Break it up Monaco and continues to climb the leaderboard h Real Madrid!
Carrying out their top performance of the year, Chus Mateo’s team crashed with the impressive 94-72 the total of Vassilis Spanoulis at the “WiZink Center” for the 17th matchday of the Euroleague, and while at the beginning of the fourth period he was leading by as many as 32 points!
The leading scorer for the winners, who climbed to 12th place with an 8-9 record, was Moussa with 22 points, with Hezonia (13pts), Campacho (12pts) and Dec (12pts) following in performance. For the visitors who fell from the top (11-6), only O James with 19 points and 8 assists.
The match:
The pace was excellent in the first quarter, with both teams’ attacks dominating the WiZink Center floor. With a storm of tripons and frontmen of Musa and Hezonia, the Real Madrid led 20-14 and a short while later 29-18 before Strazel’s 3-pointer and Lloyd’s layup 29-22 in the first period.
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The Spaniards continued to fly…fires on offense, at the same time as their defense started and turned up the gears, blocking their attacking assets Monaco. It is characteristic that with a 10-0 streak in the first five minutes second quarterthe “merenches” shot the difference at +17 and 39-22, with his team Vasilis Spanoulis to react temporarily and with Brown and Motieyounas to reduce to 44-34 at 17′. But somewhere there, the three-pointers of Ambalde and Dek, as well as Ibaka’s basket, sent Real to the locker room with a score of 53-35!
.@facucampazzo in that mood in the #RivalrySeries clash ?? #MotorolaMagicMoment I @Moto pic.twitter.com/FaRBiTynZe
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The short half-time break did not change much in the image of the match, since his team Chus Mateo continued at acquired speed. Playing aggressive defense, holding the Monegasques to just 12 points, the hosts threw a party on offense and with 24 points of their own, closed out the third quarter with deafening +30 for 77-47!
Somehow, and while everyone expected a derby to be decided at the end, Real Madrid turned the match into a walkover, with the fourth and final period becoming procedural. Even there, however, the Madrid team did not give up, keeping the difference at a high value, finally reaching the pink match sheet with final 94-72!
The quarters: 29-22, 53-35, 77-47, 94-72.
See here the statistics of the match.
Source: Sport Fm
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