Real Madrid once again showed themselves infallible at the Movistar Arena and, after a great match, . Their victory against Fenerbahçe (84-58), still very far from the team that was proclaimed Euroleague champion last year, reinforced the feeling that it is a group that is on the rise. Although he will have to demonstrate this away from his fans, where he cannot advance.
The tendency of this Madrid is curious, a team so asymmetrical that they win everything at home and lose everything away. Sergio Scariolo’s team liked each other in the first half against Fenerbahçe. The Euroleague champion is still forming and crashed head-on into the great Madrid defense. The outsiders made an effort to make the Turkish attacks difficult and inside, Edi Tavares and Usman Garuba – seven blocks between the two centers – closed the lock.
Game by game, Campazzo has been getting into tune and right now Real Madrid is flying with the Argentine on the court. In the first quarter he suffered a slowdown when he committed his second personal foul in just over three minutes. But the rushing start intimidated Saras Jasikevicius, who had to stop the game with the first white rush (17-2 with a triple by Abalde). Then his team recovered some skill and with three triples in a row they got closer on the scoreboard.
That reaction was an illusion. Real Madrid recovered Campazzo and spread its wings again. Fifteen points in a row to distance themselves from Fenerbahçe, who did not know how to contain their rival. Scariolo saw that the wind was blowing at his tail and brought in Théo Maledon to get new momentum. The Frenchman scored nine points in a row and Jasikevicius’ team began to falter (49-22 at halftime).
Trye Lyles didn’t want to miss the white party. The Canadian, somewhat imprecise at first, ended up fine-tuning to finish with 14 points and 5 rebounds. Scariolo, with the game over, also wanted to train the young Italian Gabriele Procida.
He did not debut, but Florentino Pérez’s latest signing already sat down with his teammates. an NBA classic after having played there the last 12 seasons in teams such as Phoenix Suns, Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Lakers. After 690 games in the NBA, Len returns to Europe.
Valencia Basket added a new victory, its fifth in the Euroleague, at the Roig Arena, where only its archenemy, Hapoel Tel Aviv, has managed to win. Pedro Martínez’s team suffered a lot against Dubai Basketball, which led the scoreboard for much of the match. Jurica Golemac’s team took the measure of the taronja and did not let them run throughout the game. But Valencia turned the result around in a final quarter marked by great defense that led them to victory (80-78). With this victory and with the day yet to close this Friday, Valencia looks up in the standings, in fifth place.
The other two Spanish teams will complete the eighth day of the Euroleague today. Barcelona visits Partizan Belgrade’s field and Baskonia receives Anadolu Efes from Istanbul at the Buesa Arena.
