Real Madrid survives Belgrade trap

The color of the night turned black at Stark Arena in Belgrade. As the players of the Serbian club were being unveiled, the landscape was a constellation of moving lights backed by magnificent flames of fire. It was an invitation to war by local supporters.. Psychology always tries to impress before the meeting starts. When Partizan’s opponents look into the stands, they will only see a black T-shirt and a pile of scarves. they said it rolling stones inside that paint black. However, Obradovic sets the pace in Belgrade.

‘Basketball unites people’

I’m trying to open the page The fight in the second match in Madrid Last week, both teams hung a banner with the slogan Basketball unites people (Basketball unites people) before the game and was greeted with a loud whistle by local fans. Despite everything, there was neither a discussion in the stands nor any unsportsmanlike behavior to be regretted.

The epic of Real Madrid was invited to the party. Only victory served to keep him alive in this Euroleague and continuing to yearn for what no club has so far achieved since the implementation of the current competition format: beat 0-2. The Whites still look to the Final Four on the horizon. But it is still a distant horizon. This Thursday, the Belgraders have already saved Lessort, a trench under the rim, but will continue without Kevin Punter with one game left on his sentence.

9-0 behind in 2 minutes

The game began with a bad omen for White: Moses’ offensive foul on the first move of the game. Then two separate fouls by Cornelie and Llull before the first minute was up. Also two missing. First partial with red light. 9-0 in the first two minutes of the game. Madrid was shipwrecked in an atmosphere of nervousness, tension and inaccuracy that was the tone of the first two games of the series.

Madrid entered a bonus with 7:53 left in the first quarter. His options were fading fast. Williams-Goss scored the first two points for the Whites from the free throw line. Emergency ‘four’, Cornelie continued the second before the end of the 3rd minute of the game with a real total and misfortune. Basket from William Goss and three-pointer from Moses wake up Madrid out of drowsiness, but it was a temporary illusion.

The Spanish team continued to badly defend the Serbs’ outside shots. Then came deja vu trios from an amazing Smailagic (15 issues last night). Partizán scored 75% on both double and triple shots.. The balance of the first quarter was devastating: 32-19. Another clear day on the white defense.

boy change the rhythm

The second quarter changed the protagonists and turned the plot upside down. Sergio Rodríguez displayed more speed and dynamism in the white team’s offense, but mistakes and concessions continued from behind. Two 3-pointers from Rudy and contributions from Tavares entered Madrid 10 (41-31 min. 14).. He was exactly Real Madrid’s Cape Verde center pivot from putting the team into an uphill spin. The white giant made the score 41-37 with a score of 2+1 (min. 16).

What changed on Partizán’s side was that the players began to show fatigue and it was more difficult for them to see the rim. Israeli Madar (12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists), who replaced Punter, committed his third foul with an unsportsmanlike foul on Musa. Shouting in the group, Obradovic’s face turned red. As the minutes progressed, he saw how his team’s percentages dropped and how Tavares became the owner and master of the Serbian ring (16 points and 7 rebounds before the break).

Hezonja makes a comeback

Madrid also trusted Musa and left the third quarter behind 48-45, narrowing the lead to three points. Chus Mateo’s had closed the wound. Far from the fatalism promised by the disastrous start of the white team, a new game was played.

The third quarter started with Williams-Goss scoring Madrid’s first six points. Three from Hezonja put Madrid ahead (53-54). Obradovic had ordered Tavares an extra effort, and his students put it into action to cancel the white’s main offensive presence. Hezonja and William-Goss have now monopolized the lead role by the whites, one formidable on the defensive rebound and the other on the offensive. A massive dunk from Tavares contrasted with Musa’s erratic long-distance attempts. He could not find the Bosnian style. In the last ten minutes, both teams faced 63-66 on the scoreboard.

The game entered the final turn with maximum equality and a successive storm of wrong decisions for both teams. Fatigue took its toll. The intensity of the match played on the field with an Obradovic team is at its maximum. The triple attempts of an unknown Moses closely matched the attempt to ‘do not touch the circle’.. one after another.

And white’s victory in the final innings was more painful than epic and finished with much to improve for the next share. Partizán had the last ball to take the game after a mind-blowing loss for the Whites. But there was no Punter. Whites will have a new opportunity this Thursday (20:30). To stare at the black of the Stark Arena stands and prevent your future from being painted that color.