Caja Laboral and Barca into quarter-finals of Basketball Copa del Rey

 　　MADRID, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- Reigning¹ ACB title holders² Real Barcelona took their revenge over this season's runaway³ league leaders and Copa del Rey holders, Real Madrid, by sending their bitter rivals on the first bus home after a thrilling 111-108 win in their quarter-final tie on Thursday.

　　The game between the two favorites deserved to be the final, but fate decided⁴ the teams would meet in the last 8 and it is Barca who took revenge for last season's defeat in the final to Real Madrid after a game which needed two periods of overtime⁵ to decide the winner.

　　Barca had the advantage through most of the game, but were kept in contact by Jaycee Carroll and his three point throws, as well as the dynamism of Sergi Llull, who later admitted that nerves had been a problem for his side.

　　However with Pete Mickael, who netted 26 points and Ante Tomic with 20, taking the lead, Barca had a bit more on the day and two free throws by Marcelo Huertas, less than three seconds from time sealed the win.

　　Thursday's second quarter-final saw hosts Caja Laboral defeat CAI Zaragoza by a comfortable 88-64. Zan Tabak's side won their 13th domestic game in succession and an all-round team display was too much for an individual display by Zaragoza's Pablo Aguilar, who netted 23 points.

　　Caja Laboral, who are second in the ACB League will now count on home support when they face Barca in the semi-finals.

　　Friday sees two more quarter-finals as Bilbao Basket face Herbalife Gran Canaria and Asefa Estudiantes take on Valencia.

1 reigning   

adj.统治的，起支配作用的

参考例句：

• The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
• Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。

2 holders   

支持物( holder的名词复数 )； 持有者； （支票等）持有人； 支托（或握持）…之物

参考例句：

• Slaves were mercilessly ground down by slave holders. 奴隶受奴隶主的残酷压迫。
• It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim. 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。

3 runaway   

n.逃走的人，逃亡，亡命者；adj.逃亡的，逃走的

参考例句：

• The police have not found the runaway to date.警察迄今没抓到逃犯。
• He was praised for bringing up the runaway horse.他勒住了脱缰之马受到了表扬。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。