On June 24, 1978, the Real Madrid He achieved his third Copa Intercontinental of basketball. This edition was played in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and the Madrid players competed together with the Brazilian Syrian, the Pallacanestro Varese Italiano, the University of Rhode Island American and the Argentine health works. Our team and the host won their first three games, so the champion decided on the last day with a clash between them.
Coughranwith 26 points, Brabender (25) y Szczerbiak (24) They were the most prominent Madrid players in the victory against health works, but it was a basket of Prada In the absence of two seconds that put the score in the definitive 103-104. This triumph gave more brightness to a year 1978 in which the European Cup a few months before. In addition, it was the third consecutive edition of the Copa Intercontinental that he won Real Madrid.
