Madrid switches off – AS.com

The final of Kaunas 2023, the semi-final last May in Berlin… The Olympiacos-Madrid match is always a very important match, especially with the participation of players from Piraeus. as one of the teams that has improved the most this summer, although it is struggling. A win like this could help: 79-69. Madrid dealt well with La Paz y la Amistad for 26 minutes (46-55).after a long period of absence of Campazzo due to his two quick personal meetings, and he was out for the last 14, where a devastating 33-14 partial score capsized him. In the growth of the red and white army, Vezenkov (10 of his 23 points at that time), He vortex McKissic (10 out of his 15) And off-road walk (7 of his 12) They played a leading role.

Mustafa Fall, a 2.18 center, did not catch a single rebound, but handed out 6 assists. There, Real didn’t know how to stop this mechanism in the game Bartzokas is much more energetic, also in the second half, where his offensive rebounds tipped the scales (15 total, 11 over the last two quarters). Some additional features that allowed Olympiacos fire 17 shots from two more with the same stats in threes (11 of 31 both). Tavares lacked tackle help and Madrid lacked resources on the perimeter, where Ratan-Mays did not participate for a second. What he has doesn’t seem to be enough to win the Euroleaguedidn’t seem that high to him, so it’s still on the market. The losses of Andres Feliz and Garuba certainly don’t help.

For starters, Chus Mateo replaced the quintet and put on Ibaka five in front of Fall with instructions to quit: 2 of 3 in starting threes. And he put Hezonja and Dec together in front of Vezenkov and Papanikolaur, with Tavares watching from the bench. A good start until Campazzo’s second foul against Walkup changed plans and temporarily dislocated the meringue. The score was 6:0, which they managed to maintain under the leadership of Llull, and repelled the failure with a three from Hezonja, a dunk from Tavares (already on the court) and two good counterattacks.

Eddie’s presence allowed his comrades to escape. The hoop, which seemed to be very hard, helped because it spat out several local balls. And Ndiaye joined the party with an excellent head-to-head against Vezenkov and a three cornered. The Bulgarian, the 2023 EuroLeague MVP and just back from the NBA, had 11 points by halftime. Madrid went to +7 (27-34), Tavares went to the bench and Campazzo did not return to avoid a third personal until the second half. A complete absence from the visitors as they remained at zero in the remaining five minutes of the second quarter: 9-0, giving the score 36-34.

There were not enough resources and selections

He had to press hard in the second half, and he did it at the same time as Faco and Tavares: good circulation, excellent passing from the Argentine and an imposing center figure that allowed attacks to be made. Hezonja joined with a three, Vezenkov’s steal and a dunk: 46-55. With 14 minutes left and another general power outage, the score was 18-4, which changed the situation in Madrid, from tractor to trailer. The main reason was that He delegated all defensive rebounds to Tavares. Lack of help and concentration on long rebounds broke the clash. And in attack, it was reminiscent of the third quarter of the Berlin final against Panathinaikos: a carousel of triple attempts with almost the same main characters barely standing in front of the basket. It was a big duel, unimportant, but with some drawbacks.

Chus Mateo needs more from Musa and Hezoni in critical sections, despite the Croatian improving his attacking version (15 points) and provided four assists. However, he lost the battle with Vezenkov, a rival star. Llull helped in his role and Dec played several continuations without any outward success and Ratan-Mayes never came off the bench. Inadequate. And, in the paint, all of Tavares (Ibaka did not come out at the restart). A serious problem that will become noticeable or even more serious in two and a half quarters. and ended in intrigue when more resources and more rebounds were required. On Thursday there is another challenge for Maccabi.

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