Zalgiris defeats a Real Madrid in which Musa and Hezonja were not enough

He started the game with just seven points in three and a half minutes, being Ulanov y Musa the leading scorers of both teams. Five of the host’s first seven points were scored by the Lithuanian and seven of the whites’ initial thirteen by the Bosnian.

The room that opened the confrontation also had a small space for the relevant statistics since tavares he became the top shooter in EuroLeague history, beating Bryant Dunston. He did not contribute, however, only defensively the Cape Verdean center, who left at the end of the first ten minutes with six points.

Tavares on the inside was the Spanish team’s response in attack to their problems from the perimeter, with zero scores in their first seven team attempts. Zalgiris suffered less in this aspect, which culminated precisely with a triple of Cavanaugh a 10-2 run to be five up (30-25).

An ‘alley oop’ between Llull and Poirier, a basket by Yabusele and Real Madrid’s first triple, the work of Musa, put an end to the moment of local inspiration, forcing a time-out. It was good for Kazys Maksvytis’ men, who returned the 0-7 with a 7-0, closed by a three-pointer from Butkevicius. The same medicine in the other ring was prescribed Hezonjaminimizing the Madridista damage at halftime (37-35).

The precision from the bow did not stay in the locker room since Cornelie y Smits they traded bullets at the dawn of the third quarter. Hezonja also joined the party to prevent the home team from escaping, starting a streak of seven unanswered points that culminated between the Croatian and Tavares from the free throw line.

With everything balanced once more, the give and take even at a time when Real Madrid came to distance themselves by five points. Between Ulanovas and Evans, from the outside, they tied their rival short and countered the blow.

Cavanaugh was not far behind, who signed two consecutive triples in the first moments of the decisive room and two more later to win seven of his initial nine. Luckily for the Spaniards, Llull also converted from distance and, with Poirier’s attacking work, the Whites prevented a gap that could have been dangerous at that point in the game.

They plugged the wound there, but a Zalgiris, agitated by the public, continued to score at a time when the opponent stopped scoring. between that and a unsportsmanlike de Tavares, from which the Lithuanians got gold, the local advantage went to eight points. From there, it was enough for Zalgiris to manage it to seal the victory.