Real Madrid is still untouchable at the Wizink Center. Nobody, in the ACB League, has won here for more than a year. , which was stamped against a great white defense and a much more coral game than those of Chus Mateo, which are anticipated in the final after the first game (89-75)
which disarmed the usual torrent of points of the group of Pedro Martínez. Actually, the two coaches, after days of scoutingthey reached the premiere of the final with solutions to apply to the rival stars. Chus Mateo was more agile during the party and knew how to find an alternative to impose itself without the usual prominence of his referents such as Facu Campazzo or Mario Hezonja. Happy, Llull – he is the player with the latest ACB, with 14 – or Bruno Fernando solved the Real Madrid attack.
Valencia, without the points and ceased to be a problem. Only Brancou Badio scored easily. The rest suffered for many minutes in front of a rival that offers few fissures in its ring.
Real Madrid, very applied in defense, bittering the night to Jean Montero (one of nine in field shots), his guide, prevented Valencia Basket from playing. The white team showed more resources on its court, armored territory. Matt Costello held the Taronja From the line of three in an unusually unusual encounter of its pillars.
The stars of the two teams barely shone. They filled the previous ones and deserted in the first minutes, minimized by their defenders. Campazzo, Hezonja, Montero and Badio suffered from the defenses that were in front of them. Real Madrid smiled to see that his rival was going to rest with only 32 points, Calderilla for a set accustomed to almost always aim at one hundred final points. But this season Valencia has had many games with some jam and suddenly, as soon as he finds a good streak in the triples, he cuts the disadvantage in a sigh.
Not everything was bad news for Pedro Martínez. Reuvers managed to guard Tavares (10 points and zero rebounds in the first two rooms) and Ojeleye annulled Hezonja, always a bass for his opponents. But in view of the fact that the leaders were not intoned, the coach trusted the second line and there was missing the impudence that this Sergio de Larrea course or the triples of Josep Puerto or the contribution of the interiors has exhibited. In Madrid, on the other hand, the answer was much more supportive.
Even so, you cannot trust this Valencia, always prepared to adjust its opponents from the three line. He demonstrated it with a good exit in the third quarter that served him to recover the command (42-48) thanks to Badio, who put 15 points only in this period.
His virtue, despite everything, was also his conviction. Valencia was much more individualistic than Real Madrid, which had several different paths ahead to reach 1-0. He didn’t mind getting in the hands of Andrés Happy or. The Chus Mateo team ended up growing. On the contrary that Valencia. Badio was insufficient to stand up to smarter players on the court. The team Taronja He did not know how to adapt to the game and ended up having the knee. The low flexibility in its style is one of its weak points and Real Madrid knew how to exploit it.
