Barcelona saved their teeth from…Sergio Yul!
In one mythical matsara with many score changes, terrible defenses and big baskets, it was the Blaugrana who celebrated the victory with 86-85 over Real Madrid in the “Palau Blaugrana”, thus doing so 2-0 in the series of the finals of the Spanish league!
Real’s hero in the Euroleague final, Sergio Yulealmost gave the break to the Madrid players, realizing a dream 4th quarter with 12 points out of his team’s total of 20 pointshowever, the shot he took at the end of the match missed the target.
Leading the way for the winners was… fugitive, Nikola Miroticwith the Spanish forward finishing the match with 25 points, while valuable solutions – especially in the first half – were also provided by Jan Vesely with 18 points. For Real, the first scorer was the former “green”, Mario Hezonia with 18 points, with Yule and Tavares to add 13 and 11 points respectively.
Now, Barcelona is far away just one win away from winning the championshipwith the series moving to Madrid, where Game 3 of the series will be played on the night of Tuesday (20/06, 22:00).
The match:
The start of the “clasico” was quite balanced, with the Real Madrid to “hit” on the “drawing board” in the first minutes, taking the lead with 6-4 in the 3′. THE Barcelona in turn, she took advantage of the accumulated fouls of Yabuselli and Tavares who went to the bench, and with two consecutive three-pointers by Laprovitola, but also with baskets by Mirotic and Vesely escaped with 14-9 at 7′.
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Poirier and Hezonia they “unstuck” the Madrid players aggressively in the last three minutes of the period, as a result of which Real Madrid reduced and closed the quarter at the minimum value of the difference (20-19).
Both continued to be associated with the Catalan basket and at the beginning of the second period, period in which Real played very good defense, retaking the lead for +5 and 32-27 at 15′.
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A quick burst of hosts with six unanswered points, he once again changed the lead in the match (33-32), with Real “responding” to the… caps to overtake (36-38 at 18′). Somewhere there, Jan Vesely took the situation into his own hands and with seven consecutive points in the final minute, sent Barcelona to the locker room in front of score with 45-41.
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With the foot pressed on… the gas, the “Blaugrana” came out in the second halfby Nikola Mirotic to break all the lengths and backs of the parquet and with seven personal points to send Barcelona at +8 (54-46)while shortly after, Jokubajtic’s three-pointer increased the difference to its maximum value for +9 and 57-48 at 25′!
THE reaction of Real Madrid it was not long in coming, with Tavares, Rodriguez and Cozer responsible for a 10-2 streak of the guests, thus reducing to a point (59-58) at 27′. Mirotic and Kalinic provided solutions to Barcelona’s attack by scoring difficult baskets, with the Catalans closing the quarter at +3 and 68-65
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The thriller continued in the fourth and final period, where Real came in determined for the upset. With Sergio Yul in the… twilight zone, Madrid ran a impressive 13-1 streakdoing +6 and 78-72 in the 37th minute, while leaving Barcelona without a point for five whole minutes!
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In fact, an improbable three-pointer by Yule at 79” before the end, he sent at +4 (79-83) Real, showing that it has the upper hand in the match. Sanli and Mirotic responded with a 5-0 run to overtake (84-83), with Yule giving Real the lead again from the penalty spot 16 seconds from time. Row in the line of… charity was taken by Laprovitola who shaped the final score, with Yule missing a great opportunity in stoppage time to give his team the win.
The quarters: 20-19, 45-41, 68-65, 86-85.
Source: Sport Fm
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