Real Madrid put emotion aside this Thursday and did their best to win. (88-73) In one of the matches marked in red on the season calendar, Bayern Munich In the Euroleague and Pablo Laso’s return to WiZink Center.
The previous one was from Vitoria, his moment; A praise he earned with his work and sacrifice for eleven years in the white team, where he was the coach who coached the most matches in the club’s history and achieved success. 22 official titles.
When his name was announced over the public address system, the stands gathered for him and applauded mixed with cheers for almost two minutes. They tears, standing tall in the emotional downpour, I thanked him without words. There are ties that should never be broken.
Then basketball. The coach could not get the respect of the fans from his former players at the start while the ball was in play. They greeted him with an 8-0 corral, shut down Isaac Bonga with five missed points. This was a call to action for the visiting side, who stepped in from then on in attack and defence.
With passes less fluid than usual, the hosts had no choice but to attack the basket. And there he met another old Madridist, Serge Ibaka The person who rules the castle with three blocks. In this context, Real Madrid left the field at the end of the first act with an unusual but negative two-point success rate (8 out of 22). Bayern’s team was not better, but the fact that they moved more freely in three-point shots broke the balance (19-23, minute 10).
It was the turn of some players who were once famous members of Laso’s Praetorian Guard. Sergios, Rodríguez and Llull, They put the equipment on their backs. And with three-pointers, even with a block from the second, they opened a small lead, never as wide as the biggest advantage (42-37, minute 20).
The first half also featured a small portion of personal milestones in the form of rebounds. Fabien Causeur He reached 300 in his career, surpassing Walter Tavares and Paulius Jankunas’ 556 offensive attacks to enter the top 6 in history in this portion of the competition.
He’s missing two of his most determined men at home this season.Facundo Campazzo and Mario Hezonja. And they both restarted strongly. The electricity of the first and the precision of the second from distance came on time and took his team to 12 points, the biggest advantage of the game so far.
They immediately objected. carsen edwardswith five points and Devin Booker, with threesomes. The first attempt at white escape fell on deaf ears, but the second did not. Coinciding with the start of the decisive quarter, Sergios performed alchemy once again to turn the Bavarians’ goal-scoring, which lasted more than four minutes, into gold.
The two scored twelve points in a 14-2 partial start. a blow to the jaw Very harsh at a very relevant time. The rest was not to waste the prize to give Bayern the same medicine as other teams playing on WiZink in the Euroleague this year, because no one except Barça made a comeback flight with a difference of less than fourteen.
– Data sheet:
88 – Madrid (19+23+21+25): Campazzo (13), Causeur (6), Musa (4), Ndiaye (-), Tavares (8), -first five-, Rudy Fernández (-), Sergio Rodríguez (11), Poirier (11), Deck (7) ) ), Llull (16) and Hezonja (12).
73 – Bayern Munich (23+14+20+17): Edwards (11), Bolmaro (6), Bonga (15), Booker (14), Ibaka (6) -starting team-, Francisco (11), Brankovic (4), Giffey (-), Weiler-Babb (6) .
referees: Milan Nedovic (Slovenia), Luka Kardum (Croatia) and Adar Peer (Israel). Booker was sent off for five fouls (minimum 39)
Events: The 14th matchday of the Euroleague basketball match was played in front of approximately 10,000 spectators at the WiZink Center in Madrid.