Madrid won in Girona and became the sole leader

set Chus MateosThe team, in which Musa (14), Yabusele (13) and Hezonja (12) were the top scorers, and Campazzo and Poirier played with 19 PIR points, did not give the team, headed by Marc Gasol and coached by Salva Camps, an option and went without a defeat. completed his defeat.

Another night shone on the local side, Iroegbu: The best player and record of the match in terms of points (17) and rating (24).

Markel Brown’s debut

Girona started the match better with a 4-0 run that looked to continue the great excitement of the first three days, but Real Madrid quickly reacted and changed the score to 0-7 (5-10). Was it one? electric matches They had plenty of possession from the first minute: four turnovers on either side in the first ten minutes, and the visitors were six more successful on their counter-attacks (39% accuracy on field goals compared to 47%).

Real Madrid increased its maximum advantage to 7 points. Diagne matt (9-16) against celebrating Girona Debut of American shooting guard Markel Brown He said he had an unprecedented performance due to injury and missed his first five 3-pointers. Iroegbu converted the sixth try (16%) before Ndiaye finished the first quarter (17-23) with a three-pointer: his third of eight visiting tries (37%).

The second quarter started with an alley-oop shot from Rodríguez to Poirier and Two threesomes from Hezonja and Ndiaye Real Madrid’s lead increased to 13 points (18-31). Struggling with defeat and failure, the Girona team scored only one point in the first three and a half minutes.

Duel is on the way

Thus, Real Madrid’s advantage gradually increased: It increased to 14 points with Hezonja’s three-pointer (20-34), to 17 points with Yabusele’s three-pointer (25-42) and to 20 points with the French forward’s free throw (25-45). ), the top scorer of the match in the first half (9). Èric Vila did make-up before the break the electronic trio was only third in 12 attempts (25%). Real Madrid made three shots on 8 of 18 shots (44%). By the afternoon he was back on track second quarter (11-22, 28-45).

Returning from the dressing room, Girona tried to regain his pulse and scored the first blow, but could do nothing against the inspired opponent from beyond the line. Real Madrid responded with two consecutive three-pointers Abalde and Yabusele (30-51), the third of four attempts to break the service record.

final makeover

The distance continued to grow thanks to Poirier (36-59), Musa (38-63) and Hezonja (38-65). The local team tried not to give up, but Real Madrid responded to every challenge strength. Susinska’s Musa, who recorded the first domestic three-pointer of the third quarter (42-65), increased the Whites’ maximum lead up to that point to 28 points with two consecutive three-pointers and a free throw: 44-72. They were 29 with the trio Rodríguez (46-75) right after.

The match ended in the fourth and last quarter (52-78) after the score of 24-33 of the third and penultimate quarter, so that Mateo took the opportunity to distribute the minutes and the attraction of the duel fell on Girona’s struggle to finish under the score. 20 point disadvantage. He achieved this and was applauded by Fontajau at the end.

Data sheet:

74 – Girona Basketball (17+11+24+22): Iroegbu (17), Martínez (7), Susinskas (7), Pons (7), Sorolla (6) -in the top five-; Goloman (10), Fjellerup (3), Colom (4), Vila (7), Sala (2), Brown (-), Djordjevic (4).

93 – Real Madrid (23+22+33+15): Campazzo (4), Abalde (8), Musa (14), Yabusele (13), Diagne (6) -in the top five-; Llull (11), Hezonja (12), Sergio Rodríguez (8), Poirier (10), Ndiaye (5), Rudy Fernández (-) and Causeur (2).