Madrid returns to the Final Four and leads the ACB

The reigning champion and undisputed leader of the regular stage, with a record included in it (27 victories), will defend his crown.king of Europe, In Berlin and will fight the curse of the new format that says first will never win the title. At the moment, he already has a ticket to Germany in his pocket after fast track defeat (3-0) to Baskonia that before his people, in the roaring arena of Bues, he reached his maximum level with 29 points from Markus Howard and 52 from Rogkavopoulos, Marinkovich and Miller-McIntyre, who flirted with a triple-double (17+7+11). Dusko Ivanovic’s team were 10 points ahead, they managed the fourth game, but the Madrid team got to where they wanted to go alive, in the final period, and they didn’t forgive them with a goal basketball lesson from Sergio Rodriguez (9 assists), the giant Tavares (13+13 rebounds+4 blocked shots) and the very sharp Yabusele, who started scoring with three and strong shots to the basket (23+7+3 assists). I went to everything. Chus Mateo even called him punctually. five very well supported by Hezonja (16) and Deka (13) in a short break for Eddie.

Campazzo (13+8 assists) topped the rankings with a century (98-102).

for the tenth time this season and after the team completed 28 baskets in just nine losses, the team achieved a rating of 137. Madrid will host its tenth Final Fourthe third in a row in the last 13 completed episodes (it was suspended in 2020 due to the pandemic). Fighting for a fourth title since 2015.. The Whites celebrated victory on the leafy Buesa pitch exactly five minutes after Lenovo Tenerife defeated Unicaja in a rematch of the FIBA ​​Champions and Champions final also made him the leader of the Endesa League.although this momentum is still ongoing.

What a crazy first part. A devilish rhythm with very high success, threes and twos, which left no one happy. Baskonia delivered energy, strength and three-pointers (8 at 44%)moved one pass further than his opponent, whom he caught on the rebound, and touched 10th a couple of times (37-27 and 52-42) with projection more than 110 points. Still, they were ahead by just two baskets at halftime, 56-52.

Madrid suffered greatly on the perimeter due to local energy and success beyond Howard. (16 points in 10:55). Because there were Marinkovich (11 and 3 threes) and a full-fledged Miller-McIntyre (9 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in 18:14), as well as the Greek Rogkavopoulos with a very fast shot. And White suffered on the rebound, where they gave up 7 defenders (in the end 13, although they compensated). The difficulty of the outside defense and trying to tie Howard and the others forced players to cover those waivers. In response, the centimeters and power of Tavares, Poirier, Yabusele, Deka and Hezonha punished the Vitorian paint: 18 out of 22 by the break. However, they had a lot of comfortable triples, especially Yabusele and Llull (0 for 7 between them at the break). Sergio Rodriguez’s performance (2 triples and 4 assists in 6 minutes) caused a reaction. Real Madrid were far from their best level, but they were on the pulse and that was important after the storm of Miller-McIntyre and company.

He Chachism is not more of the same

At the restart, Chus Mateo ordered passes to Tavares, but after 2+1, he missed three consecutive shots under the basket in the same game, and Baskonia took the lead. A three-pointer from Marinkovich on the ensuing series and a steal from Rogkavopoulos, who later received three free throws from Hezoni. Ivanovic’s team maintained their rhythm, which again brought them to +10 (70-60, minute 25).before physical wear and tear began to be expressed as a percentage. Just one goal from Vitoria, a triple, from there until the end of the third period: 73-72 with one round left.

Dec turned things around with one out of three, the Merengue’s first lead since 5-6. and Howard was forced to surf a giant wave… Go for it: seven points in a row from the American for the last time of the evening turned the score: 80-75. Chus Mateo said in the preview that the goal is to be prepared for anything and have options at the end. This is exactly what happened. As a result, Madrid became stronger, fresher, better shooting, with clearer ideas. And Chashismo, that it’s not the samehad a lot to do with it. Up to five basket passes almost in a row. Some of them achieved devastating partial results of 0–13 (80–88).. It wasn’t checkmate because Baskonia had a big night and was going to push the champion to the limit. He couldn’t go any further. With the score tied at 95-98 and a minute before the buzzer, Tavares stopped Howard with an invaluable defensive effort. The icing on the cake of a fantastic second half for the center, a decisive play from behind and on the rebound, a support in the attacking zone to move the rest of the pieces. The best Eddie is back with the smell of big titles. Campazzo finished off and reached the Final Four.

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