El Real Madrid rose to the leadership of the Euroleague after his solvent victory in Berlin against the Alba (74-89) combined with the defeat of Barcelona in Kazan. They add up to the same victories, but the whites have lost two fewer games and have a better average. The two teams will face each other next Sunday at the Endesa League Classic postponed on January 2. Some arrive launched after winning 21 of their last 22 games. The others go through the deepest pothole of the course and add four defeats in the last five games.
The madridistas have put the cruising speed and there is no one to cough them up. Hurtel he led the orchestra in Berlin with 17 points and seven assists, but there were many who nailed the score. Pear tree, in the absence of Tavares, he once again dominated the paint (13 points and five rebounds); Give it back I finished with 12 points; Thompkins, each day more intoned, 10; the multipurpose Hanga and Abalde they had good times. And, in case there was little arsenal, he played until Deck. He played nine minutes and his rhythm was noticeable. Add two points.
Madrid made a gap as soon as the triples began to enter. I failed the top seven, but Randolph He opened the can at the end of the opening quarter and all was better for the Whites. In the second quarter, with 6/8 from the arc, the difference reached 15 points shortly before the break (33-48). Thompkins, Llull, Yabusele, Hanga and Heurtel they had a prize while Alba showed its impotence based on losses (17). Sikma drying, only It, was a threat (21 points).
Without pure base and with Abalde at the helm, the madridistas thickened after the intermission. Alba made a 10-2 that placed them at four (46-50). Give it back he woke up his team and the exit of Hurtel gave criteria and annotation. The Frenchman was the main part of the 3-15 run with which the match was sentenced. Alba continued to make losses, some childish, and the Whites made up their minds as soon as possible.
Randolph He made it 55-73 that turned the last quarter into garbage minutes. The difference reached 23 points (60-83). Madrid had fulfilled the tradition of beating Alba (12-0 already) and was thinking about the Clsico.
Technical sheet:
74 – Alba Berln (15 + 21 + 20 + 18): Lo (21), Eriksson (10), Zoosman (4), Sikma (5), Koumadje (2) -initial quintet-, Da Silva (8), Smith (2), Delow (2), Schneider (2), Olinde (8), Blatt and Lammers (10).
89- Real Madrid (19+29+25+16): Alocn (4), Abalde (8), Hanga (9), Yabusele (12), Poirier (13) -initial quintet-, Randolph (7), Heurtel (17), Deck (2), Llull (5), Thompkins (10) and Taylor (2).
