He Real Madrid and Joventut de Badalona put together a colorful spectacle, tailored to the spectators who love the triple (28 scored out of 62 attempts between the two), which It was decided in favor of the locals (95-92), as it could not be otherwise, thanks to a perimeter success from the Argentine Gabriel Deckthe same one who also scored a decisive basket a few days ago to beat Zalgiris in Kaunas in the Euroleague.
The local team faced the match in an anomalous situation having previously lost two games in a row in the Endesa League, something that had not happened in the regular phase of the competition for almost a year. Despite this, it seemed daring to talk about a ‘mini crisis’, something that did fit the situation of a rival who, after six official setbacks in a row, had decided to do without Carles Durán to put Dani Miret in charge.
In his first minutes in charge of the Badalona team, he saw how Real Madrid went to the basket as if they had a VIP pass. That made him put aside the triple until on his first attempt, with almost four minutes played, Mario Hezonja scored to make it 11-5.
They were moments of comfort for the host, only broken by the three of three in triples of a too liberated Yannick Kraag. The Dutchman thus fulfilled the role of shuttle for his teammates, who saw an orchard in the outside launch. As his confidence grew in that regard, his rival became smaller.
In this way, Joventut not only closed the gap, but ended up taking the lead at the start of the second quarter when they accumulated a 6 out of 11 in that aspect. And because Shannon Evans did not have the inspiration of the rest of his classmates and failed the four that she tried up to that point.
The American broke that curse. Pau Ribas premiered. And at half-time the percentage of success from long distance for the ‘Penya’ was 50%, too much against a Real Madrid less tuned than usual after playing a tough battle days ago in one of their longest trips of the season.
The eight points that Chus Mateo’s team took against them at halftime were neutralized in a flash upon the return, with a partial start of 11-1 that put them back in orbit. The team in green survived that impact, clinging once again to the triple safety net and with a scoring cameo from Andrés Feliz, invisible until that moment. That allowed him to stay alive after half an hour, even conceding 10-2 down at the end of the third act due to a boiling Hezonja (68-65, m.30).
The start of the decisive quarter brought with it a “mandarin” typical of Sergio Llull’s best vintage; him falling, leaning and not far from midfield. He continued that feat shortly after with a balsamic 2+1, air for a white team that needed it for the decisive stretch.
From there everything improved. The pride of the Frenchman Vincent Poirier under the rim and two successful three-pointers by his compatriot Guerschon Yabusele and Mario Hezonja placed his team nine up, a pillow apparently soft enough to sustain the victory.
However, Andrew Andrews made sure that wasn’t the case thanks to seven straight points, including two free throws that tied the score at 92 with nine seconds remaining. It was then Real Madrid’s turn to move for the last time and it was once again Gabriel Deck, as he did on Thursday, who gave the checkmate with a triple with a second left.
Datasheet:
95 – Real Madrid (22+15+31+27): Alocén (6), Abalde (4), Hezonja (20), Musa (12), Tavares (14), -starting five-, Sergio Rodríguez (5), Poirier (4), Yabusele (3), Llull (13) , Deck (11), Rudy Fernández (-) and Causeur (3).
92 – Youth (20+25+20+27): Evans (8), Andrews (13), Kraag (13), Ruzic (9), Cook (5) -starting five-, Feliz (10), Busquets (2), Ribas (6), Brodziansky (5), Vives (-), Prey (2) and Tomic (19).
Referees: Óscar Perea, Luis Miguel Castillo and Vicente Martínez. Feliz was eliminated due to fouls (min.39).
Incidences: Matchday 29 of the Endesa League played at the WiZink Center in front of 7,356 spectators.
2024-04-14 19:20:48
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