Madrid save duel against Olympiacos after first crushing and then relaxing

Last season’s two finalists Europa Leaguedecided with a basket that is already legendary Sergio LlullThey met for the second time after the white team’s away win on matchday 12. It was easier for them to win this match than that.

In the first episode, everything looked pristine white. Home defeats by Nikola Milutinov and Moustapha Fall forced the visitors to score from outside, but their 1-of-7 from threes and difficulties grabbing rebounds in attack in the first quarter were none for Real Madrid’s twelve defenders. , they were statistics like a stone in a grave.

During, Real Madrid, which did not have a leader in the painted area due to Walter Tavares’ injury, was in a fluid state when looking at the basket.. So much so that he missed only two two-pointers in eight attempts and one three-pointer in six attempts. All this and 8-0 in assists explains the situation 30-13 at the end of the 10 minute matchAnd.

Even so, the host wasn’t planning on stopping there. You can’t always make the whole of Olympiakos blush and opportunities must be taken advantage of. Despite scoring only five points in the first four minutes of the second act, all of them came from Mario Hezonja; His greed for defensive rebounds helped him score 20 points in 20 minutes. The difference was 22 points in the first half.

In the other ring Meanwhile, only Luke Sikma saved this honor by scoring 10 of his team’s 17..

Given the panorama, a red-and-white resurgence seemed unlikely. But you can never assume that its prestige is buried.. The triples that had escaped before started to come in and thus they achieved a score of 2-12. The only offensive contribution of the Madrid team was Facundo Campazzo’s beautiful ‘alley’ play with Vincent Poirier (64-51, minute 28).

Chus Mateo’s team managed to stay at this distance to face these decisive ten minutes, carrying them in their backpacks. However Olympiacos’ 0-6 performance brought them close to seven. It was the home team’s turn to fight again for a victory they had taken for granted minutes before; A complex mentalizing mission against a rising opponent smelling blood.

‘Super Mario’ Hezonja came to the rescue with nine points in a row, two flying to sink an ‘alley’ which put out the fire and put Real Madrid fourteen ahead. It was a spur of the moment thing because the answer was: The score was 2-12 with three points by Kostas Papanikolau, which left Olympiacos fourth..

At that moment Dzanan Musa took over as savior from his ‘brother’ Hezonja, leaving behind four points providing air and reasonable distance For the locals to survive the opposition’s last attempts and cap off a great night with Campazzo’s solvency.