Thanks to an 11-0 run in the third period, Real eventually easily defeated Alba Berlin 98-84 at the “Vizink Center” for the 11th matchday of the Euroleague and with 5-6 wins rose to tenth place in the standings, leaving the “albatross” at 2-9.
The German champions made it difficult in the first half, with the impressive 55-55 to round out the efforts of both teams, but Madrid’s 11-0 run in the third period brought +15, and then the players of Chus Mateo set the stage for the final +14.
In this they pioneered Ratan-Mays with 16, Ibaka with 15, Musa with 13, Campacho with 12 and Hezonia with 11 points. For the Germans, Prosida stood out with 18 and Matisek with 11 points.
The match
The two teams had found the solutions from the perimeter and racket, with the “merenches” maintaining a +1 to +3 at the start of the match. Ratan-Mays started to lead the merenches aggressively afterwards, however, a 7-0 run by the albatross brought +5 for the German champions. A an amazing 10-0 a series of the players of Chus Mateo with all the offensive “weapons” of the Spaniards “taking the lead” brought +6 for the Madrilenians, but Matisek’s two three-pointers brought the score to 23-22 at the end of the first quarter.
Wetzel took the lead on a 6-0 Alba run for the Germans +6 and Rapiekiu’s three-pointer made it +7 for Israel Gondaleth’s team at the start of the second period. The German’s perimeter shots made it +11 for Alba, but Ambalde’s two in a row helped fuel a 9-0 run for Real’s -2. Campacho cut to -1 and Ibaka’s 4-0 run made it 42-41 for Madrid, with the lead alternates in the next period. Samar’s 3-pointer made it +2 for Alba, but a 4-0 run by Real made it 53-51, a 4-0 run by the Berliners made it 53-55 and Deck’s breather made it 55-55 at the end of the half. .
Real had 12/17 two-pointers, 6/13 three-pointers and 13 rebounds. Alba had 9/16 three-pointers, 4/6 shots and 14 rebounds.
Ratan-Mays’ three-pointers at the beginning of the third period brought +4 for the “merenches”. That was it trigger for the Madrid players, after they went on an 11-0 streak with their regionals and led by +15, taking the rebounds and leaving in surprises. Alba’s 5-0 run was cut to -10 and Ibaka made it 79-68 at the quarter.
Musa brought +17 for Real at the start of the fourth period and the Bosnian forward’s three-pointer +18 for the “merenches”. A 5-0 run by Alba cut it to -13, and then the Germans fell to 92-81. Moussa and Tavares brought +15 and everyone expected the final result, which was 98-84.
The quarters: n23-22, 55-55, 79-68, 98-84
The statistics
Source: Sport Fm
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