eal Madrid loses leadership

 　　MADRID, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid lost their leadership of the ACB Endesa Basketball League after a home defeat to Gescrap Bilbao on Sunday night.

　　Madrid may have beaten the Basques in the EuroLeague just three days earlier, but Bilbao have long been Madrid's 'bete noir' in the domestic¹ competition after having knocked them out of the play-off semi-finals last season and getting the better of them in their first league match this season.

　　Fisher D'Or was against the main man for Bilbao as they won 93-90, following a high-scoring last quarter. The result sees Madrid knocked off the top of the table by Regal Barcelona, who also had a win in the Spanish capital.

　　Barcelona had to suffer before finally defeating Estudiantes 80-65. In the end Barcelona's powerful squad² was too much for the home side to withstand.

　　Unicaja Malaga suffered a shock home defeat to struggling Blusens Monbus. Unicaja began the weekend in third place, but crashed 69-54 to a side with just four wins all season.

　　Caja Laboral and Lucentum Alicante took advantage of Unicaja's defeat with Caja Laboral winning 71-67 at home to Gran Canaria and Lucentum defeating sixth place Banca Civica 86.82,

　　Bulgarian Kayolan Ivanov produced another herculean performance with 21 points and 11 rebounds³ for his side.

　　CAI Zaragoza keep the pressure on the play-off zone with a 71-63 triumph at home to Valencia, while UCAM Murcia also took a vital win as they defeated FIATC Joventut by a crushing 76-54 margin⁴.

　　The wins for Blusens Monbus and Murcia left Blanco's Rueda Valladolid bottom of the table as they became the latest side to fall victims to Lagun Ago, who cruised⁵ to another Andy Panko inspired win (71-62) to move up to sixth in the table.

　　The round of matches had begun on Saturday with Assignia Manresa beating Fuenlabrada 80-59: Josh Anselm, with 22 points and 7 rebounds continued his excellent current form.

1 domestic   

adj.家里的，国内的，本国的；n.家仆，佣人

参考例句：

• This is domestic news.这是国内新闻。
• She does the domestic affairs every day.她每天都忙家务。

2 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

3 rebounds   

反弹球( rebound的名词复数 )； 回弹球； 抢断篮板球； 复兴

参考例句：

• V is the velocity after the gas particle rebounds from the wall. V是粒子从壁上弹开后的速度。
• In the former case, the first body rebounds with practically its original velocity. 在前一种情况下，第一个物体实际上以原来的速度弹回。

4 margin   

n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘

参考例句：

• We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。

5 cruised   

v.乘船巡游( cruise的过去式和过去分词 )；以快而平稳的速度长距离行驶；巡航；轻而易举赢得（或获得）

参考例句：

• They cruised along in top gear . 他们驾车高速行驶。
• The coastguard cutter cruised along the coast looking for smugglers. 水上警察缉私船沿海巡逻搜寻走私犯。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》