stubborn real Madrid This Tuesday overcame significant pressure Valencia Basket illuminated by the perfect first quarter of the year Brandon DaviesTook it to the edge but saw how it was Facu Campazzo Scoring four points in the last minute, the guest team won (73-76).
Far from being deterred by Walter Tavares’ great start to the season, Valencia began with the idea of attacking the Cape Verdean, led by Brandon Davies. Pillo forced him to open up to land his shots, but also defiantly confronted him and even challenged him with a half hook.
With ten minutes of absolute inspiration and eight out of nine shots, America’s home team added eighteen of their twenty-six points in the first quarterHe headed for Fonteta and let his team through with the help of Damien Inglis The Argentine made up for the notable start of Facu Campazzo and Gabi Deck (26-24, art.10).
The example of his teammate and the environment led the local second unit to maintain their intensity and reinforce their confidence in attack. Stefan Jovic’s influence on Sergio Rodríguez increased local income (37-29, article 14) and installed Chus Mateo to return command to Campazzo.
The Argentinian’s comeback had an immediate impact on his team, who had no trouble getting back on track but were short on time. Neutralized by the return of joint winner Davies to Semi Ojelly. Nine points in almost a row gave the local team the lead at half-time, courtesy of Chris Jones at the buzzer (49-43, art.20).
Mateo drew on the hitherto unpublished Fabien Causeur. He ‘blinded’ Jones and with him Valencia at the beginning of the third quarter. The move went perfectly and in less than three minutes Madrid took the lead through the Argentinian stiletto double. The natives were not destroyed, but everything was much harder for them and Dzan Musa joined his friends to give consistency to the new writing (57-60, m.26).
In a much more difficult environment, the second local unit locked Valencia in the conflict. However, at the beginning of the last quarter, Madrid started scoring again with a certain fluency, thanks to the attraction created by Tavares, with ‘Chacho’ Rodríguez again in control. The fact that he went to the bench after the blow to his right knee opened the door to a new scenario in which everything had to be decided (66-67, article 36).
But he returned a few minutes later and almost nothing had happened. Chris Jones was responsible for scoring the local team, and Mario Hejonza was responsible for the visiting team… Until Campazzo is appreciated. With a bold entrance He put his team ahead with thirty seconds remaining and a double fumble from Jones and Inglis pushed him into the ropes and the Argentine finished him off. with two free throws
Data sheet:
73 – Valencia Basket (26+23+13+11): Jones (12), López-Arostegui (4), Claver (-), Inglis (12), Davies (22) – top five – Puerto (-), Reuvers (2), Pradilla (-), Jovic (4), Touré (4), Robertson (-) and Ojeleye (13).
76 – Real Madrid (24+19+20+13): Campazzo (15), Musa (10), Deck (17), Yabusele (5), Tavares (6) – starting five – Causeur (-), Rudy Fernández (6), Abalde (-), Hejonza (12), Sergio Rodríguez (-), Poirier (-) and Llull (5).
Referees: Radovic (CRO), Laurinavicius (LTU) and Halliko (EST). No no.
Events: The match, which fell on the eighth day of the regular phase of the Euroleague, was played in front of approximately eight thousand spectators in the Fonteta tribune.