Coral Real Madrid slows down Maccabi’s individual talent

The Spanish team hosted a kind visitor as they had not won at the WiZink Center since the 2009-2010 season. Despite this, they did not lack faith in a home team that showed up with pace and enthusiasm. Put the last league defeat against Dreamland Gran Canaria behind you.

Two consecutive three-pointers by Mario Hezonja and Facundo Campazzo set up an 8-2 reception, with Maccabi dusting itself off from beyond the free throw line for the first three and a half minutes until life was crushed first by Baldwin and then Colson. Those fireworks faded away before they could reach the 29 points (29-18, min.10) they scored at the end of the first curtain.

income protected real Madrid Despite Baldwin’s resurgence on the return to the court, Maccabi went on the offensive, scoring 12 points of its first 24. This individual contribution and triple by Sergio Rodríguez shed some light amid the free throws that reduced the madness (41-30, minute 25).

At the risk of lethargy, Webb III’s external success proved this. The duel continued until the first half, when Real Madrid reached over fifty points, and the Israeli team was not far behind as a result of a good second quarter (52-45, minute 20).

Chus Mateo made a surprise exit from the locker room; existence of the starting lineup Fabien Causeur, so far brand new. Their greater energy translated into nine points that benefited the Spanish team as Maccabi threatened to take the lead for the first time. This time they led the attack Webb III and BaldwinAt that point, he and Colson had a combined score of 53 out of 64 for outsiders.

They were briefly joined by Roman Sorkin to insist on the goal and they came close to overtaking the home team. However, Hezonja and Sergio Rodríguez blocked the escape with two three-pointers and completed the quarter without a loss with a magnificent draw of 28 (80-73, minute 30).

The warning was given, the slightest lack of concentration would be punished by those in Tel Aviv. They started owning Lorenzo Brown. The point guard of the Spanish team, who had scored 0 points out of 11 until then, opened his arms as a sign of relief after scoring a three-pointer.

But in Real Madrid’s case there was no room for confusion; This situation compensates for the lack of power that has sometimes emerged recently with workmanship, good work and experience. Taking 15 points from ‘BCW’ (Baldwin, Colson and Webb III) he put it all on the table to avoid suffering partial partial scores of 0-11 and 0-9 and eventually earned a meritorious victory (106-101). , at least .40).