Only a great Real Madrid was able to close the unforgettable season of Unicaja Málaga. The white team won in the carpena in the fourth semifinal game and from this Friday the title against Valencia Basket will be played for the best of five games and with the field factor in favor. The Chus Mateo team needed the best version of its stars (20 points and eight rebounds of Hezonja, 16 and 12 of Tavares, 12 points and 6 assists from Campazzo) to bend the resistance of the Unicaja and fire intercontinental, supercopa, cup and champions. The semifinal between the two giants was as exciting as the final is expected.
The carpena entered boiling. Two triples of Ostkowski, on the exit ramp of the Malaga team and another of Perry lit the boiler. Madrid responded quickly with Abalde’s doll and Hezonja production. Icon Navarro’s team was faithful to his DNA, a basketball of many revolutions and attacks on every fuse. Hurricane Carter inherited the sequence of the outer shot and bit inside when Madrid monitored the perimeter (17-9). And Llull emerged to take whiting and reduce the impact of losses (22-16).
Musa, another that turns her future, said present from the triple just like Bruno Fernando to plug Perry. The white team could no longer stop the effervescence of Sima or the success of EJIM, and the Unicaja hunted a 10-point mattress (31-21) while the rest of Hezonja lasted. The Croatian was Super Mario in attack and defense. Osetkowski responded in a beautiful duel of shooters (43-39 at rest). Madrid had endured the pull of a very fine Unicaja from the three points.
The Andalusian team is unpredictable. You can hurt with some players or others. White shows Tavares, but no matter how much rivals know the danger, another thing is to stop it. The giant emerged near the board and Madrid was raised for the first time (51-53). Balceowski did not take long to crush the ring against Garuba’s unsportsmanner, a sign that the Unicaja was not going to loosen. Díaz and Kalinoski hammered on the outside, Ejim took muscle in the area. Madrid struck with the offensive rebound and the fast Musa (63-61).
The clash was already moving in a tile, no respite. Unicaja arrived and threw to the minimum occasion, with diverse results. Hezonja was a cyclone again, already around Bican Llull and Musa (72-77). Madrid exhibited offensive resources to hurt different teams. Tavares was eliminated with two and a half minutes ahead and the Malaga team burned its last cartridges. The volcano turned off Campazzo to send Madrid to the final and lie down. Ibon Navarro summarized: “There will never be such a human group. There are players who leave. This is not going to be repeated.”
