A supersonic beginning and the passage to the final of Abu Dhabi in front of Olympiacos, the best team in the regular phase. It will not be easy, but something is something to have options to be among the best after one the first two games will be played in the Pavilion of Peace and Friendship in Piraeus, and the third – also the fourth if there is an option -, in the Movistar Arena.
With a Bayern that was very cold, as defeated in advance, he completed an almost perfect first quarter. He scored seven out of nine triples and his distance on the scoreboard was firing as the minutes passed. With, the Madrid intensity overflowed the German team, without reaction capacity. Hezonja, after a gray game against Paris, three days before, wanted to claim on the court and was infallible in the short and long distances. Well in defense, whites did not allow any reaction, and circulating the ball found the roads to the opposite basket. The score went until 33-17, without Gordon Herbert, Bayern coach, managed to stop the bleeding. He also seemed to assume the superiority of the real.
That the difference was not made definitive was due to the fact that, in the second quarter, he failed the point of view in the pitches. That and a little more defensive application by Bayern, which, however, remained without lucidity in attack. During the first five minutes of the partial, Madrid scored three points, but the Germans were not too buoyant and barely made nine. So in a dead time and put the batteries, they all reacted, giving more circulation to the ball. It was Holy. With Hezonja Clairivident, Madrid returned to take the pulse to the game to reach the break with a comfortable advantage (52-33), 19 arguments to enter the playoff.
He changed anything after the break, because Real Madrid continued with the same intensity. Each white rush separated more the marker’s figures. The advantage, 4m08s for the end of the third quarter, went to 24 points (67-43). Then the two teams were relaxed and the game declined, although the difference always was around 20 points, with the classification achieved almost from the first quarter. Madrid ended with 15 triples, the largest production of the season, and the bus ticket for the playoff By thirteenth consecutive season.
