The first basketball Clasico of the season ended up in her hands Real Madrid!
The European champion was the one who, thanks to an excellent last 15 minutes, got there more easily than the final shows 90-80 over Barcelona at the “Palacio de Deportes” in Murcia, thus getting the ticket for him Spanish Super Cup final!
Leading the way for Chus Mateo’s team, which will face the winner of the Murcia-Unicaja Malaga match in the grand final, was Dzanan Moussa with 24 points. He was closely followed by Facundo Campacho, who in his first official game in his return to Real, recorded 17 points and 5 assists, while Eddie Tavares, for his part, finished the match with a double-double (13p., 11p. ).
For Barcelona, ​​his official debut Roger Grimmow on the team’s bench was not combined with a positive result, with the Spanish coach seeing the night of his career Laprovitola (27p.) to go round.
The match:
The start of the match was quite good with both teams shooting at high rates, giving scores and spectacle to the match. THE Barcelona entered the match stronger (8-4), but with Gabriel Dek in front, the Real Madrid came off aggressively for the pass (8-12 in 6′). Somewhere there, he took action Laprovitolawho with a stunning crescendo of twelve consecutive points, took the “Blaugrana” out of their hands for their favor 25-22 of the quarter!
With a three-pointer by Joel Parra in the 13th minute, the Catalans increased the difference for the first time at +7 (32-25). However, the reaction of the “merenches” did not take long to come, with the Argentines, Campacho and Deck, once again turning the match upside down (32-34). With Eddie Tavares coming into the match equation, Real maintained their lead, going into the dressing room with in favor of 42-40.
The second half started with Laprovitola’s fourth three-pointer of the match and Vesely’s first two-pointer for Barcelona’s 45-44 at 21′. This turned out to be the last lead of the “Blaugrana” in the match, since then, Real put their foot on the gas and got away with the score. Big protagonists for Chus Mateo’s team in this “breakout” of the third period were Muse and Campachowith the former scoring 11 points and the latter 10 of their team’s total of 25 (!) in this period, for 67-59 of the quarter!
With the psychology at the height, Real continued in the fourth period to easily find the way to the opponent’s basket, with Barcelona for their part unable to keep up. Somehow, the difference came up to and +17 for 66-83 in the 37th minute, with the Madrid team easily reaching the pink match sheet with the final 90-80!
The ten minutes: 25-22, 40-42, 59-67, 80-90.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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