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nov 05 2026Jaime Fernández chose European night to remind everyone why he's a key piece for La Laguna Tenerife. The Madrid point guard scored 22 points and led a dominant performance at Santiago Martín, where Jaka Lakovic's side crushed U-BT Cluj-Napoca by 40 points. The victory, their fourth straight in the EuroCup, leaves the black-and-golds with a 5-1 record and atop Group B, coming right after Saturday's setback in A Coruña.
From Start to Finish
La Laguna Tenerife gave Cluj no chance at any point. They dominated from the opening tip, steadily built their lead with ball movement that the Romanian side never managed to stop, and finished well over 110 points. Alongside Jaime Fernández, Giorgi Shermadini was the other standout performer: the Georgian center added 21 points and was a constant threat in the paint.
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A Squad Without Happ
The stat that best sums up the game is that every player on Lakovic's roster scored and grabbed rebounds, a testament to the team's depth at a critical moment. It was the first game without Ethan Happ, who dislocated a tendon in his right middle finger in A Coruña and will miss approximately three months. Without him, La Laguna Tenerife found the answer to the absence of one of their key interior players through collective play.
Cluj, who arrived with a reputation as an athletic and offensive team, suffered their second lopsided road loss after falling in Frankfurt (113-97), and now sits at 2-4.
