Real Madrid stopped a good Joventut and was on the pulse for second place

not even 25 points Ante TomicHe stands out once again, despite the whistles of his team’s fans a long time ago and the constant reaction of Joventut (26-28), who prevailed in rebounds. , the two leaders are behind Barça.

The madridista enthusiasm of going to the Final Four in the Euroleague was outstanding from the very beginning. The whites are serious on defense, refusing to let the green-blacks approach their hoop, and good shots (with 3 3-pointers) put the score 20-11 against Joventut in the middle of the first quarter.

Carles Durán stopped him to put Pau Ribas and the Endesa League’s new top young player, Joel Parra, into the game. They responded with two instant threes, but his thrust soon ended and the quarter-end was white (29-23).

The black-green resistance had a name and a surname: Paul Ribas. unattainable to discourage, He has already added 11 points to keep his team up (31-25, min. 12). But it was in vain, because Madrid continued to defend strongly and made every position profitable. Assisting Sergio Llull, Vincent Poirier hit the basket with both hands and the win went up to 13 points (40-27, 14 minutes).

However ‘Penya’ is not fighting for second place in the league by chance. At the minimum where White’s effectiveness fell, they were stretched by Andrés Feliz’s steals and Ante Tomic’s quality, leveling the duel one minute before the timeout (42-42, partial 0-10). Guerschon Yabusele and Parra had a timeout with one dunk each and two dunks (47-46).

Returning from the locker room, Joventut seemed willing to take the initiative. a blessed Man crashed into Hangabacking them up with three correct three-pointers in four minutes (62-53, min. 24) was the cornerstone of the final result.

Although Parra, a force of nature, reappeared, she found a hurricane named Walter Tavares hanging over Hanga’s pass and piercing the basket in Simon Birgander’s nose. Again, Whistling as usual, Tomic decided that ‘Penya’ was still alive. for the last quarter (76-69).

With 6 minutes remaining alive, the black-green team equalized the duel with a robbery completed by Ribas’ Feliz (83-83). Laso rescued the sniper Hanga and shot the first one. The second time he faked a corner and surrendered for Yabusele to finish. An ‘alley-oop’ from Poirier and a bomb from Llull completed the 10-0 streak and put an end to Badalona’s resistance (93-83, 36 min).

Already Pablo Laso’s men did not miss the meeting, who knows how to resist the tenth attempt against the backlash of the visitors while continuing his defense. A smash round by Nigel Williams-Goss and a slam dunk by Poirier wrapped up a happy afternoon for the WiZink Center crowd.