With an impressive display throughout the match, Real defeated the powerful Virtus Bologna 100-74 in Madrid for the seventh matchday of the Euroleague and maintained the absolute and +2 at the top of the standings, forcing the Italians to their second defeat of the season organization.
The “merenches” struggled only in the first quarter, but then they reached +17 in the second quarter and over +20 in the second half and comfortably prevailed.
Campacho contributed to this with 18 points and 11 assists, Tavares with 17 points, Yabusele with 16 points and Deck with 11 points. For the Italians, Belinelli stood out with 15 and Sengelia with 12 points.
The match
Virtus led 7-2 with many solutions in the attack, but Real responded with a 5-0 run for 7-7. The Italians continued to find many solutions for 9-15, but Tavares began to dominate the Italian basket and helped in a 7-0 run of the “queen” for 16-15. Campacho started to organize and score at the same time and helped in a new 5-0 run for 21-17 with the difference going up and down to +1 to +3 for the “merenches”. With a 5-0 run, Virtus ended the first quarter at 26-27.
Hackett made it 26-29 at the start of the third period, but Real with a 10-0 run with solutions from all positions and with all their players “taking forward” in the attack reached 36-29. Campacho and Tavares starred in an 8-0 run by the Merengues for a 44-31 lead, and another 7-0 run with the Regionals made it 51-33, with the halftime lead at 53-37. The “merenches” had 16/19 two-pointers and 21 rebounds and Virtus had 13/20 two-pointers and 18 rebounds.
Moussa’s three-pointer made it 56-37 at the start of the third period, and Dek’s “rounded” the difference to +20 for the European champion. The Argentinian international brought +23 for the biggest difference for the Spanish champions and the “storm” of three-pointers by the “merenches” and those of the Italians at regular intervals made it 68-51 at the end of the third quarter.
A 4-0 at the beginning of the fourth period brought the score to 68-55 and the streak of the “black and white” of Bologna reached 9-0. Dunston reduced 70-58, but Yabusele’s three-pointer made it 75-60 and the new “storm” of three-pointers maintained +13 to +15 for the “merenches” with many protagonists on both sides. Poirier starred in a 9-0 Madrid rout for the home team’s +22. Kozer’s three-pointer made it 90-65 and essentially ended the match. Hezonia’s three-pointer made it 96-70 and Yabusele made the final 100-74.
The quarters: 26-27, 53-37, 68-51, 100-74
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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