Euroleague | Real Madrid – Red Star

The match began with the host sending Deck’s hand, author of five of the first seven points. In the other hoop the attacks died with distant attempts from Dobric, not always precise and damaging.

In this way, the Whites opened the gap little by little with the offensive contribution of Cornelie and the direction of an inspired Sergio Rodríguez, until signing an 8-0 run cut off by a triple by Holland. The fifteen points up at the end of the first quarter were a call to calm for the Whites.

Nevertheless, The Serbian team was not going to lower its arms with so much time ahead. After a start to the fourth in which they held off the locals, they took a big bite out of the difference with eight unanswered points. Six of them were born from two perimeter hits by Argentine Lucas Vildoza, who made his debut with the Serbian team in the Euroleague.

Despite this, Real Madrid managed to go nine up at halftime. He squandered that income by conceding two triples from Bentil and two baskets, one from Dobric and another from Vildoza. All that enemy fire was only answered with two points from Tavares. An uneven exchange of blows that put the Red Star to two.

That touch of attention spurred those of Chus Mateo. So much so that they stretched the distance again with a 10-0 that Vildoza made up by scoring the last basket of the third quarter. It was the only blemish for the local team in a streak that Sergio Rodríguez continued to increase with a three-pointer already in the last ten minutes.

In this context, the Belgrade team emerged once again thanks to Bentil’s aim and Martin’s contribution to position themselves within five points, at which point Tavares’ hierarchy in the painting became the definitive weapon to start a partial 10-0 that would be decisive.