Real Betis did not know how to capitalize on the advantage. relaxation a real Madrid lack of energy He finished after his victory in the Euroleague and touching permanence with his fingertips. lose mercilessly (79-77) a game won by seven points with two minutes to go Nigel Williams-Goss Condemning LEB Oro by nine points in a row and incidentally Covirán saved Granada ‘in the extreme’.
The Sevillians were confident to continue another season in the Endesa League, even though Granada’s victory over Joventut forced them not to fail at WiZink Center. They held the win thanks to their two best men, Jean Montero (19 points) and Tyson Pérez (17 and 13 rebounds).but they failed at the most inopportune moment.
The players coached by Luis Casimiro, who won 70-77, were stuck in the last two critical minutes without scoring and saw Williams-Goss doom them once again to relegation after four years with the elite team. A field goal from the American with six seconds left confirmed their relegation.
In the rhythm of the trios, Real Madrid started with victories. Guerschon Yabusele and Alberto Abalde, who gave him the first advantages afternoon. Another day, Walter Tavares once again dominated the paint, and the Verdiblancas’ first defeats took advantage of the locals (10-2, min. 3.30) to step up their game and start opening a gap on the scoreboard.
It was difficult for Betis to see the rim until Latvian center Anzecs Pasecknis, who started to produce under the white circle and acted like he was disgusted, stepped onto the field. He managed his team’s attack with eight points without missing in five minutes. Match ran smoothly Until Dzanan Musa’s two consecutive 2+1 action differences reopen and animate the stands of WiZink Center.
With a 24-19 win, the first quarter ended with more errors than wins in both. on rebootBetis was approaching the champion with nothing out of this world. Two minutes after the first half, the continent took advantage of his opponent’s slack until they reached a draw at 34, where their coach distributed the minutes among their men and set some of their figures for the playoffs.
On the verge of the end of the first half, Pasecknis put a Sevilla team ahead for the first time, and despite small offensive contributions from the two main stilettos Tyson Pérez and Montero – with 6 and 3 points respectively – so far – he remained alert and went to the locker room with optimism and went into the locker room for about ten points. minutes of mutual errors and very low shooting percentages, which was especially alarming from the perimeter, they tied on the scoreboard (38-38).
Tavares only played for five minutes. He was back on the ground at the start again to continue dominating around the ring.Yabusele, who found the first two baskets of the 3rd quarter, gave the control of the game back to white. Then came the time of the hitherto missing Jean Montero, who associated 2+1 with the trio and started doing his job.
Draws followed one another at the WiZink Center, where Real Madrid continued to fail despite taking advantage of their rebounds to have second options. For the visitors, Tyson Pérez also made a dashing attack, contributing three three-pointers and 2+1 in a row, making up for Tavares’ paint abuse and giving Verdiblancos optimism (50-55, min. 28).
Luis Casimiro’s men entered the final 10 minutes with a hopeful 57-61 score. they saw their redemption closer after dominating the previous two quarters. Mutual blows kept the Sevillas ahead, but their meager advantage did not guarantee victory because Real Madrid were still in the game and were not going to let them win so easily (66-67, min 35).
Montero continued to control the rhythm of the game, and Cvetkovic’s trio returned Betis’ five points, forcing Chus Mateo to stop the game when Chus Mateo saw his team were still carbureted three minutes after the end of the game. But when the Sevillas saw themselves at number seven Just two minutes into the game, Williams-Goss’ figure appeared to confirm his death.
Betis had the ball to equalize or win the game in six seconds, but they were already doomed to relegation to accompany Carplús Fuenlabrada.
Data sheet
79 – Real Madrid (24+14+19+22): Williams-Goss (11), Musa (10), Abalde (5), Yabusele (14) and Tavares (10) -top five-, Randolph (2), Ndiaye (5), Hezonja (11), Causeur (11 ) ), Llull (), Cornelie (-), and Hanga (-).
77 – Real Betis Basketball (19+19+23+16): Pargo (4), BJ Johnson (4), Montero (19), Pérez (17) and Gerun (5) -top five- Pasecniks (14), Bertans (-), Maronka (3), Cvetkovic (11) and Almazán (-)-
referees: Juan Carlos Garcia Gonzalez, Carlos Cortes and Sergio Manuel. Eliminated Bertans for fouls
events: The 34th day match of the Endesa League, the last of the regular stage, was played at the WiZink Center in Madrid. Real Madrid football players, who presented the Euroleague championship to the fans as the youth team, to commemorate the Brazilian football player who was exposed to racist insults in the match played by Real Madrid in Valencia, wore a Vinicius jersey on his back during training. .