A hard-fought victory against a rival inspired by the triple. Real Madrid took refuge at the Movistar Arena to make their home field a fortress and seal another victory in the Euroleague against a Paris Basket team who sold their defeat dearly (Narration and match statistics).
The white team won thanks to a Sensational Maledon who was responsible for leading his team especially in the final minutes of the match, when the early tie was maintained on the scoreboard.
The Frenchman is not the only one to have paved the way for Real Madrid’s victory. Campazzo had five complete defenses that Garuba and Trey Lyles were responsible for completing on offense. The tandem worked.
At the Movistar Arena, a very great match took place which forced Scariolo’s team to do its best in defense, especially in the last quarter, against a Parisian team which, thanks to Jared Rhoden, Yakuba Ouattara And Sebastian Herreramade a dent in the white team.
And Real Madrid had to overcome the discreet performance of Hezonja and the success of the Parisian team in the treble. But fortunately for him, Nadir Hifi did not have a good match and Campazzo is responsible for that.
A dazzling pace
It is never an easy task for a team visiting the Movistar Arena to impose its game and Paris Basketball managed to do so for a large part of the match. He dizzying rhythm of Francesco Tabellini This put a Real Madrid team in difficulty, which knew how to stay in the match in the worst moments.
The former coach found the solution on the bench: Deck, with two consecutive baskets, scored a goal. partial 2-12 for Paris Basket while Théo Maledon’s penetrations allowed them to take the advantage in the first ten minutes of play (24-21).
Real Madrid wanted to enter the game of the visiting team and the game did not go well. Trey Lyles made the triple Jared Rhoden – who had an excellent match –but Amath M’Baye and Yakuba Ouattara responded consecutively.
The 17 points scored by Paris in just five minutes forced Scariolo to stop the game, but beyond a triple from Hezonja during his first basket of the game – three minutes from the end of the second quarter -, The visiting team continued to have fun at the Movistar Arena.
Rhoden had one of the best dunks of the season after two consecutive blocks from Tavares and In the blink of an eye, Real Madrid found themselves behind seven times on the scoreboard..
A triple from Okeke, a 2+1 from Maledon and a basket from Tavares at the buzzer allowed the white team to regain some oxygen and lose just one before the break (49-50).
The start of Paris Basketball in the third quarter did not invite optimism. Two triples from Lamar Stevens, another from Herrera and the basket from M’Baye They certified the visitors’ maximum in the match (53-61), although it did not last long.
Real Madrid came back and with three good defenses found themselves within one again with baskets from Tavares, Hezonja and Campazzo. The scenario of the game did not change and by the time the spectator blinked, a basket was already lost. The pace was very high.
Two consecutive defeats for the white team were punished by a Rhoden huge and success also in Herrera’s outside shot. Once again, Scariolo’s men had to continue to row against the tide and without margin for error in defense in the face of the great success of the Parisian team.
Tavares mates against Mouhamed Faye.
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Nevertheless, Lyles, Maledon and Garuba won with a partial score of 14-3 at the start of the last quarter. The American made two consecutive triples; The Frenchman scored two baskets in a row and, thanks to his penetrations, helped the Spaniard wake up the lethargic Movistar Arena.
Paris Basketball resurfaces thanks to a triple from Sebastián Herrera, but Lyles stopped the visiting team’s momentum. His team needed him after being absent in the first half.
Real Madrid became strong in defense at peak times: five “steals” from Campazzo, the last nine seconds from the end against Hifi When the score was 94-90, it was decisive for the white team to seal the victory in a very close match from the start.
Theo Maledon resolved the stress with a superb lay-up after a missed triple from his compatriot, who paid for his frustration by kicking the chairs during the following timeout, shortly before Real Madrid ended the match in their favor on a free kick from Gaby Deck.
Technical details of the match:
Real Madrid (24+25+21+25): Campazzo (7), Abalde (4), Okeke (9), Hezonja (6), Tavares (16), -starting five-, Maledon (21), Llull (2), Lyles (14), Deck (8), Garuba (6), Krämer (-), Len (2).
Paris Basketball (21+29+24+16): Hifi (11), Morgan (3), M’Baye (10), Stevens (11), Faye (4) -starting five-, Cavaliere (3), Herrera (12), Rhoden (19), Dokossi (3), Ouattara (14).
Referees: Sreten Radovic (Croatia), Sergio Silva (Portugal) and Stefan Calic (Serbia). Not eliminated.
Incidents: The 17th day of the Euroleague took place at the Movistar Arena in Madrid in front of 7,923 spectators. Théo Maledon scored the millionth point in the history of the tournament.
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