Sweeping Real Madrid!
The “queen” also won the second “clasico” of the season, after comfortably winning with a score of 86-79 the Barcelona for ACB, showing again how he is the boss in Spain! In this way, she remained “absolute” with 3/3 and beat the “Blaugrana” 2-1.
The match was quite competitive for three periods, however at no point did the guests show they were ready to take the reins of the match, since they never led by more than 1 point! On the contrary, the Madrids always had the lead, which they simply extended in the last minutes, reaching up to +16 (82-66).
Top of the winners was Vincent Poirier. The French center was called upon to fill the void of the absentee Eddie Tavares and he did… and more, after scoring 22 points and collecting 8 rebounds. Up close and Facundo Campacho, who was a real “leader” with 17 points, 5 assists and 2 steals. Janan Moussa scored 13 points and 5 assists. Great performance with 9 points and 8 rebounds for the 16-year-old Ismaila Diane!
On the side of the losers, he stood out with 14 points Dario Brithuelawhile 12 was achieved by Rokas Yokubaitis and 10 o Nikos Laprovitola. Concern for him Alex Abrineswho played just 10 minutes and left with an injury.
The matches
THE Real starring the 16-year-old Ismaila Dian who started as a starter in his absence Eddie Tavares, came on strong, taking an early 12-4 lead. Barcelona gradually found some rhythm, as a result of which they quickly reduced to 14-13 in the first period, having as the protagonist Jabari Parker.
The “blaugrana” counterattack continued in the second period, when with a new face, Dario Brithuela they took the lead for the first time with a score of 20-21. The Madrid people with Campacho they regained the lead, with the match going point-to-point and the two teams alternating the lead, before the home team got back to +4 at half-time thanks to Poirier and Moussa (37-33).
Real came stronger in the second half as well, when they got away with +7 thanks to Musa and Rudi (42-35). THE Poirier was unstoppable on the racket and signed the first double-digit lead of the match (46-36), with the Catalans trying to reduce with Brithuela and Parker but not being able to get close (56-47). The third period ended with a score of 59-50.
With pioneers Laprovitola and Yokubaitis, the guests reacted in the last period and reduced to 64-58, before Campacho and Poirier restore +12 (70-58). In the following minutes, the “queen” completely dominated the field and shot the difference to +16 (82-66), effectively ending the match and getting the great result, despite her late effort Barcelona to return.
The quarters: 14-13, 37-33, 59-50, 86-79
Source: Sport Fm
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