Real Madrid retain 100 percent record after 12 games of basketball season

 MADRID, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Real Madrid remain top of the ACB Endesa basketball league thanks to a 97-87 win on Sunday.

The win means Pablo Laso's side have won all 12 matches this season and have a three-win lead at the top of the table ahead of Valencia and Herbalife Gran Canaria.

Valencia returned to winning way with a crushing 107-75 victory over FIATC Joventut, who will have to work hard in the next five matches if they want to qualify for Copa del Rey.

Herbalife meanwhile continued Barcelona's recent poor record in the Canary Islands by inflicting¹ 81-69 defeat on the reigning² champions, who have lost seven of their last eight visits to Gran Canaria.

Caja Laboral won a nerve-wracking Basque derby 81-80 at home to Bilbao Basket to move into fourth place, two ahead ahead of this weekend's rivals, while Barca are seventh ahead of Asefa Estudiantes who remain eighth despite losing 70-63 defeat away to an improving Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada, who are the side who spend the most time in possession in the entire league.

Meanwhile CAI Zaragoza's 82-64 home win against Unicaja Malaga takes them up to fifth with a two game cushion over Unicaja, who are currently ninth and needing to find some form or risk missing out on a cup place, which goes to the top eight sides after 17 matches.

Elsewhere UCAM Murcia defeated Assignia Manresa, who remain with just one win all season, 95-80, while Cajasol Sevilla left Lagun Aro in a similar situation with a 73-57 beating.

Lagun Aro and Manresa are now two wins behind their nearest rivals and in danger of being cut adrift.

Finally CB Canarias are another side improving of late and confirmed their decent form with a 74-68 victory over UCAM Murcia.?

1 inflicting   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
• It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。

2 reigning   

adj.统治的，起支配作用的

参考例句：

• The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence. 天很黑，星很繁，夜阑人静。
• Led by Huang Chao, they brought down the reigning house after 300 years' rule. 在黄巢的带领下，他们推翻了统治了三百年的王朝。