Madrid conquers a crazy classic against Barça | Basketball | Sports

Euroleague day 5

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Third classic of the season and third victory for Madrid, one per tournament: Super Cup, League and Euroleague. And 13 wins in 13 games for the whites in a devastating start. The last celebration was the most difficult, a crazy match in the European competition that Chus Mateo’s team tied in the last seconds after many swerves on both sides. Deck’s 20 points and Hezonja’s 10 rebounds ended the streak of seven consecutive games won by Grimau’s team and lifted the Madridistas one place ahead in the standings. Barça had its lowest score this season in a match in which the defenses stifled the attacks.

The losses of Yabusele and Laprovittola on each side altered the scenario. Chus Mateo opted for Abalde, who is rowing to return to the elite after a very long injury. Grimau combined Abrines with Kalinic. From those chess moves the Barcelona team emerged much more connected. Muscle and defense ruled and there the visiting team found themselves more comfortable managing the clock. Vesely took Tavares out of the cave and the Blaugrana covered the passing lines of the visionary Campazzo, who struggled to stop Abrines (2-9). The whites hung on the Cape Verde giant, prolific in dunks and offensive rebounds. Only he had scored for the home team in the first six minutes. Barça distributed the ball more and an outside bingo from Satoransky stretched the lead to 6-14. Willy took over scoring and Barça reached the first break well ahead in the game: 12-19.

Madrid crashed into the rim from the perimeter, weighed down by one too many losses. The resistance was commanded by Poirier, who continues to make merit as a replacement for Tavares. The white team was still standing thanks to its interior men. Willy kept up the dance in the paint and Barça grabbed a juicy lead (16-30). But the Barcelona fans are still a team under construction and events like the WiZink one measure the workmanship. Sergio Rodríguez encouraged his team, opening the gaps that until then had been denied, and Campazzo left behind his gray version from the beginning of the night to once again be the point guard who sees everything. On the back of the Argentine and his alliance with Deck, Madrid began to add and Barça sank into a block that was difficult to decipher. In the final six minutes of the second quarter, not a single Barça point, and a 12-0 for the whites to resurrect. To top it off, a triple by Deck in the last second that marked his team’s first outside success after 14 consecutive misses from distance: 28-30.

The inertia continued after passing through the couch. Madrid showed its head on the scoreboard for the first time (32-30), until Kalinic closed with a penetration an eternity of eight minutes for the Catalans without touching the net. The game had returned to square one when for a long time it seemed to be going only in one direction. Campazzo and Deck fed the whites and Hezonja multiplied on both boards, a wild card that does many things well. The curse on the outside shot was now Barcelona’s. And Grimau found himself with another headache for Satoransky’s fourth infraction. Without Laprovittola, a broken one. Even the calm Barça coach was charged with a technique for protesting. Campazzo didn’t stop assisting and Deck didn’t stop scoring (51-41). Barça’s offensive blackout was absolute. A 35-11 said it all.

Same script. When the Barcelona team was in charge, he started to tremble. When the whites took the reins, another tremble. Barça looked for the reaction with the audacity of Jokubaitis while Madrid tried to contain the leaks. Barça scored 1-11 when it seemed touched and sunk, agitated by the Lithuanian point guard. There was still chicha in the classic (58-54 with two minutes left). Madrid was unable to score on the play (eight minutes without a bite) but grew from the free throws that Campazzo won in the close quarters.

The connection between Satoransky and Jokubaitis took the resolution to the limit in a few endless seconds due to stops in the game and consultations with the video referee. With four seconds left, and at 63-60, the Czech earned three free throws. The first one failed. It was the last bullet. Third classic of the course and third white victory. And 13 out of 13.

REAL MADRID, 65; BARCELONA, 64

Real Madrid: Campazzo (6), Musa (4), Abalde (0), Deck (20) and Tavares (8)—starting quintet—; Rudy (0), Hezonja (7), Sergio Rodriguez (4), Poirier (14), Llull (2), Ndiaye (0).

Barcelona: Satoransky (10), Abrines (11), Kalinic (7), Da Silva (3) and Vesely (12) —starting quintet—; Brizuela (2), Willy Hernangómez (13), Parker (0), Nnaji (0), Jokubaitis (6), Parra (0).

Partials: 12-19, 16-11, 23-11 y 14-23.

Referees: Belosevic, Nedovic and Kardum. They eliminated Satoransky due to personal fouls.
WiZink Center. About 7,000 spectators. A minute of silence was observed for Fernando Fernández Tapias.

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2023-10-26 21:22:58
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