It took three quarters Madrid to decipher the French revolution proposed by the Parisan atomic game, so aggressive and fun that it was about to destroy white. It is then, in the last period, that the energy of Garuba … the defense of Tavares and above all the murderous instinct of Maledon, top scorer of the match and who gave a whole recital of penetrations until the Gauls said enough.
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the real Madrid
Campazzo (7), Abalde (4), Hezonja (6), Okeke (9), Tavares (16); Lyles (14), Kramer (0), Maledon (21), Deck (7), Garuba (6), Llull (2), Len (2). -
Paris
Hifi (11), Stevens (11), Morgan (3), M’Baye (10), Faye (4); Cavaliere (3), Herrera (12), Rhoden (19), Dokossi (3), Ouattara (14). -
Partials
24-21; 25-29 (49-50); 19-24 (70-74); 25-16 (95-90). -
The referees
Sreten Radovic (Croatia), Sergio Silva (Portugal) and Stefan Calic (Serbia).
Physical and confident, the locals controlled the pace thanks to the direction of CampazzoDespite his form in recent matches, the Argentinian is determined to fill the gaps in his team. Tavares, who had only scored one basket against Olimpia, added three in a flash, a superiority that thrilled the stands of the Movistar Arena. However, the classic French anarchism, short possessions, dizzying transitions and love of outside shooting, began to balance the score.
Lull And Maledon They pressed to keep it going, the leaders were generous in their passes to facilitate Lyles’ triples and Len’s baskets under the rim. Scariolo, to complete the task, wrote an area with the Ukrainian as an axis to short-circuit the French attacks. The strategy had little success, the Parisian players were unreachable. Even Rodenwith some vintage springs, destroyed with a wild buddy Tavareswho had just placed two very intimidating blocks. The action unleashed madness in the stands and on the track, with the Parisians racing to widen the gap on the scoreboard.
Two triples Stevens They opened the second half against a lost Madrid, irregular in passing and incapable of interpreting the match as it should. Good transitions and a good post game were the means to avoid defeat, while entering the game at Paris It looked like suicide. After much consideration, White finally got aggressive on defense and turned a deficit of seven into one from two. Rhoden, on the other hand, was uncontrollable, a giant talent who kept Paris on pole. Chilean Herrera It was also very good, especially at long range, while Faye He dominated the rebound with astonishing ease.
After much paddling, Madrid found the path to success. A companion of Garuba and a new two plus one of Maledon They gave control of the match back to the hosts for the first time in the second half. There were six minutes left, but at least, thanks to the infinite glue that is Garuba, they knew how to hurt Paris. Maledon erupted again with force, his penetrations were deadly and it only took Tavares a few blocks to complete the victory.