If he had not already sufficiently entered the history of Real Madrid basketball, Sergio Llull confirmed himself as the white legend that he is last Tuesday in Munich, when he played his 1,047th game and surpassed Felipe Reyes, who had that record until now. This Thursday, before the clash against Valencia, Llull received the tribute of that audience that has risen from their seats so many times and received the commemorative shirt of the milestone reached by a player who has represented, like few others, what the club’s shield is. Real Madrid.
After the applause and recognition, it was Chus Mateo’s team’s turn to look for a new victory, against a Valencia that wanted to clean up its image after the defeat the previous day against Zalgiris Kaunas.
The game was not brilliant, very shaky, even the one that extended the rest time due to a breakdown in the scoreboard above the boards. Real Madrid went from less to more until it seemed like they had things under control, but Mumbrú’s team were not going to give up so easily after having been around ten ahead at the beginning (16-24, min 10). The whites balanced to reach the intermission with a better feeling (35-40) and almost won it when Tavares was a few millimeters away from putting his team five points ahead almost at the end. But he didn’t do it and left an option for Valencia, who had been guided by Brandon Davies under the rim and Chris Jones on the outside, although it was Jared Harper who, of course, forced overtime at the WiZink Center with a three-pointer on the board for above Tavares.
Then Llull appeared again with five points in a row at the dawn of extra time that began to tip the balance for the Madrid side, which no longer hesitated.
96. Real Madrid (16+19+23+24+14): Campazzo (19), Causeur (3), Musa (13), Yabusele (7), Tavares (18) -starting team-, Alocén (-), Hezonja (10), Abalde (3), Llull (16), Ndiaye (2), Sergio Rodríguez (5).
86. Valencia Basket (24+16+15+27+4): Jones (17), Reuvers (2), Anderson (9), Harper (8), Touré (-) -five starters-, Puerto (6), Davies (19), Pradilla (6), Inglis (8), Jovic (11).
Referees: Robert Lottermoser (Germany), Milos Koljensic (Montenegro) and Uros Nikolic (Serbia).
Incidents: matchday 21 of the Euroleague played at the WiZink Center in front of 8,264 spectators.
2024-01-11 22:45:37
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