Hayes leads Barcelona to victory in the extension of a controversial classic

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A classic is, without a doubt, a different match.

Nothing that has happened before counts.

Therefore, it is not at all strange that Real Madrid was tremendously capable of standing up to Barcelona almost to the end in a high-voltage duel.

Of course, there was everything.

and

were disqualified for coming to blows and the Whites brushed victory with the tips of their fingers.

In the end, the match, with a personal

questioning by Laso, went into extra time and there emerged the figure of

to seal a new Barça victory that places his team three wins away from the eternal rival, with the

also in favor.

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The shock was decidedly intense.

In the first quarter, Barça wore its best clothes in attack but it was not so brilliant in defense.

And that was taken advantage of by players like

,

or

to stand in the second period stuck in the light (27-23), even though the locals managed to amass a maximum advantage of 12 points.

Real Madrid, in fact, thanks to a

perhaps eager to take revenge against his former team, even got back ahead on the scoreboard (33-34), but the good work of those already in tune

and

, and the dazzling appearance of

, would end up turning the matter around again when the duel headed for the break.

The Argentine, in fact, put Barça up five points in the match with a triple

(51-46) that made up for his lack of defensive skill.

Conviction

Real Madrid took to the pitch after the restart convinced of their chances.

To such an extent that the azulgrana only managed to win by the minimum (20-19) in a quarter in which, once again, Deck and Yabusele decidedly pulled the cart.

The 71-65 with which the fourth period was reached was a spur for the Whites, knowing that, by working hard, as Maccabi did on Thursday, they could storm the Palau.

Mirotic (i) faces Abalde (c). EFE

The intensity went through the roof, in an escalation that culminated in the disqualification of Mirotic and Abalde after a scuffle in which both lost their roles.

's men

, in that exchange of blows, had the victory in their hands, but a personal one from Poirier, doubtful from the coach's point of view, would end up allowing

to force extra time eight tenths from the end of the match.

It was of no use to

to search for the epic with a desperate shot.

In the extension, Nigel Hayes, the same one who missed the triple prior to the foul on Sanli that could have finished the classic in regulation time, emerged as the leader that Barça needed to take the victory in the end.

The psychological effect of seeing how the victory was so close was perhaps too devastating for a Madrid that was stripped of its offensive effectiveness at the worst possible moment and ended up falling 108-97.

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