It was despair, anger was already exceeding, which moved Olympiacos coach Kestutis Kemzura , when in the middle of the third quarter he opened his arms, turned to his bench and sat down, unable to rectify, unable to understand. Some discomfort in the adductor left its leader, Vassilis Spanoulis , in Greece and none of its possible substitutes, Kevin Punter, Taylor Rochestie or even Wade Baldwin or Antonis Koniaris commanded the team with a certain sense. Lost, and more lost, and more lost. Errors, and more errors, and more errors. It was the success of a Real Madrid that, to the offensive repertoire of recent weeks, added an exquisite defensive work for a quiet victory, with 10 minutes to spare (93-77).
Pending what Barcelona does against Panathinaikos this Friday, the white team keeps the pulse of Anadolu Efes in the discussion for the leadership of the Regular League of the Euroleague and, what is even more important, maintains its progression of facing the second leg of the season.
Because in the WiZink Center this Thursday, Facundo Campazzo and Anthony Randolph , the usual protagonists, once again showed up, but other players also demonstrated their ability to lead in specific moments. Walter Tavares , for example, was responsible for stopping the giant giant Nikola Milutinov , who held his team until the break (41-30). Fabien Causeur , for example, led the Madrid take-off in the third quarter with a run of 11 points almost in a row. And Trey Thompkins , a final example, confirmed that his recovery is a fact with aim and nerve.
Real Madrid maintained its inertia in the Palace, where it has not lost a game in the whole season, and its scoring rhythm, with another match over 90 points, but above all it punished its rival with statistics that will surely make them proud Pablo Laso One of them: Olympiacos added the same losses as assists (18). Even in the last quarter, when the white team was allowed to arrive and lost an income that had been 26 points (74-48 nine minutes from the end), he knew how to react on time and not complicate life in the final moments.
The token
93 - Real Madrid (21 + 20 + 31 + 21): Randolph (15), Campazzo (15), Deck (2), Tavares (6) and Taylor (3) - initial five -, Causeur (18), Rudy ( 10), Carroll (4), Mickey (8), Laprovittola and Thompkins (12).
77 - Olympiacos (10 + 20 + 18 + 29): Punter (3), Koniaris (6), Milutinov (6), Printezis (6) and Papanikolaou (2) - initial five - Rochestie (11), Baldwin, Paul (3), Cherry (12), Vezenkov (12), Rubit (5) and Reed (11).
Referees: Damir Javor (CRO), Jakub Zamojski (POL) and Gytis Vilius (LIT). Without eliminated.
Incidents: Match corresponding to the thirteenth day of the Euroleague played at the Sports Palace (Wizink Center) in Madrid before 8,206 spectators. EFE
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