Liga Endesa matchday 3 recap: Real Madrid routs Manresa, Barcelona edges Valencia
Real Madrid never let Manresa breathe. The home team jumped ahead 34-22 in the first quarter on October 11, then buried Manresa in the second with a 28-16 quarter that left the visitors at their lowest scoring output of the night. Manresa never found an answer, and Real Madrid closed it out with another 34-point quarter in the fourth for a 120-83 final.
Olivier Sarr (Real Madrid) - Gabriele Procida (Real Madrid)
| Olivier Sarr | Gabriele Procida | |
|---|---|---|
| PTS | 16 | 15 |
| REB | 4 | 2 |
| AST | 2 | 0 |
| STL | 2 | 1 |
| BLK | 0 | 0 |
Olivier Sarr led the way with 16 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, while Gabriele Procida added 15 and Nick Smith Jr. chipped in 14. Jaime Pradilla just missed a double-double with 10 points and 8 boards. Manresa got 13 points from Yordan Minchev, its top scorer, with Chibuzo Agbo adding 12 and Timmy Allen putting up 11 points and 5 rebounds in the loss.
Breogán blows the doors off early, Barcelona holds off Valencia
Río Breogán put on a show at home the night before. The club led 30-22 after the first quarter and then blew the game open with a 31-19 second, the widest single-quarter margin of the game, on its way to a 115-92 win over FIATC Girona on October 10. Girona never got back into it, even with a 28-point fourth quarter.
Río Breogán 115 - 92 FIATC Girona · Liga Endesa · 10/10/2026
| Game | PTS | REB | AST | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Río Breogán | Tevin Brown | 20 | 5 | 4 |
| Danko Brankovic | 6 | 4 | 0 | |
| Rasir Bolton | 11 | 3 | 5 | |
| Aleksa Ilic | 8 | 6 | 1 | |
| Francisco Alonso | 27 | 2 | 5 | |
| Aleksandar Aranitovic | 8 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dominik Mavra | 15 | 1 | 4 | |
| Erik Quintela | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jonathan Kasibabu | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Josep Peris | 8 | 3 | 4 | |
| Mihajlo Andric | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
| Andersson Garcia | 7 | 6 | 0 | |
| FIATC Girona | Nikola Maric | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Mac McClung | 20 | 2 | 4 | |
| Pep Busquets | 11 | 3 | 2 | |
| Aljaz Kunc | 5 | 3 | 0 | |
| Dominykas Stenionis | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Khory Rosembert | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrzej Pluta | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stanley Whittaker | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Martinas Geben | 4 | 5 | 2 | |
| Sergi Martínez | 14 | 8 | 1 | |
| Jassel Perez | 18 | 4 | 6 | |
| David Nguessan | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Francisco Alonso dropped a game-high 27 points to go with 5 assists, and Tevin Brown wasn't far behind with 20 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Dominik Mavra added 15 for the winners. Girona's Mac McClung matched Brown's scoring total with 20 points and 4 assists, Jassel Perez posted 18 points and 6 assists, and Sergi Martínez grabbed 8 boards to go with 14 points.
Barcelona's night was a lot tighter. Valencia Basket came out ahead 26-19 in the first quarter before Barcelona flipped the game with a 20-14 second, Valencia's lowest-scoring quarter of the game. Barcelona then pulled away for good with a 29-20 third, its best quarter of the night, before Valencia rallied with 26 points in the fourth that fell just short, Barcelona holding on 89-86 on October 11. T.J. Shorts led all scorers with 19 points and 4 assists for Valencia.
FC Barcelone 89 - 86 Valencia Basket · Liga Endesa 2026-2027 · 11/10/2026
Leaders
| FC Barcelone | Valencia Basket | |
|---|---|---|
| PTS | Kevin Punter 13 | T.J. Shorts 19 |
| REB | Tyrese Martin 13 | Josep Puerto 7 |
| AST | Justin Robinson 6 | Kameron Taylor 5 |
Team stats
| FC Barcelone | Valencia Basket | |
|---|---|---|
| FG | 47.1% | 42.9% |
| 3PTS | 6/26 | 7/31 |
| FT | 19/24 | 13/19 |
| REB | 45 | 37 |
| OREB | 10 | 12 |
Kevin Punter paced Barcelona with 13 points and 4 assists, Justin Robinson added 12 points and 6 assists, and Josh Nebo chipped in 12. Tyrese Martin pulled down a game-high 13 boards to go with 10 points. Valencia got 11 points from Armoni Brooks and 10 from Nikola Mirotic, but it wasn't enough to flip the result.
Casademont Zaragoza, meanwhile, took control early at Leyma Coruña on October 10. Zaragoza led 23-17 after the first quarter, then blew the game open with a 29-11 second that put Coruña in a deep hole. Coruña answered with a 22-15 third quarter, but the deficit was too much to climb back from, and Zaragoza closed it out 92-71.
Five more results across the Liga Endesa weekend
Elsewhere on matchday 3, Unicaja held off MoraBanc Andorra 92-84 on October 10. On October 11, Monbus Obradoiro survived iLERNA Lleida 91-89, Tenerife knocked off UCAM Murcia 90-77 on the road, Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz handled Joventut Badalona 93-73, and Bilbao Basket topped San Pablo Burgos 96-87. Nine games, nine decisions, and a Liga Endesa field that's starting to take shape three matchdays into the 2026-2027 season.
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