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Valencia Basket Blows Out Bilbao 116-72 After Record Second Half

The 44-point margin ranks as Bilbao’s second-heaviest home defeat.

Overview

  • Valencia Basket routed Surne Bilbao 116-72 in Miribilla in a Liga Endesa matchup on Jan. 2.
  • A 0-8 burst early in the third quarter followed a 35-37 halftime and triggered a runaway finish with 79 Valencia points after the break.
  • The 79 second-half points set the ACB record for a single-team scoring output in one half.
  • The 44-point gap is Bilbao Basket’s second-largest home loss on record, behind a 47-point defeat to Baskonia in 2004.
  • Petrasek scored 23 in his best game of the season, while Jaworski went 0-for-7 from three and several Bilbao starters struggled against the EuroLeague leader.