There is no one to stop this Real Madrid. The group led by Scariolo attacks the top 8 of the Euroleague after adding their fourth straight win against Baskonia, a team that put them on the ropes thanks to Marcus Howard (Narration and statistics of Real Madrid 94-87 Baskonia).
The point guard finished the match with 22 points and caused a headache for the Madrid team’s defense by catching the ball from the perimeter. However, Hezonja and Campazzo seemed uncompromising in the final minutes.
The White team returned to the Movistar Arena, where everything is as comfortable as ever for them, having cast aside their foreigner’s curse by winning away in their previous two matches in Europe’s top competition and two other league matches.
Hezonja fights to recover the ball against two Baskonia players.
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From the start, the equality that would be experienced during the match was obvious. And both teams signed a meeting with alternatives for both parties: Real Madrid dominated on the rebound, while Baskonia was right in the choice of its shots.
Matteo Spagnolo, former player of the white team, succeeded Markus Howardwhose letter of introduction in the game was two consecutive triples. What the American perhaps did not know was that Abalde was going to accept the duel. Each team played their cards and the score was tied.
And Real Madrid and Baskonia played a very tactical match where Scariolo’s men took the advantage in the first half. constant rotations performed by Galbiatiwhich caused many defensive mismatches and allowed Tavares to become strong under the rim.
That of Cape Verde appeared before the discretion of Campazzo and Hezonja. While the Argentinian was the protagonist of three of the nine turnovers recorded by the white team in the first 20 minutes, the Croatian only scored one basket.
The tie of the first quarter (24-23) also continued in the second, although Real Madrid began to move the ball better and with the success of the free kick, added to Baskonia’s problems on the rebound, the players won. confidence in attack… but defense still hasn’t worked.
Scariolo’s team lacked consistency and the Vitorians took advantage thanks to Spagnolo and Kobi Simmons, both teams therefore returned to the locker room with a 42-39 on the scoreboard and without finding a way to beat his rival.
Exchange of triples
The match experienced a change of pace in the second half thanks to two Real Madrid players who had a very discreet first half: Mario Hezonja and Facundo Campazzo.
In the blink of an eye, the white outfit was worn 13th with nine points from the Croatian in just four minuteswhile the Argentinian left his mark with a bomb and a triple that forced Galbiati to stop the game and immediately wait for a reaction from his team.
Baskonia woke up thanks to the perimeter success of Luwau-Cabarrot and Clément Frish, so the gap of 13 points between the whites became five in just two minutes.
It was now Scariolo’s turn to stop the match and the team responded with Andrés Feliz and Théo Maledon, who allowed Real Madrid to take the lead by nine in the last quarter (71-60).
Timothe Luwau enters the basket under pressure from Tavares.
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Scariolo’s team couldn’t have started better after baskets from Trey Lyles and Maledon, but in the best form of the White team Baskonia responded via Marcus Howard.
The Vitorians recorded a partial 0-15 with 13 points from the American and took the lead in the standings. Scariolo immediately stopped the game to bring in Abalde and thus stop the leader of Baskonia, who continued to score baskets.
Real Madrid needed Hezonja and the Croatian won with two blocks and two consecutive baskets during the counter-attack which go on an 11-0 run with Deck’s 2+1 and Real Madrid still ahead.
Kurucs responded with a triple, although the White team was much superior in the final minutes of the match. A 2+1 and a triple from Campazzo paved the way to victoryeven though Howard insisted on trying until the last second.
Technical details of the match:
Real Madrid (24+18+29+23): Campazzo (16), Abalde (9), Okeke (-), Hezonja (17), Tavares (11), -starting five-, Maledon (15), Llull (), Lyles (7), Deck (9), Garuba (2), Andrés Feliz (8).
Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz (23+16+21+27): Simmons (11), Howard (22), Radzevicius (), Kurucs (8), Diop (4) -starting five-, Spagnolo (8), Luwawu-Cabarrot (20), Frisch (3), Diakité (7), Nowell (-), Forrest (4).
Referees: Sasa Pukl (Slovenia), Olegs Latisevs (Latvia) and Tomasz Trawicki (Poland). They eliminated Abalde because of five personal fouls (m.38).
Incidents: The 15th day of the Euroleague was played at the Movistar Arena in Madrid in front of 8,141 spectators. During the preview, a minute of silence was observed in memory of the writer and journalist Alfonso Ussía.
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