HE real Madrid folded Baskonia and Facundo Campazzo’s basket in the last quarter took the Buesa Arena by storm in an unstable last quarter and decided a fight that the local team could win with Markus Howard’s three-pointer in the premiere of the match. Europa League (77-79).

happened A very physical encounter.The current champions are white, They have recovered from the losses of Edy Tavares and Gaby Deck. Mario Hezonja’s fifth personal foul of the third quarter.

Real Madrid’s internal play, consisting mainly of Vincent Poirier and Guerschon Yabusele, was very solid and took the blame for the spectacular goal success of the visiting external players.

Argentinian point guard Facundo Campazzo couldn’t spend the night but scored his only basket, which was the key at the end. in white victory.

Chima Moneke and Matt Costello take on Chus Mate interiorsToday was the best of the Basques, with Tadas Sedekerskis standing out with 17 rating credits and Nico Mannion taking a step forward compared to previous matches.

The duel started in the painted area, then moved on to outside shots.Real Madrid got its first victory with a score of 0-6, with goals from Dzanan Musa and Guerschon Yabusele. Matt Costello’s two triples equalized the strength of the contest, which increased in tempo and pace.

entrance Nico Mannion added more rhythm to the Barça team, who took a step forward with Chima Moneke and brought the score to 23-19..

Two threes from Llull completed the 4-15Whites seized the initiative once again by achieving extraordinary success in the outside shot, and made five three-pointers in a row. Chus Mateo opted for an inside play created by Guerschon Yabusele and Mario Hezonja, which provided second options for the Vitorians entering the match.

Even Alberto Abalde acted like a ‘four’ Due to the absence of white personnel after Mario Hezonja’s fourth personal foul. The game reached a frenzy in favor of the local team, who took advantage of free throws and offensive rebounds, but Baskonia remained ahead. 47-43.

Real Madrid cooled off the duel with a score of 0-10. Codi Miller-McIntyre outpaced Argentinian Facundo Campazzo but Chus Mateo’s men found a solution through a low post from Frenchman Vincent Poirier, who scored seven points, including a treble.

It was a give and take from there. Every positive move of the Madridistas was countered by the active Matt Costello, who once again led the Basque team to embrace their opponent on the scoreboard.

Mario Hezonja’s fifth foul (min.27) turned into maximum local advantage: 65-58We closed the third round ahead 67-62 with Moneke’s basket.

Real Madrid punished local errors on the counter-attack and gained a significant advantage, but the Basques reacted in time to retain the lead. However, the whites remained calm. In a match full of mistakes in hot moments, Guerschon tied the game 75-75 with Yabusele’s three-pointer..

Facundo Campazzo stepped up to make the decision and saved a crucial ball to put his team ahead. Chus Mateo’s men could not close the game against two good Barça defences, but Markus Howard failed to score a three-pointer to make it 77-79.

Data sheet:

77 – Baskonia (23+24+20+10): Miller-McIntyre (-), Howard (10), Sedekerskis (8), Costello (16) and Kotsar (5) -in the top five-, Mannion (13), Raieste (-), Rogkavopoulos (4), Marinkovic (-) , Diop (8) and Moneke (13).

79 – Real Madrid (19+24+19+17): Campazzo (2), Causeur (7), Musa (13), Yabusele (18) and Diagne (-) -in the top five-, Abalde (-), Hezonja ( 9), Llull (15), Poirier (10), Rodríguez (5) and Rudy (-).

Referees: mesandi Belosevic (Serbia), Emin Mogulkoc (Turkey) and Saulius Racys (Lithuania). They eliminated Hezonja with personal fouls (at least 27). They signaled a technical foul to guest player Hezonja (min. 16).

Events: The match, which coincided with the first day of the Euroleague, was played in front of 14,017 spectators at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria. During the break, Iñigo Etxazarreta from Alava band ETS performed and after the match it was the turn of Biscayan band Gatibu.