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Today starts the 'Copa del Rey' (King's Cup) 2011. This is considered the best basketball spectacle in Europe (even better than the Euroleague's Final Four according to some players).



8 teams, 4 days and only 1 champion. Win or go home.

These are the quarter finals:

Blancos de Rueda Valladolid vs. Power Electronics Valencia
Thursday 10th at 7pm CET

Real Madrid vs. Gran Canaria 2014
Thursday 10th at 9.30pm CET

Caja Laboral vs. Bizkaia Bilbao Basket
Friday 11th at 7pm CET

Regal FC Barcelona vs. DKV Joventut
Friday 11th at 9.30pm CET

You can see the rest of the table here: http://www.copadelreyacb.com/los-partidos/

96 hours of tension, emotion, spectacle and basketball. And the chance to see the best players in Europe such as...

Juan Carlos Navarro, Ricky Rubio, Fran Vázquez, Erazem Lorbek, Marcelinho Huertas, David Logan, San Emeterio, Nemanja Bjelica, Mirza Teletovic, Pablo Prigioni, Sergio Rodríguez, Sergio Llull, Carlos Suárez, Nikola Mirotic, Felipe Reyes, Ante Tomic, Alex Mumbrú, Marko Banic, Marcus Slaughter, Victor Claver Nando de Colo, Rafa Martínez, Omar Cook, Dusko Savanovic, Josep Franch, Will McDonald...

Website of the tournament: http://www.copadelreyacb.com

You can see the matches here: http://acb360.orange.es/

Amazing Victor Claver

19pts, 9 reb, 4 asist, 2 st. 32 val.

Power Electronics Valencia 83 - 60 Blancos de Rueda Valladolid

MVP: Victor Claver (drafted by Portland in 2009). 19pts (7/11 FG, 3/4 FT), 9reb, 4ast, 2stl, 0to in 29min.

Stats: http://www.acb.com/fichas/CREY75001.php
Video: http://acbtv.acb.com/video/3571-crey-20102011-copa_del_rey-001-el_power_electronics_avanza_a_semifinales_con_brillantez

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Real Madrid 78 - 72 Gran Canaria 2014

MVP: Jaycee Carroll. 30pts (10/15 FG, 7/9 FT), 2reb, 3ast, 0stl, 1to in 29min.

Good game by Rodriguez too. He was the key player in the last quarter.

Stats: http://jornadavirtual.acb.com/htm/estad ... 002imp.htm

Nice to see Claver finally blossoming this year. He certainly took his time, let's see if he can keep giving a good account of himself till the end of the season.

Madrid lucked into some favourable officiating decisions down the clock but they were the better team anyway. It's bizarre Jaycee Carroll isn't in the NBA. He'll be an above average backup guard since day 1. Actually,teams like Miami or LA could use him as their starting PG.

Caja Laboral 76 - 74 Bizkaia Bilbao Basket

Very exciting and fun game with emotion until the last seconds.

MVP: Marcelinho Huertas. 18pts (5/6 FG, 7/8 FT), 10asts, 3reb, 1stl, 5to in 31min.

Great games also by Fernando San Emeterio (15pts, 5reb, 3ast, 3stl, 3to in 34min) and Kostas Vasileiadis (31pts, 3reb, 1ast, 0stl, 2to in 23min and a buzzer beater from half court http://acbtv.acb.com/video/3584-lacb-20 ... asileiadis)

Stats: http://jornadavirtual.acb.com/htm/estad ... est003.htm
Video: http://acbtv.acb.com/video/3579-crey-20 ... al_a_semis

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Regal FC Barcelona 86 - 66 DKV Joventut

MVP: Boniface Ndong. 18pts (9/11 FG), 4reb, 1ast, 2 blocks, 5 dunks in 23min.

Stats: http://jornadavirtual.acb.com/htm/estad ... 004imp.htm
Video: http://acbtv.acb.com/video/3587-lacb-20 ... emifinales

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Tomorrow the semifinals.

Real Madrid - Power Electronics Valencia
At 6pm CET

Caja Laboral - Regal FC Barcelona
At 8.30pm CET

Has Vassiliadis progressed? Or he is still the one dimensional shooter that we know? Did he got better on the D?

Greek wrote:Has Vassiliadis progressed? Or he is still the one dimensional shooter that we know? Did he got better on the D?

From the little bit I saw of the game, he's still very much a shooter and that alone.

Real Madrid 69 - 59 Power Electronics Valencia

Real Madrid was losing by 13pts in the beginning of the second half but they played a lot better in the last quarter.

MVP: Rafa Martínez. 19pts (5/6 FG, 7/8 FT), 3reb, 2ast, 1stl, 4to in 27min.

Great game also by Nikola Mirotic (15pts, 4reb, 3ast in 22min) and Carlos Suárez (16pts, 1reb, 1ast in 26min). Sergio Rodriguez was fundamental for Real Madrid in the last minutes, you can't see that in stats, though. Check out this crazy pass: http://acbtv.acb.com/video/3595-lacb-20 ... en_la_nuca

Stats: http://jornadavirtual.acb.com/htm/estad ... est005.htm
Video: http://acbtv.acb.com/video/3592-crey-20 ... _finalista

At 8.30pm CET, the other semifinal between Regal FC Barcelona and Caja Laboral. You can watch it here: http://acb360.orange.es/partidos/CREY/75/5

Regal FC Barcelona 82 - 73 Caja Laboral

MVP: Juan Carlos Navarro. 23pts (11/16 FG, 1/1 FT), 0reb, 3ast, 2stls, 2to in 31min.

Also great games by Alan Anderson (17pts, 6reb, 2ast, 0stls, 0to in 24min) and Ricky Rubio (10pts, 4reb, 3ast, 1stl, 0to in 23min).

Stats: http://jornadavirtual.acb.com/htm/estad ... est006.htm

Barcelona vs. Real Madrid

This should be an interesting game.

Final de la Copa del Rey

vs


Featuring some of the best players in Europe:


Ricky Rubio


vs.

Sergio Rodriguez



Juan Carlos Navarro


vs

Sergio Llull



Alan Anderson


vs

Carlos Suárez



Erazem Lorbek


vs

Nikola Mirotic



Fran Vazquez


vs

Felipe Reyes



... and so on.

At 6pm CET on http://acb360.orange.es/

Replace Rubio with Huertas and Barcelona is still great (maybe better).

Barcelona repeat as King's Cup champions.

Real Madrid 60 - 68 Regal FC Barcelona

MVP: Alan Anderson. 19pts (7/13 FG, 2/4 FT), 4reb, 1ast, 0stl, 1to in 28min.

Stats: http://www.acb.com/fichas/CREY75007.php
Video: http://acbtv.acb.com/video/3603-lacb-20 ... on_de_copa