The basketball players of Real Madrid after one extension they outplayed her Barcelona with 91:88 (16:20, 16:19, 18:20, 23:14, 18:13) within 21 rounds in Euroleague.

After three periods it seemed that the Catalans would record their third consecutive triumph against Real, but then Sergio Lluj woke up in the fourth quarter. He led his team back into the game, with points to join him Gabriel Dec, and Real managed to lead with three differences with three minutes to go.

Knocked out Barcelona saved her Corey Higgins with five tied points, but Mario Hezonha and Ljulj took "El Clasico" in five minutes to go. In them Janan Musa woke up out of nowhere and simply dominated the field.

Dek was the most efficient in the Madrid team with 23 points, Ljulj added 19, and Musa 18. For Barca, Mirotic was better than the rest with 17 points, and the Czech tandem Jan Veseli-Tomas Satoranski scored 12 each. Real has now achieved a significant victory in the battle for the first place and is currently at 14-7, while Barcelona has a record of 13 wins and eight losses in fourth place.

In other matches played on Thursday: Alba Berlin - Valencia 88:94, Lyon Wilverbane - Fenerbahce 91:77, Monaco - Olympia Milano 101:88 and Panathinaikos - Zalgiris Kaunas 89:65.