Madrid painfully classified King’s Cup semi-finals After beating Valencia Basket by a single point (86-85) in a coin toss final where ‘taronja’ had the winning ball but didn’t take advantage of it.

Madrid soon took the reins of the game. Better position on the pitch than Valencia Basket gets first leases Racks and Deck within the region (16-9).

Realizing that his men were starting the game too nervous, Mumbrú had to stop the game. Whites reached a maximum of 9 (18-9) with a Tavares controlling the scrimmage ring. Valencia tried to stay in the game. clear white domain after the first 10 minutes (21-13).

Changes in Madrid

Mateo brought changes and the team was unscathed. With Llull, Hanga and Hezonja, the white edition continued to be high and the margin soon rose to 16 points, a first-half high (31-15). The Whites scored very comfortably despite the appearance. Jasiel Rivero to the rescue of ‘taronja’.

Two consecutive actions of the Cuban reduced the rent to just 8 (31-23). The white coach had to call his men into the division, and the reaction was instant. Hezonja’s two moves, which were quite active in the second quarter, brought the score 13 to white (39-26).

Valencia did not give up and with a partial 0-6 in the final moments Trio ‘extreme’ from Prepelic, In the first half, he left the revenue for Madrid at seven (41-34) and the match was still open for the second half.

Influential ‘taronja’ region

Mumbrú started a region after the break and his bet paid off. Madrid had more doubts offensively and Tarojna’s response brought them five points (45-40). Madrid reacted (51-42) but it was already another Valencia.

With Jones’ direction, Those in Mumbrú cast doubt on the whites (60-58), who saw Valencia approach only two points. At the end of the third quarter Madrid was still alive (63-58), but the duel was more open than ever.

And Madrid miraculously survived. The Whites were stuck in the final quarter, giving Valencia the option to take the game. The Jones-Harper duo did a lot of damage to Madrid, where Mumbrú’s team took the lead (79-81) but failed to consolidate that advantage.

In the final act of the match, Jones shot twice for the win, but the ball didn’t go in and Madrid advanced to the semi-finals. painfully (86-85).

Data sheet

86- Real Madrid (21+20+22+23): Williams-Goss (4), Moses (9), Deck (19), Yabusele (10), Tavares (11)- top five-Hanga (9), Hezonja (16), Rodríguez (2), Poirier (0), Cornelie (3), Llull (3)

85- Valencia Basket (13+21+24+27): Radebaugh (4), Jones (20), Claver (4), Puerto (0), Dubljevic (9)-starter-, Harper (16), Prepelic (5), Pradilla (5), López-Arostegui (3) , Evans (3), Alexander (8), Rivero (8)

referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Oscar Perea and Oscar García. not deleted

events: The first quarter-final match of the King’s Cup in front of 9,218 spectators at the Badalona Olympic Stadium.