Madrid, led by an unstoppable Campazzo (22 points, four rebounds and six assists) and made his team fly to surpass Baskonia, for the second consecutive time (101-90) and put a foot and a half in the Final Four in Berlin.
Baskonia, unlike the first match of the quarterfinal series, He entered the second duel on a better footing, with an initial 0-6, which announced more ‘war’ for the Vitorians against Madrid. Although the whites began to carbure very soon, and with a run of 9-0 including a triple from Campazzo, allowed Chus Mateo’s team to be ahead on the scoreboard (9-8).
Ivanovic sat Rogkavopoulos and Costello took care of Tavares, who surpassed him as he wanted until he had to give in and bring on Kotsar. Although Madrid woke up and with a triple from Hezonja and two free throws from Campazzo, Madrid began to dominate with quick transitions (18-11).
Baskonia responded with triples, of courseand even turned the score around with a run of 0-8 (18-19). Howard entered the duel for the first time, along with Llull and Poirier for the whites. The star made his debut although the final basket of the quarter was for Llull, who gave his team a slim advantage (23-21).
Llull’s triples
The Menorcan point guard, in a sweet moment after surpassing Navarro’s record, continued to lead the way for Madrid with two more consecutive triples, and Madrid returned to the fray (31-24). The only one who responded was Howard, who also contained the home team’s victory with three-pointers (33-27).
Hezonja fights for a rebound against Dani Díez. / EFE
But Madrid continued playing with a lot of speed and Ivanovic decided to stop the duel because the pace was white and dominating the rebound with Poirier unstoppable (37-27). Marinkovic and Howard withstood the local downpour with three-pointers (10 of 20) and free throws (39-37).
Madrid responded with the same coin from the triple (6 of 14), and achieved a lead of six points at halftime (46-40). Campazzo, with 14 points, led Chus Mateo’s team, dominating the pace in the first 20 minutes and again, with the duel under control.
white control
Baskonia decided to alternate individual defense with zone defense after the break, although Madrid found solutions, patiently moving the ball and finding the free man and with Campazzo who continued ‘hammering’ the Vitorian hoop (56-47). Dusko brought on Howard and rested Marinkovic, the only one who held off the visitors (56-51).
The Baskonia star led to the reaction of his team (58-54) that did not allow Madrid to break the duel that was trying without much luck. Chus Mateo returned the handle to Llull and Tavares, to open a gap again (65-56).
A new triple from Campazzo, and with Yabusele running the field, The premises opened a considerable income (70-57). The Argentine point guard took a crowd bath, assisting his teammates, although Baskonia did not let go and resisted with a quarter to go (74-63).
Panathinaikos equalizes the series
He Madrid He opened the quarter with his maximum of 23 points (89-66), enough to seal the match (101-90), and place a 2-0 that puts them one and a half feet in the Final Four in Berlin. Ivanovic’s team, clearly inferior, will try to extend the series back to Vitoria.
Meanwhile, in the other quarterfinal tie, Panathinaikos achieved the first victory against Maccabi (95-79) and tied the series to one victory, with an outstanding performance by Kostas Sloukas, who with 28 points, led the Greek victory, waiting for the third match next week.
Datasheet:
101 – Real Madrid (23+23+28+27): Campazzo (24), Musa (-), Hezonja (7), Yabusele (16), Tavares (10), -starting five-, Poirier (10), Deck (10) Llull (13), Sergio Rodríguez (8), Rudy Fernandez (3).
90 – Baskonia (21+19+23+27): Miller-Mcintyre (13), Costello (10), Sedekerskis (9), Marinkovic (20), Rogkavopoulos (9) -five starters-, Díez (3), Howard (12), Kotsar (3), Chiozza (8 ), Raieste (3) and Theodore (-).
Referees: Fernando Rocha (Portugal), Sasa Pukl (Eslovenia) and Jakub Zamojski (Polonia). Sin eliminados.
Incidences: second game of the Euroleague basketball playoff series played at the WiZink Center before 10,688 spectators. In the preview, Sergio Llull received a commemorative shirt with the number 624 in honor of the number of triples that have made him the leading scorer of three-point baskets in the history of the Euroleague.
2024-04-25 21:23:34
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