DThey say that what cannot be, cannot be and is also impossible. As much as incredible things have been seen in sport, It was difficult for leader Real Madrid, with first place at stake, to be surprised by bottom team Fuenlabrada. The question remained as to whether Chus Mateogiven the weakness of the rival, I would reserve some of his players before a Euroleague doubleheader (Fenerbahce and Partizán), but the white coach did not do it and Goliath ate David (78-102).
The overwhelming logic was fulfilled from the initial jump. He fuenlabradaa bundle of nerves, missed clear shots without opposition and Madrid, on the back of a Talker desmelenado (13 of his 22 points in the first seven minutes), he went into steamroller mode producing five three-point plays in his first seven touchdowns to agree to victory without barely breaking a sweat (5-23, min 7).
Keanu Pinder, the hope of Fuenlabrada
The green shoots of the colista were put by the newcomer Keanu Pinder, a 2.11 m pivot who He fought without complexes against Tavares and Poirier, and did not come off badly against the white giants. In his third game with the Fuenlabreños and against the fearsome white inside game signed 21 points and 10 rebounds. It may be the last hope of salvation for his team, who chained his seventeenth loss in a row.
Pinder y Ngouoma they avoided a major catastrophe for the Fuenlabreños in the first act (13-29, min 10). But Madrid, completely changing its quintet, did not take their foot off the accelerator and with triples by Abalde and Musa and a devastating Poirier under dashboards hit a new growth spurt (18-43, min 16).
Marc García wakes up Fuenlabrada
He could let go fuenlabrada with that score, but at times He came to compete to somewhat make up the result with nine points in a row from Marc Garcíawho armed himself with nerve to lead a partial 13-7 and raise the morale of yours (29-45, min.18 )Although Ndiaye and Abaldewith a triple, prevented the reaction from going further (31-50, min 20).
I didn’t want either Chus Mateo that his team would let go, and to make sure of it He came out again with all his artillery after the break, including Tavares. And the Madrid giant finished breaking the game. In four minutes he put three plugsone to Pinder anthological when he was going to crush, he scored six points and took an unsportsmanlike Novak to further propel your team (36-63, min 24).
Then Mateoand so, He sat Tavares down and gave rest to some of his peopleand even so they put the maximum with triples of Talker, Cornelie y Hanga (42-73, min 27). Technical KO due to inferiority.
Datasheet:
78 – Carplus Fuenlabrada (13+18+26+21): Novak (5), Marc Garcia (9), Kromah (10), Horton (11), Pinder (21), Ali (7), Ngouama (10), Eyenga (5), Lewis (-) Okouo (-), Samar.
102 – Real Madrid (29+21+32+20): Hanga (8), Causeur (22), Deck (8), Cornelius (5), Tavares (8), Hezonja (5), Poirier (16), Abalde (12), Yabusele (2), Moses (7), Sergio Rodriguez (3), Ndiaye (6).
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Joaquín García and Fabio Fernández. no deleted
Incidences: Match corresponding to day 24 of the Endesa League played at the Fernando Martín Pavilion in Fuenlabrada before 4,981 spectators.
