Real Madrid’s composure takes down solid Valencia Basket

Without Semi Ojeleye and Kevin Pangos, but with their usual defensive solidity. orange box caused pain to homeownerA victim of a slow pace, this meant that just 14 points were conceded between both teams in the first five minutes. This continued until the visitors started making three-pointers, which were their most effective and allowed them to take an eight lead at the end of the first quarter (16-24, minute 10).

In this environment of comfortable income, Álex Mumbrú’s men ran dry when it came to searching for the opposite ring. The home team was given five minutes in which they scored only one basket. not without great effortEven though they had one of their worst times in the Euroleague for the first time this season (35-38, min.20), we are approaching the halftime.

A problem with the clock One of the baskets caused the second half to start 15 minutes late. Facundo Campazzo and Chris Jones opened the game with two three-pointers, the only thing that came in three minutes. Dzanan Musa, who unbalanced Fabien Causeur in the long-distance fight, made it 2+1 with an easy basket, allowing Real Madrid to take the lead for the first time since 5-4 (46-43, minute 25).

It didn’t last long as Valencia Basket went on a 0-5 run that hindered the rise of Chus Mateo’s team. Despite this they did it They will face three points in their favor in the last 10 minutes. Thanks to the insistence of Campazzo and Walter Tavares, he had to increase his duties in the absence of Vincent Poirier (58-55, min.30).

Positive baggage did not work very well, it spread rapidly due to the density of foreigners. Two baskets by Brandon Davis, two baskets by Josep Puerto and another basket by Stefan Jovic gave strength to the Valencia team, which still could not recover from Sergios’ two three-pointers, one from Llull and the other from Rodríguez (64-67, minute 0). . 35).

Davies’ figure emerged once again with five consecutive points of no consequence as Mario Hezonja converted the 3+1. With 3:22 left and a timeout on the field, the result was a draw at seventy and the result could not be understood.

Jones helped his team take the lead with 5 points, but could not prevent them from drawing a draw at 77 in the last minute. Campazzo broke the score from outside and Tavares could have put the icing on the cake had he managed to score. under the rim.

He didn’t and Valencia Basket took the lead with 4 seconds left thanks to two free kicks by Jones. Hezonja followed from the same distance in the other ring, but Jared Harper’s incredible triple brought overtimeReal Madrid finished fifth in the last two matches in Europe’s biggest tournament.

revealed it Tranquility With five points balanced by just two points from Davies. This made it easier for local players to take the initiative and play more calmly; This ultimately proved decisive against Valencia, who were hasty and misdirected from long range for five minutes.