HE real MadridArgentinian Facundo Campazzo maintained his leadership with 17 points. Endesa said goodbye to the leading year of the League by beating Valencia Basketranks fifth in the classification.

The match, which started with two three-pointers and many alternatives from Eli Ndiaye for Real Madrid and Xavier López-Aróstegui for Valencia Basket in the first minutes of the match, lifted the audience from their seats.

white suit took the initiative to attack the partyThe Valencia team, which was successful in attack with Facundo Campazzo and Edy Tavares leading their teammates in the first quarter, did not allow its opponent to escape on the scoreboard despite the failures in free throws and was only possible with a statistic of seven points. at halftime.

Sergio Rodríguez’s arrival on the field gave Real Madrid a different lookHe thanked the Canarian player for his assists against the Valencia Basket team, which he supported in the attack of Ugandan Brandon Davies and Armenian Chris Jones.

While the powers were equalized again after the break, Real Madrid reacted, especially after Semi Ojeleye’s three-pointer that brought Valencia to within four points. Increased defensive reliability, forced opponent to make unforced errors They were strong offensively, taking a fourteen-point lead at the end of the third quarter and starring with players like Alberto Abalde, who delighted the crowd with a brilliant three-pointer.

In the last quarter, Real Madrid did not want to leave any room for surprise after Robertson scored three consecutive three-pointers and entrusted themselves to Ndiaye and Sergio Rodríguez, who scored two more three-pointers that stopped Valencia’s momentum.

The white team’s defense was brave in the last minutes, He left Valencia Basket helplessWith Tavares being a defensive playmaker, he cannot find the mechanisms to hurt his opponent, especially under the basket.

With this victory, Real Madrid maintained its leadership with 15 wins and only one loss, while Valencia Basket, which started the match third, ranked fifth with ten wins and six losses.

Data sheet:

83 – Real Madrid (20+21+26+16): Campazzo (17), Causeur (5), Musa (4), Ndiaye (12) and Tavares (13) -starting five- Abalde (7), Hezonja (6), Poirier (9), Llull (7), Hugo González, Sergio Rodríguez (3),

74 – Valencia Basket (15+19+19+21): Jones (19), López-Arostegui (10), Ojeleye (7), Inglis (2) and Davies (10) -starting lineup- Puerto, Reuvers (5), Anderson (2), Jovic (7), Pradilla (2) ) and Robertson (10).

Referees: Benjamin Jiménez, Alfonso Olivares and Roberto Lucas. No no.

Events: The match, which coincided with the 16th match day of the Endesa League, was played in front of 9,640 spectators at the Wizink Center in Madrid.