Real Madrid finished off today a great week and broke, in an extension (77-72), a streak refusal of defeats in the ACB League before the Barcelona which started in 2008 and has lasted ten outings.
Also qualify last Thursday for the Final four of the Euroleague, today won for the first time this season the Regal Barcelona, who had beaten him in their last five clashes and that adds its fourth consecutive defeat and sees how the white set him match at number of victories at the head of the ACB.
Without Navarro, injured, Barcelona was presented in Madrid and was about to carry the match, despite the fatigue of the premises and that they ran out of Llull, also injured.
Prigioni, Suarez, with 19 points, and Tomic were the best in local, while the visitors they highlighted Grimau, Vázquez and Lorbek.
Another unsportsmanlike Anderson on Suarez and four consecutive points of Llull, the disorientation of the Barça in attack, gave the Madrid eight points (12-4) to the two and a half minutes of the meeting.
Pascual requested time and made a triple change: Lakovic, Vázquez and Grimau joined Anderson, English and Perovic, and he helped Barça to be more aggressive and to improve its defence. It worked. Those players of the Club were which led to the Catalans to tie at fifteen to three by the end of the first quarter with an extraordinary Grimau drying Suárez and in attack.
Tucker and Mirotic
Molin replied with Tucker and Mirotic, which gave intensity to the game of whites and recovered to Llull, touched, after a short break on the bench, to get to the end of the first period ahead (22-19).
Assertiveness in defence and the local pivots, with a great base Llull, swept the Barça in the return to the track and gave Madrid its maximum difference 29-19. Catalan table lived four minutes without scoring to fit a 7-0 until that Pascual found in Lakovic, with four straight points, a balm for the ills of his team.
The subsequent exchanges of baskets left five Barça down in rest (34-29) with the best Grimau in their ranks and Llull in white.
Suárez-Grimau duels, Begic-Perovic and Kings-Lorbek rose intensity in the resumption, just when the knee of Llull said enough and ended up with the Real Madrid star in the band. It was the 23 minute and everything be equalled.
A ball drawn below the ring by a Catalan player put the magic box standing against the arbitral trio moments before the Madrid Suárez and Tucker in front gave another lug to get seven top at the end of the third quarter.
Three consecutive personal against, the lack of white wisdom, the emergence of Ricki and a triple English left the Club one (52-51) seven to the end of the meeting. Then, the members returned to turn the public walk when they pointed out the fifth staff to Madrid in the fourth [...]
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