Real Madrid soundly beat CB L’Hospitalet, 98-62, on Tuesday in their first game in Group A. Madrid was led by Daniel Diez’s 16 points and Juan Gabriel Martinez’s 13, while Modou Mbaye and Hernan Gomez added 12 apiece, plus 12 rebounds by the first, and Arturo Cruz scored 10. L’Hospitalet was paced by 16 points by Jose Luis Valencia, who hit 4 triples, and 14 by Raul Mato. Mato scored 10 first quarter points for L’Hospitalet, as they closed to within 21-20 after a Valencia triple and finished the period down only 24-22. But the second quarter was clearly won by Madrid, as they played stifling defense to hold L’Hospitalet to 10 points while scoring 27 thanks to Gomez’s all around play and Mbaye’s activity at both ends around the rim, reaching the half with a 51-32 advantage. They did not let down in the third quarter, as they limited L’Hospitalet to long range bombs by Valencia and led by as much as 29 points before entering the final period ahead, 77-51. With the game in hand for Madrid, the 100 point mark was an added incentive and a pretty three point play by Alfonso LLanes got them to 85-53. A 15-3 run sparked a 21-11 quarter that left them just short of the three digit mark, but was more than enough for an emphatic debut win.