The scoring has been significantly reduced in the Endesa League, as in the Euroleague. The numbers say that the 19 clubs of last season averaged 82.5 points in the ACB and the 18 of the current one, in the first 11 days, do not exceed 79.6. The one that breaks this trend is UCAM Murcia, first in the offensive section with 87.3. They are followed by Urbas Fuenlabrada (83.8) and Lenovo Tenerife (81.9). The leader, Real Madrid, is fourth with 81.7 and Barça, tenth, with 79.8 (a year ago, 87.6).
The big two, instead of overwhelming with annotation, have made the defense a virtue. The whites fit a very low 68.2 points on average and the Catalans, 69.5. The best example, last Sunday, where Madrid won by 23 advantage scoring only 71 points. It left Betis at 48, the lowest mark of a merengue rival in any competition since November 7, 2006, when they beat PAOK Thessaloniki 69-45 in the ULEB Cup with outstanding Raúl López and Charles Smith. In the League, in 2005-06, he had left Lagun Aro at 48. To see the opposing team in the ACB with a lower score, it would be necessary to go back to April 24, 2000, with Scariolo on the bench, when he limited Caja San Fernando to a pyrrhic 44 points.
