Madrid lost its strength against Obradoiro but continues its winning streak

After Galicia’s dominance in the first quarter (19-15), Real Madrid’s defense in the second minute was enough to change the score. The White team managed to steal half a dozen balls with their defensive aggressiveness and forced Obradoiro, who stole the ball only once in the first ten minutes, into seven turnovers.

The score increased from 21-17 to 23-29 as soon as this quarter started.. Desperate for the opportunities his team provided to the League leader, Moncho Fernández called two timeouts in less than a minute. A sign of his anger because Sergio Rodríguez reconnected with Poirier.

The Galician coach returned the starting lineup to the field with the addition of Pustovyi to replace Rubén Guerrero. And there American Tres Tinkle almost scored 8 consecutive points to get his team into the game.He was accompanied by another trio from Jordan Howard. In the first half (34-39), Obradoiro dominated the rebound and Real Madrid paid a heavy price for his huge external mistake (3/10 three-pointers).

Chus Mateo team, The Argentine fell short at the start of the second half without Facundo Campazzo. Obradoiro made two attacks to equalize, but Zurbriggen and Tinkle missed their threes and Real Madrid made a small move and Abalde punished the zone defense of Moncho Fernández, who stopped the white storm with a break (39-49, minute 0.25).

And his team came back into action, as it did in the second quarter. partial 9-4 which placed him in fifth place (48-53). Chus Mateo held out without asking for time. He brought Rudy Fernández and Hezonja onto the field and decided to fire once again at Real Madrid with two consecutive three-pointers. He left the duel at the beginning of the last quarter (53-69, min.33) Despite a minor reaction from Obradoiro.