Real Madrid easily makes it 1-0 against an unfortunate ‘Granca’
The Madrid team wins 105-70 after ending any hint of rival resistance in a devastating third quarter
MADRID, 15 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
This Wednesday, Real Madrid added the first point of its ‘Playoff’ of the Endesa League 2023-2024 after winning with great authority by 105-70 at the WiZink Center against Dreamland Gran Canaria, a rival without much success and that could not stop the barrage madridista in the third quarter that ended any chance of surprise.
The European champion once again showed that he raises his level when key moments arrive. Just over a week before facing the defense of their title in Berlin, Chus Mateo’s team gave a good version in search of ending this first round as soon as possible, the second chapter of which will be on Friday at the Gran Canaria Arena, where this year fell clearly (100-77).
A better version of ‘Granca’ is expected there, which showed that he was not at his best after suffering three consecutive defeats. Jaka Lakovic’s team was almost always in tow and held out until the break, but in the third quarter they were overwhelmed by the hosts and preferred to let themselves go to save all the energy possible for the duel in front of their home crowd. Dzanan Musa was the best Madrid player with 26 points.
Lakovic was clear about the game plan, aware of his inferiority inside, and trusted almost everything to the outside shot. He shot up to 18 triples in the first half, not with much success (6 hits), while in defense, when Tavares was on the court, he struggled to try to stop him, with two of his interior players like Pelos and Happ very soon being charged with fouls, both with three at halftime.
The Frenchman was one of those who assumed offensive responsibility at the beginning and his seven points held the visitors back. On the local side, Musa responded, especially with his elegant penetrations, and his 14 points were key for the Madrid team to command the scoreboard. However, ‘Granca”s best streak in the triple, with four in a row, allowed him to command, briefly because another from ‘Chacho’ Rodríguez gave it back to Real Madrid at the first quarter buzzer.
The Gran Canaria team tried to hold on and multiply in defense to prevent its rival from taking off, but could not avoid one of its unstoppable moments, led by Llull, who with eight points almost in a row, threatened to break the match for the first time (39 -29).
REAL MADRID ACCELERATES AFTER THE REST
Lakovic called his team to order to stop the injury and his team responded from the beginning to regain ground with a 0-5 partial (39-34), but once again suffered from a lack of aim from outside and the return to the court of Tavares made things difficult for him again when he arrived at halftime (46-38).
But after passing through the locker room, the European champion ended the contest with one of his devastating versions on both sides of the ring. The 31-15 partial ended up breaking the shock and resistance of Dreamland Gran Canaria, very unsuccessful from the triple (1/8) despite shooting in good positions.
Real Madrid broke loose, they were able to run for the first time, with Campazzo, who received his ‘MVP’ award of the season before the match and who had had a gray first half (3 losses and 1 point), better in direction and with Hezonja (8 points), Musa (7) and Yabusele (7) as executors in attack. The ‘Granca’ avoided pressing more than necessary and Poirier took advantage of this to prevent him from putting any makeup on the electronics.
DATASHEET.
–RESULT: REAL MADRID, 105 – DREAMLAND GRAN CANARIA, 70 (46-38, at half-time).
–EQUIPMENT.
REAL MADRID: Campazzo (5), Abalde (5), Musa (26), Yabusele (10) and Tavares (7) — starting quintet –; Poirier (16), Hezonja (10), Llull (13), Rudy Fernandez (-), Sergio Rodriguez (3), Causeur (4) and Ndiaye (6).
DREAMLAND GRAN CANARIA: Albicy (-), Kljacic (-), Brussino (3), Pelos (9) and Shurna (12) –starting quintet–; Happ (10), Slaughter (5), Salvó (9), Lammers (8), Bassas (6), Prkacin (4) and Landesberg (4).
–PARTIALS: 27-25, 19-13, 31-15 and 28-17.
–REFEREES: Calatrava, Cortés and Sánchez Sixto. No eliminated.
–PAVILLION: WiZink Center.
2024-05-15 20:26:57
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