A closed game in Belgrade that offered special emotions although both did not hit particularly high offensive performance, with the Red Star “shocking” Real Madrid 65-62 and with a basic weapon his defensive dedication – again – got a significant result in view of battle for the “8th”.
The Red Star with the main weapon the defense throughout the match, the “big” shots in the most critical moments and in the team spirit, sent a loud message in view of the continuation. Dejan Davidovac was amazing with 13 points and when everything seemed to get gloomier, he breathed a sigh of relief. Dejan Radonic’s team is in 13th place and came close to two victories away from eighth place (12-15).
The guests are still in a period of crisis, as lately nothing resembles the state team of the past. The failure from the periphery cost a fortune and if we can single anyone out, only Sergio Yul was saved with 20 points and tried … to commit the absolute overthrow. Real Madrid remains in 2nd place (20-7), although its poor performance does not inspire confidence in the course of regular time.
The match:
The first ten minutes started with both teams being “stuck” and at the same time the defenses having the first say. Real Madrid from the beginning renewed attacks with offensive rebounds and in the last minutes found a rhythm, although the Red Star did not “chew” on the pressure and led 16-15.
At the beginning of the second period, the recipe did not change for the Reds, as they continued to defend exceptionally in circumference and racket, as a result of which they forced the guests to make mistakes or bad choices. From the middle onwards, they both accelerated, aiming from the periphery and easily finding baskets in the painting. Nevertheless, the always energetic Red was one step ahead and closed the first part with 35-28.
The third period remained faithful to the plan of the match. Passion, self-denial, sweat and pressure make up the big picture. Ingredients that forged this year’s Red Star, a match that brought him to his feet and in the middle of the third sent the difference to eight (44-34). Immediately Pablo Lasso called time-out, reorganized his team, the difference fell to the point and with the ten minutes ending 43-42.
In the last period neither of the two contenders went hand in hand. To every question of Real Madrid, the Red Star answered and raised the difference again to seven (47-40) with four minutes left. Without much fuss, the Madrid team scored two consecutive three-pointers with Yul and Abalde taking the match to the point. Sergio Yul with 13 seconds left on the clock sent the score to 63-62 and gave hope to the Madrilenians. The captain of Real took responsibility for the last shot but … alone no one prevailed. The electronic scoreboard sounded 65-62.
Ten minutes: 16-15, 35-28, 43-42, 65-62
See here the statistics of the match:
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