It was difficult for Madrid to leave the islands alive. In a match in which their skins were on the line, Gran Canaria showed their fiercest and most resistant version, far removed from their performance in the first match of the series against the Whites and much closer to that of the team that won the Eurocup. Despite the fact that they came to lose by 16 in the last quarter (impressive Musa and El Chacho), with Slaughter’s gunpowder they managed to reduce the difference to one and make the whites sweat a lot. Chus Mateo’s men had no choice but to endure the downpour and close the game by the minimum. They are already in the semifinals, where Joventut awaits.
This Madrid does not have a hard time accelerating, they do not sweat when it comes to subduing their rivals, they take off from defense and bite with the tempo of Musa in attack and with the ability to tavares to attract rivals. Gran Canaria improved its face, yes, the islanders were very plugged in from the line of three, up to four hits were registered by those of Lakovic in the first minutes of the match (one from Brussino with a really impressive free kick included).
Trench warfare in the second quarter, a lot of melee and caution. The canaries continued with the soul of a sniper, Slaughter he scored two in a row as soon as he came off the bench, and little by little they took control of the game. They did not give up an inch of wood and the whites, faced with such a push, decided to take refuge in the defense and in the genius of Llull, who smiles like never before after his work of art in Kaunas and after becoming the top scorer in the history of Madrid .
Musa, with his silent and deadly basketball, once again took command of operations and Madrid began to add advantages after the restart. Although the most striking scenes were signed by BalcerowskiThe Polish center was unafraid when it came to reaching the visitor’s ring, even if Tavares was in the way, his performance was very good. It was the veterans again, those who saved the ballot in Belgrade, who gave the whites a different air. The thing commanded and Llull carved forcefully so that Madrid broke the game in their favor. The point guard hit a spectacular triple to close the third act.
home comeback
The Chachismo party continued in the fourth quarter, a B-52 bomber that did not stop shooting from the line of three. In the aftermath, the whites got to 16, although Gran Canaria, with great pride, managed to stay alive until the last minutes. So much so that it even reduced the difference to four. Slaughter, with an improbable triple, placed the canaries to only one point. In an epic ending where there are, with both sides uncovered, Madrid released its refined survival manual, the one that allows your heart to beat much slower than that of its rivals. To think when the whole world jumps into the void. And that was how they closed the game and sealed their pass to the semifinals.
2023-05-31 20:54:37
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