Can Messina’s Real Madrid be in contention for the Spanish league title? Really didn’t look like it yesterday in the PalaBlaugrana, where the ‘Blancos’ were hammered 95-75. And it did not take Navarro and co too long to turn this ‘classico’, the big game, into a simple stroll in the park: 10 minutes had hardly passed and Real was already 10 feet under ground (28-15). It never got any better. Lakovic had a big night with 17 points but everybody enjoyed their time against the archrivals: Grimau (13) and Sada (6) scored crazy baskets, there were alley-hoops for Vazquez (8) and Morris (12), and it was obviously raining tear drops here and there from ‘la bomba’ Navarro (14). Barcelona celebrates the new year with a sweet victory and steals the top spot from…Real Madrid.