Barcelona sweeps Real Madrid for Spanish crown!

FC Barcelona lifted its 20th Spanish League title on Tuesday night by defeating Real Madrid 82-93 in Game 3 of the best-of-five El Clasico final series, and completing the 3-0 sweep after two initial wins in Barcelona. This way, Barcelona reclaims the title that Los Blancos took from them last season, and take some revenge from the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague semifinals in which eventual champ Real Madrid took the win. It is the second Spanish League title won by Barcelona in the last three years, the same years that coach Sarunas Jasikevicius has led the new Barca project from the bench.

Jan Vesely led Barca with 19 points and 3 rebounds. Four more Barcelona players scored in double digits - Nikola Mirotic (14), who played his last game with the Catalan team and was chosen MVP of the Finals; Rokas Jokubaitis (13) Nico Lapprovitola (12) and Nikola Kalinic (10)-. For Real, Walter Tavares dominated with 17 points and 9 rebounds, but it was not enough to take the series to a 2-1.

The game was balanced throughout the first three quarters, as it was 21-20 after 10 minutes and 41-38 at the halftime break. Vesely was solid from the field however, and the guests kept a solid accuracy from beyond the arc (11 of 22 at the end of regulation). Real struggled all night from the same distance (5 of 21), while it also missed too much from the free throw line. In the last quarter, Barcelona seemed to find the way to leave Real behind with a collective effort. A three-point play by Mirotic with 1:38 to go made it a 10-point game, 80-90, neutralizing a last effort by Sergio Rodriguez from the arc.

"This title means a lot," Mirotic said. "The way we finished the season... the club deserves it, the fans deserve it... We defeated the European champs. We have to celebrate now! I said I would give it all until the last day, and I think I showed it. But it's not about me, it's about Barcelona. We won, and that's what matters."