Real Madrid gives Maccabi no choice and continues to show its strength in Europe

The white team understood that the first recipe to harm the opponent was in the internal game. And he did not hesitate to use this advantage. figure of Walter Tavares. Perhaps the most dominant center of European basketball today, he had a scoring feast with the invaluable help of Argentinian Facundo Campazzo.

At the end of the first quarter, Cape Verdean had collected fifteen of thirty-six points. The Argentinian also scored eight more points and made six assists out of a total of 11. He joined them too Gabriel Deck will complete a devastating shortlist The player who mistreated the fuzzy Israeli team in the last five minutes (21-36, minute 10).

When Dzanan Musa did not respond on the return to the match, they took the lead by 19 with four points in a row. Chus Mateo. At that moment, the host reacted with a 6-0 run, preventing major problems, and from then on tried to close the gap.

He had the opportunity to do this for more than three minutes. HE real Madrid dried up in the attack, but the same thing happened to him. Both were hampered by a lack of shooting from distance, with just 5 threes converted from 24 attempts between the two, before they hurt themselves again in the final stretch in a shootout that Maccabi narrowly won thanks to Josh Nebo’s dominance in offensive rebounding. They aim to reduce the difference to eleven in the first half (41-52, min.20).

Restart started with one Tavares’ shy resurgence. But a determined man like Wade Baldwin IV also emerged on the other side. With five consecutive points from him, a triple from Lorenzo Brown and another from James Webb III, they took an 11-0 lead and reduced the visitors’ lead to just six.

Mario Hezonja, who faced the blockade. The Croatian took the lead in one of those moments of inspiration that every match is accustomed to, scoring ten points in just over three minutes to put Maccabi’s moment of excitement to waste. paved the way for victory (56-74, min.30).

Thus, without a compatriot against them, the Spanish team regained what was becoming a healthy habit in Europe’s best tournament: playing the decisive quarter without pressure. And when that happens and you throw yourself into the fun, things like amazing combinations between them happen. Sergio Rodríguez and Vincent Poirier. Or moments where threesomes enter with surprising ease. All together, we ended the night in style with a score of 70-99.