With a “fire” attack and pressing the… accelerator in the second part, the Real Madrid “clean up” 101-90 her Baskoniafor 2-0 in the series and is now one win away from the Final Four of the Euroleague.
Six players of the “queen” had double-digit number of points, with Facundo Campacho leading with 24 points and 7 assists, while another 16p. added the Gerson Giabuseli.
From the Basques, who played again without him Chima Monekestood out Vanja Marinkovic with 20 points. THE Nikos Rogavopoulos had 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, in 13:55”.
The series is now being transferred in Vitoria on Holy Wednesday (1/5, 21:30)with Baskonia playing for their… lives and Real to check the ticket to Berlin.
The match
Baskonia had a better start, as it had the lead (9-11) in the first four minutes. Then, Real took control with Campacho leading the way and with a 9-0 run, went to +7 (18-11), at 7′. The response of the Basques was a series of three-pointers to overtake (18-19), with Yule putting the “queen” back in front (23-21), at the end of the first period.
With forwards Yule and Poirier, Real started a fury in the second quarter, sending the difference to +10 (37-27), at 14′. Baskonia responded and with Chioza and Marinkovic came close to the basket (39-37), at 16′. However, the “queen” regained control and with Campacho went to the locker room with +6 (46-40).
A strong start to the second half for Real as well, with Campazzo and Iabuselli sending them to +9 (56-47), with Sendekerskis and Howard reducing (58-54), at 25′. Afterwards, the Campacho-Tavares duo had a “party”, as a result of which the home team escaped to +14 (74-60), with Kochar’s basket and foul making it 74-63 in the third period.
The home team started the fourth quarter with an 11-0 run, increasing the difference to +22 (85-63) in the first three minutes. So, from that point on, the match took on a procedural character, with Real winning the final 101-90.
The quarters: 23-21, 46-40, 74-63, 101-90
See here the match statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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