Euroleague working day 32
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For Real Madrid, victory is a routine, the consequence of playing basketball. Compete or die. It doesn't matter that nothing is at stake and that the protagonists on the hardwood are the unusual ones, because when they found themselves in water up to their necks, when Red Star left with a 16-point advantage, the white team put on the overalls I work to explain that he does not accept anyone coughing at him, that it is his players who impose the law.
In electric days to close the European league, Real Madrid is the only team that has earned the right not to look at the table, not even in the rearview mirror, having already qualified as champions for the qualifying round prior to the Final Four. With his homework done and the demands of the calendar to come, Chus Mateo decided to give his players some air, to the point that Campazzo, Deck and Poirier took the day off. It was a night to rotate, to test the generations that arrive. And although Hugo González and Ndiaye still expressed doubts (to a certain extent also Alocén), somewhat timid with the ball in their hands, theirs being a little shaky because of fulfilling their duties in the best European team, they explained that they are the future. More Ndiaye, who soon renounced himself, since in the first quarter he put up a block and then scored a dunk that made the board shake. But all of them were able to learn from Musa, the delicatessen player, who scored nine of the team's first 11 points, enough to not lose track of the momentum of a Red Star that tried to get Tavares out of the paint with Bolomboy's movements to that Nedovic and Ilic wreaked havoc inside. But that also didn't last long, as Sergio Rodríguez came out to the park and distributed candy to everyone, an injection of basketball for a Madrid that finished the prologue with a disadvantage of one point (20-21).
REAL MADRID, 101 – RED STAR, 94
Real Madrid: Alocén (2), Hugo González (0), Musa (20), Ndiaye (2) and Tavares (11) -starting quintet-; Causeur (0), Rudy Fernández (3), Abalde (7), Hezonja (20), Sergio Rodríguez (3), Llull (7) and Yabusele (16).
Red Star: Hanga (22), Nedovic (30), Giedraitis (2), Ilic (9) and Bolomboy (5) -starting quintet-; Smart (9), Davidovac (6), Mitrovic (6), Lazarevic (0), Lazic (3), Tobey (0) and Gillespie (2).
Partials: 20-21; 24-26; 28-28; 29-19.
Referees: Matej Boltauzer (Slovenia), Arturas Sukys (Lithuania) and Maxime Boubert (France). Eliminated due to Gillespie personal fouls.
WiZink Center. About 9,000 spectators.
The youngsters of Sergi Llull were also able to take note, who came out in the second quarter to celebrate his 400th game in the Euroleague, who had in his mind the historical record of the ex-Azulgrana Juan Carlos Navarro and his 623 triples, since he only had three left to go. reach him. “The record is there, I try not to think too much about it and I will try to play like just another day, and if it comes, then great,” Llull resolved before the match. He shot four and made water in three, although it didn't matter because the fans enjoyed the peripheral vision of him, like that alley oop for Hezonja. Precisely Super Mario, sulking since the Cup because he understands that his basketball gives him more minutes, even if it is about Madrid, he was the one who was in tune from the perimeter. Although the depth of the Madrid bench, incomparable with any other team and expressed by the inspiration of Abalde, was not enough to hunt down Red Star at halftime (44-47), since Nedovic entered the kitchen like Pedro through his house, 18 points so far (30 at the end).
The Serbian was not satisfied with his recital, since he continued his efforts to defeat a poor Madrid, Show inside and out, a rocket of legs and arms, a doll's delight. An ode to basketball seasoned by Hanga, what's new Old man, also sensational in shooting from outside the radius, which was enough to open the gap (54-70). Quite a slap in the face to Madrid, who seemed incapable of keeping up with the rival, unconcerned in any case because he did not even remotely apply himself to the defensive exercise because of the fact that the clash, the result, mattered so much to him. Although Yabusele, Musa and Hezonja, who do not know how to take a holiday, asked for the opposite to meet the epilogue with only three points behind (72-75).
A triple by Sergio Rodríguez put the score at zero, but Nedovic was not willing to lose what he had achieved, now helped by Bolomboy. A new growth spurt that did not break down the resistance of Madrid, who returned to the game with the penetrations of Yabusele and a new chof from Musa from the corner, another later with a layup, seasoned with free throws. But Hanga had more (personal record of 27 points); but Hezonja too, a triple, a steal and a dunk, 96-93 with 30 seconds left, a festival in a WiZink that wanted to recognize the trajectory of his team and that won a great game for the retina. Normally, this Madrid doesn't know how to lose.
On the other hand, Fenerbahçe destroyed Alba Berlin (103-68) to stay one win away from fourth place, which guarantees the home court factor in the playoffsa victory flavored by Nigel Hayes-Davies, who achieved the scoring record in the Euroleague (50 points), since he surpassed Shane Larkin's 49 with Efes and against Bayern Munich in 2019.
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