. Barcelona saw its 17-game winning streak in the Top 16 end. Barcelona had not lost in the Top 16 since February 3, 2010, 67-66 against Partizan. Zoran Planinic led the winners with 16 points and 6 assists. Vitaly Fridzon added 13 points while Paul Davis and Alexey Zhukanenko each had 10 for Khimki. Ante Tomic led Barcelona with 16 points. Pete Mickeal added 14 and Erazem Lorbek had 12. Barcelona was without scoring king Juan Carlos Navarro, who did not travel to Russia due to injury. An alley-oop layup by Marcelinho Huertas gave Barcelona a 14-15 lead, but Egor Vyaltsev and Zhukanenko gave Khimki a 21-18 edge after 10 minutes. Zhukanenko got some help from Fridzon to boost the hosts' lead to 38-29, but Sarunas Jasikevicius and Tomic kept Barcelona within 46-41 at halftime. Planinic and Petteri Koponen helped Khimki make it a 14-point game, 62-48, late in the third quarter. Barcelona got within 62-55 at the end of the third quarter but Khimki held the guests scoreless for the next four minutes to seal the outcome long before the final buzzer.

E. Carchia

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