Classification.This is the Euroleague
The
Real Madrid
opened their account in the
Euroleague
with a sweaty victory over
Khimki
(94-85).
To be more precise, about how little Khimki has traveled to Spain.
Just the afternoon in which the Euroleague announced that it would allow postponement of the matches of the teams that could not present eight players, the Russians were planted in the capital with only six players from the first team and two kids from the subsidiary to make a big difference.
They held out until the end, which is not little, but they ended up handing over the spoon.
[Narration and statistics]
Khimki's misery was the fortune of Real Madrid, who had lost the first two Euroleague games.
Last week's picture against Valencia Basket was poor enough for
Pablo Laso to
launch a warning.
"If someone wants to wage war on their own, they will not play."
Coincidence or not
Anthony Randolph
has not played either of the following two.
Although the casualties could put together a
playoff
team
(Alexey Shved, Greg Monroe, Jordan Mickey, Janis Timma ...), the Khimki had the courage and gunpowder to pose a shootout in the first half, a points market that the Real Madrid did not manage to stop until the third period.
If he held out ahead it was largely because of
Sergio Llull
(16 points in the first act) and
Nico Laprovittola
, who is leaving signs of feeling more and more comfortable.
19 points, 7 assists and a great last quarter.
Laprovittola's final exhibition
The success and direction of the Argentine guard were important to give the stretch at the end of the second quarter (4/5 in triples and 5 assists at halftime) and decisive to close the game in the last minutes with the help of
Trey Thompkins
(18).
Laprovittola, who in his first season did not live up to the expectations of an Endesa League MVP, broke down in the final stretch with a bunch of assists and a final decisive triple to clinch the victory.
Because although Real Madrid has the habit of sentencing games with a blow in the third quarter, the timely improvement in defense did not manage to bring down the spirits of Khimki, who kept pushing with
Devin Booker
(22) and
Vyacheslav Zaytsev
(21) scoring points to the boiler.
He never had any real options, but he did not allow the whites to relax until the last minute.
Discreet improvement, but victory at last in the Euroleague.
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