this Real Madrid took the second place in the Endesa League with a resounding win (55-73). Showing almost no resistance in the first five minutes and worsening its last-place position with its eighth loss in nine games, Betis Basketball had great success on the drifting court this Sunday.
The Madrids were indecisive in an unfortunate start, losing four balls in two minutes and conceding a 5-0 first series, but quickly reversed the situation with two consecutive baskets and an additional shot (7-12, m.5). By Edy Tavares and Gabi Deck. The Argentine player, together with the Canarian playmaker Sergio Rodríguez, was the game’s top scorer with 10 points each.
At the end of a spectacular first half, The guest team dominated the electronic game thanks to the superiority of their internal players in the table (16-23), Tavares and Poirier, a Betis deprived of their two starting center injuries, could not resist.
Fabien Causeur’s shot at the start of the second quarter shot the lead (18-33, min. 14) andDespite the instant Betic response led by Shannon Evans, the score was impressive (26-39) at halftime, with Tavares’ 9 points in favor of a team from the prominent capital at this point.
The attacks of both teams faltered when they returned from the locker room.BJ Johnson scored more than half of Betic’s points with two three-pointers in the third quarter against Real, who was entrusted with Cornelie’s success and was comfortable in mutual basket dynamics.
At the beginning of the last quarter, the two-pointer match between Chacho Rodríguez and Hezonja definitively decided the fate (39-59, min. 32)That Betis was barely able to make up for their tough defeat with some valuable baskets from Bertans and Zvetkovic .
Data sheet:
55 – Real Betis Basketball (16+10+11+18): Evans (9), Bertans (8), BJ Johnson (8), Kurucs (2), Sylla (4) -top five-, Báez (2), Tsalmpouris (5), Cvetkovic (9), Almazán (-), Pools (-) and Peak (8).
73 – Real Madrid (23+16+14+20): Williams-Goss (4), Moses (7), Deck (10), Cornelie (7), Tavares (9) -first quintet-, Causeur (5), Poirier (8), Ndiaye (2), Abalde (2) , Chacho Rodriguez (10) and Hezonja (9).
referees: Fernando Calatrava, Rubén Sánchez Mohedas and Vicente Martínez. Not deleted.
events: The match of the ninth day of the Endesa League was played at Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo in front of 4,364 spectators.