Madrid suffers but condemns Gran Canaria

Aware of what was at stake after losing at Madrid, Gran Canaria started a bit nervous with many mistakes on the first shots and Madrid took advantage of this to start taking command (3-8). Lakovic’s team adapted, taking two consecutive threes from Brussino to get off that bad start.

With Tavares in the area, Madrid prevented any intrusion of the white circle, so ‘Granca’ option was to shoot from long range. A tactic (10-16) that takes them from behind against the white success starring Moses.

However Lakovic’s men were undeterred and were still close to Madrid, scoring two more three-pointers from Benite and Balcerowski. with a successful Moses Chus allowed Mateo’s men to dominate the first set (18-21).

Gran Canaria presses on defense

Moving to the limit and with Slaughter’s success, the Canary team took another defensive walk with two back-to-back trios. Madrid has suffered. The game was blocked without many fouls and rhythms that benefit the locals. With Tavares on the bench, Lakovic’s men took advantage of this to score five points (29-24), forcing Mateo to stop the game.

White’s reaction came from the white coach just after that minute.. Hezonja and Llull bonded as the heroes in the attack. part of 1-9 that gives them back control in a ‘ples-plash’ (29-33).

On offense the carnage was still sweet (8 points) and the duel got tighter Madrid took the lead in the match where Mario Hezonja took his last breath thanks to the ‘coast to coast’ shot in the last minutes before the break (37-39).

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After the timeout, Madrid started off like a goal. partial 0-7 (37-46) forced Lakovic to stop the game. After that white “slap”, Gran Canaria improved its defense and resorted to three from Shurna and Slaughter and two plus one from Balcerowski, and once again tied with a team of Canaries fighting to their limits (52-52).

Under the command of Mateo, Llull and Sergio Rodríguez, he brought his veterans to the track and With Tavares and a Moses inspired by the trio, the whites’ reaction was instant. (56-64) to save the maximum.

To further demoralize Lakovic’s men who were unable to stop the white success, the local effort did not pay them off at the end of the third period, which ended with Sergio Rodríguez’s trio (56-67).

Madrid escapes

Madrid grabbed the game by the neck and Three moves in a row in ‘Chacho’ Rodriguez’s trio, in an extraordinary moment, left the series duel for whites (61-77).

Despite Two threes from Nikolic and a deliberate three against Moses allowed Gran Canaria to return to the game and dream of a comeback (73-77). With a 12-0 series for the Canaries to outdo the rebound (73-77), Mateo had to stop the game.

Lakovic’s men were fired and were only one point behind after Slaughter’s three-pointer (76-77) and He got rid of the three-pointer again, the match was a draw. Before the madness of Gran Canaria Arena (79-79).

Madrid did not lose their composure and with the baskets from Llull and Goss, Whites prevailed with four baskets (81-85). With 59 seconds to go, it was no surprise, despite the admirable effort from the Canary Islands (81-89).