BELGRADE, April 15 (Reuters) - Barcelona got their Euroleague campaign back on track while Laboral Kutxa Vitoria moved closer to the competition's Final Four after the two Spanish sides enjoyed contrasting wins over their rivals on Friday.
Twice former winners Barca outclassed Lokomotiv Krasnodar 92-66 away to even their best-of-five quarter-final series at 1-1 while Laboral took a 2-0 lead against Panathinaikos after an 82-78 overtime home win over the Greek giants.
The series move to Barcelona and Athens, respectively, next week. In the other two quarter-final match-ups, Fenerbahce Istanbul are 2-0 up against holders Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow lead Red Star Belgrade by the same score.