The Real Madrid he cut his streak of three consecutive losses in the WiZink Center and he did it before him Kirolbet Baskonia (70-69) in the day 23 of the Euroleague In a heart attack end. Pablo Laso and his pupils, with a free kick from Facundo Campazzo in the absence of three seconds after a meaningless lack of Stauskas when the ‘war’ went on extra time, they gave their fans a joy to overcome that pothole and place themselves in second place to three victories of the Anadolu Efes, but with an advantage of three others for the ‘court factor’ in the quarterfinals.
The white team is not transmitting the best sensations, but the victory seemed fundamental to forget the last defeats and cut off from the emergence of new doubts in a double day of the maximum continental competition and before the Copa del Rey in the next week. Said and done. The Madrid, with the Argentine base (10 points and 11 assists) at the head and with Trey Thompkins (20 points and 6 rebounds) increasingly better and more important in the team, he took the win in a movie finale, which could end in overtime. A madness that Stauskas You will not forget so easily.
With Campazzo as a compass, Randolph and Taylor they gave the initiative on the scoreboard to Madrid (14-10, minute 5) before a Baskonia that leaned on Eric under the hoop and in Janning from the perimeter before taking off. The Vitorians, with a ‘Palace' already ignited by several controversial arbitration decisions, they signed a partial of 0-9 to get ahead of end of first quarter (14-19) before some short-circuited targets in attack.
Those of Dusko Ivanovic, with the entry of Sergi García in the direction and that of Shields (9 points in the second quarter) in the execution, they did not give ground in the second quarter. In turn, those of Laso, with the Argentine base on the bench and with Llull something gray the sides, they remained in tow, but the entrance of Thompkins (10 points in the second set) revitalized them before rest (37-38).
The Madrid He went from less to more and ended up starting after the break. Campazzo redirected the white ship, distributing assistance to ‘right and left’ while Tavares and Deck they took full advantage of them with a 10-2 partial to regained the advantage in the electronic (49-44, minute 26). Then the whites began to get stuck and the Baskonia, from the defense, scratched the advantage facing the last quarter (53-49).
The Palace erupts and everything remains in the hands of Campazzo and Thompkins
The Vitorian reaction continued at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Christon, with six almost consecutive points, he put his men ahead again (57-60, minute 35) before leaving the bench for committing his fifth foul. With everything to decide, the ‘Palace' It exploded again against the referees and the duel became a real ‘war’ in every possession and rebound.
Thompkins hit for the home but the Baskonia, from the personnel line, responded immediately after (64-64, minute 37), but Dragic one missed one minute and the Madrid He stayed one up and with possession. He did not hit the attack twice, but the ‘giant’ Tavares and Taylor They allowed two new possessions. Thompkins did not fail and put the whites three above in the absence of 15 seconds.
Nevertheless, Shengelia he countered two four seconds later. Polonara it was fast and the American power forward only scored the second and Shields He matched the game in the absence of four seconds. Inexplicably, Stauskas it took Campazzo when the rival hoop was facing the desperate and the Argentine base scored the first to give victory to the Madrid before him Baskonia (70-69), what's wrong with it a mattress of three victories with the Maccabi, fifth, which has its match pending. New duel this Thursday before the Alba Berlin in Germany Y without rudy, which ended up with discomfort at the adductor and this Wednesday will undergo medical tests.
DATA SHEET.
70. REAL MADRID: Campazzo (10), Causeur (5), Taylor (7), Randolph (6) and Tavares (8) – initial quintet–; Llull (-), Mickey (4), Rudy Fernández (-), Deck (10), Thompkins (20).
69. KIROLBET BASKONIA: Christon (6), Janning (11), Shields (14), Shengelia (12) and Eric (8) – initial quintet–; Stauskas (-), García (5), Fall (2), Diop (-), Polonara (2) and Dragic (9).
–PARTIALS: 14-19, 23-19 (37-38 at rest), 16-11 and 17-20.
– REFEREES: Pukl, Mogulkoc and Mantyla. They eliminated Christon for personal offenses.
-PAVILION: WiZink Center, 8,465 spectators.