In just three days, the Madrid Not only has it won the two most important matches in each of the competitions it is competing in, but it has done so comfortably, far surpassing its rivals and with a solid and firm game that leaves behind weeks of uncertainty and doubts. On Friday he won Barça in Euroleague and this Sunday he defeated Valencia in Endesa League, 94-79. In both games, the Madrid showed an image much closer to what you surely want to achieve Scariolo. A clear message to sailors.
The triumph against the Taronja, which cements the leadership of the whites in the Endesa League (they will be first in the draw Copa), occurred in two very different games. one lasted 15 minutesthe first of the crash, in which the Valencia It was a cyclone, scoring triples (7/11), running and faithful to the game system that has led him to be leader of the Endesa League and the Euroleague at some point during the season. swept away Madrid with a 9-24 in the first quarter and reached its peak (+17) midway through the second. He then collapsed in front of the white defense and disappeared from the game.
Usman Garuba tries to surpass Matt Costello.
Los blancos They reacted in time five minutes left in the second quarter. They hit bottom with the basket Matt Costello, 20-37and the leadership was in danger. But from there, at rest, a 23-6 for Madrid left the marker on 43-43. And the fault of that was Usman Garubatremendous defensive intensity that infected his teammates, and Sergio Llullauthor of three triples and 11 points that they threw at their companions. In defensive matters, the attitude of Kramerwith the selector Mumble as a witness and commentator for DAZN. and even Lyles He had defensive actions of some merit.
After the break, the Valencia He continued in the locker room for a long time, while the Madrid He came out determined to sentence. And he almost did. A partial of 33-17 for the whites he left the game in a 76-60 which heralded a local victory. In that third quarter, sensational Madrid following the same script as the second, Mario Hezonja emerged with 15 points. He had 3 at halftime and finished the game with 23. His performance was sublime in the second half. The whites had gone from scoring 9 points in the first quarter to add 34 y 33 in the next two. The night and the day.
Mario Hezonja against Jaime Pradilla.
Hezonja was the best of Madridbut they stood out a lot Kramerin attack (14 points) and in defense, Llullwhich ended with 14, Deckwho contributed 11 and also did a great job at the back, and Garubaonly 6 points, but a new demonstration of its enormous value as the first school of Tavares.
He Valencia He failed in defense and, in part, because of that, he did not mount the attack with which he usually surpasses his rivals. I was wearing 40 points midway through the second quarter and scored 39 in the next 25 minutes. Only Darius Thompson (19) y Jean Montero (15) were up to the crash. The rest crashed into the wall that the Madrid built from the second quarter. The white week has much, much merit.
Technical sheet
94. Real Madrid (9+34+33+18): Campazzo (4), Krämer (14), Abalde (2), Hezonja (23) and Tavares (4) -starting five-, Maledon (7), Feliz (-), Llull (14), Deck (11), Lyles (9), Garuba (6) and Len (-).
79. Valencia Basket (24+19+17+19): Montero (15), Moore (7), Taylor (4), Pradilla (8), Reuvers (6) -five starters-, Thompson (19), Badio (6), Puerto (2), López-Arostegui (3), Key (2), Costello (6) and Sima (1).
Referees: Fernando Calatrava, Arnau Padrós and Igor Esteve. They pointed out technical lack to Pradilla (min.20), from Valencia Basket. Without eliminated.
