Lucas Sáez-Bravo Madrid
Madrid
Updated Sunday, March 31, 2024-2:50 p.m.
Classification This is the Endesa League
Playing with fire so much usually has consequences. For the second time that Real Madrid was not at its competitive level in three days, defeat came at the WiZink. A wonderful BAXI Manresa, boosted by the audacity and talent of
Brancou Badio
, knocked down the whites, this time unable to come back, to correct too many mistakes. [72-83: Narration and statistics]
He contrasted the visitor's seriousness with the local anxiety. It was like this all morning in the Palace. The leader of the ACB looked like
Pedro Martínez
's group , solid against the attacks of Madrid, aggressive and successful, an exercise that confirms the revelation team of the Endesa League, which was already present in the Malaga Cup and it is very likely that it will also It will be in the next playoffs. With this Sunday's victory there are already four victories in a row and 16 so far this year.
When the responsibility burned the most, with Madrid pushing for a comeback, a hero appeared in Bagés' team. Badio, formerly of Barça, hit a tremendous triple with a minute and a half left that sealed everything. There were 12 of their 23 points in the final act, to which Madrid arrived in a hurry, despite the fact that
Sergio Rodríguez and Poirier
threatened with another trademark comeback.
The game was similar from the beginning to Friday's game against Red Star, although this time Real Madrid does have latent objectives in ACB, to maintain that first place that it has held since the beginning of the season. And in addition,
Chus Mateo
recovered three of his mainstays (
Campazzo, Deck and Poirier
), who were rested in the Euroleague. And, although the start was happy (11-2), Manresa soon regrouped to leave WiZink with a great first half.
Deck, against Manresa.ZIPI ARAGONEFE
With intensity and tactical wisdom he managed to make Madrid doubt. Gradually, they took over all facets of the game until they added a partial score of 12-29 and were nine up (23-31, after a triple by
Geben
), with the good direction of
Dani Pérez
, the points from
Robinson
and the defense that made them lose. balls to a rushed Madrid. On Friday,
Hezonja
(who did not play this time, despite being called up), said it clearly, as he usually does: "The first half was summer basketball, a shame." It could be applied this time too.
On the return the sensations did not improve much for a lazy Madrid, which was late for almost everything and even missed unusual baskets. Plus all the triples. A serious Manresa took advantage of all this, with a triple from
Oriola
putting the alarming +11 (38-49). And then the nerves. Because the referees didn't give a single one, always desperately corrected by the reviews. And in such anxiety to come back, that got everyone mad.
With three triples out of 25 hits, Madrid's mission became impossible. Campazzo,
Tavares and Musa
gray, Hezonja resting and only Poirier and some Deck. With the emergence of Badio, came Madrid's second home defeat in the entire ACB season in a weekend of not very good feelings at WiZink.