Huertas Says Goodbye to Tenerife as Baskonia-Madrid Headline Matchday 8

Marcelinho Huertas plays his final Liga Endesa game and Pedro Martínez reaches a coaching milestone on matchday 8. Real Madrid arrives undefeated and puts their perfect record on the line at Buesa Arena, where Baskonia hasn't lost a regular season home game since April. Five teams sit at 5-2 behind Madrid, while three teams are struggling at 1-6.

Saturday, November 14

Río Breogán-Recoletas Salud San Pablo Burgos (18:00, DAZN). Breogán competed until the final buzzer at Palau and returns home with just one absence, Aleksa Ilić. Burgos, coached by Porfi Fisac, continues to have injury problems: with Žiga Samar and Vlatko Čančar already sidelined, DJ Steward has now joined them. It's curious that the Burgos team has earned both of its victories away from Coliseum, in Manresa and Lleida. However, Breogán has won its last four games against Burgos and is one of the best three-point shooting teams in the entire league.

MoraBanc Andorra-La Laguna Tenerife (19:30, DAZN). This is Huertas's final Liga Endesa game. After twenty seasons in the competition and eight with La Laguna, the Brazilian point guard is heading to Dubai Basketball. He is the foreign player with the most seasons in the league and its all-time assist leader. Tenerife, coached by Jaka Lakovič, has won its last seven road trips to Andorra, but the last matchup between the two was won by Andorra at home, with a Kuric three-pointer in the final second (89-90). The Andorran team arrives wounded after losing in A Coruña on the buzzer and will be without Rafa Luz. Tenerife travels without Ethan Happ, Rokas Giedraitis, or Xabi López-Arostegui.

Asisa Joventut-Casademont Zaragoza (21:00, DAZN and Movistar Plus+). Penya needs a win, and home games against Zaragoza have typically gone well for them, having won the last six matchups in Badalona. Additionally, they could get back Ante Tomić and Álex Reyes, though Simon Birgander is questionable and Ludde Håkanson remains sidelined. Zaragoza travels without Caleb Homesley but is in one of its best stretches: it's the third team scoring the most points per possession, behind only Madrid and Barcelona. A win would put them at 6-2 for the second time in franchise history.

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• Real Madrid cruises past Crvena Zvezda (105-84)

Sunday, November 15

Ilerna Lleida-Kids&Us Manresa (12:00, DAZN and TV3). Both are in last place at 1-6, but they arrive in very different moments. Lleida won the season opener and has lost six straight since. Manresa lost its first six games and won last matchday thanks to JD Notae, who scored 33 points and made eight three-pointers, breaking the club record in Liga Endesa that had been held by Linton Townes since 1994. Diego Ocampo's team gets back Timmy Allen but will be without Chibuzo Agbo, Luka Ščuka, or Rafa Villar. Lleida is missing Atoumane Diagne and Adrià Rodríguez.

Valencia Basket-Leyma Coruña (12:00, DAZN). Coruña arrives hot off Caio Pacheco's three-pointer against Andorra, though they haven't won on the road yet (0-3). Valencia, which has only played Coruña twice and won both times, will again be without Nikola Mirotić and Nate Reuvers but gets back Mo Gueye for the league. Coruña is missing Tomas Dimsa, and Lukas Uleckas is questionable with an ankle sprain.

Unicaja-FIATC Girona (12:30, DAZN). The winner moves into the top eight, Copa del Rey territory. Girona, coached by Moncho Fernández, hasn't lost at Fontajau (4-0), but has lost all three road games and has never won at Carpena. Their reference point is Jassel Pérez, the league's leading scorer at 19.9 points per game, who arrives with physical issues. Unicaja, coached by Txus Vidorreta, continues without Tyson Pérez, Yannick Nzosa, or Alberto Díaz, though the latter is already training with the group.

Barcelona-Monbus Obradoiro (17:00, DAZN). Barcelona remains undefeated at Palau (4-0) and arrives with three straight wins, though they have many absences: Kevin Punter, Tosan Evbuomwan, and Yoan Makoundou won't play, and Juan Núñez is questionable. They get back Umoja Gibson. For Obradoiro, with only Olle Lundqvist sidelined, Palau has been a difficult venue: they've won just once in thirteen road visits, in 2012, with Moncho Fernández on the bench (54-62). That day Barcelona posted its worst home scoring output in the ACB era. The Galician team needs to improve from three-point range after shooting 7-of-32 from deep in Manresa.

Surne Bilbao-UCAM Murcia (18:00, DAZN). One win separates the two teams in the standings, and both lost on the road last matchday. Bilbao, coached by Jaume Ponsarnau, hasn't lost at Miribilla (3-0) and will have a full roster. UCAM, coached by Sito Alonso, also has no absences but hasn't won on the road this season (0-3). Their last road win in Bilbao came in April 2025, in overtime.

Kosner Baskonia-Real Madrid (19:00, DAZN and Movistar Plus+). Pedro Martínez will reach 1,111 games as a coach in the ACB, breaking Aíto García Reneses's record. His Real Madrid arrives undefeated (7-0) and averaging 106.3 points per game, the best average in ACB history. But they're not alone on offense: they also have the league's best defense by points allowed per possession. They'll continue without Facundo Campazzo, Gabriel Deck, Usman Garuba, Théo Maledon, or Mikael Jantunen, and get back Chuma Okeke.

Waiting at Buesa Arena is a Baskonia team that hasn't lost at home in regular season play since April 26 and shoots the best three-point percentage in 41 years of Liga Endesa (44.5%). The Vitoria team has lost Kenneth Faried to a left thigh injury, joining Tadas Sedekerskis and Marcio Santos on the sidelines. In return, they get back Rodions Kurucs and could debut Rolands Šmits and Kenan Kamenjas, if they're registered in time. The last Baskonia-Madrid game in Vitoria was won by Baskonia (105-100, October 2025), with Trent Forrest posting a 43 rating.

Matchday 8, Liga Endesa