He beat Joventut Badalona this Sunday by 75-80 in an exciting duel at the Olímpic that was not decided until the last moments. Adam Hanga had a shot to force overtime with four seconds remaining with a cornered triple, but it didn’t go in.
The defenses prevailed at the beginning of the game and both teams had a hard time scoring. So much so, that in five minutes of the match they only managed five points each. After the initial scoring drought, Joventut took the initiative in attack with a great Ante Tomic in the paint to open the first small gap on the scoreboard (15-9, min. 8).
For Real Madrid, former green and black Andrés Feliz appeared with a three-pointer at the buzzer to make it 17-16 at the end of the first period. La Penya once again fueled their attack thanks to the wrist of Cameron Hunt, who began to score from medium and long distance (25-21, min. 13).
However, the Madridistas put it into sixth gear and when the ball was hotter, they gave their team a four-point lead (27-31, min. 16). The end of the first half ended with a great exchange of baskets to leave the score at 35-37 in favor of the visitors.
After the break, Real Madrid again entrusted itself to Feliz to take the initiative on the scoreboard and make the home team nervous (42-48, min. 25). When it seemed that Scariolo’s team could leave in the light, Vives and Hunt appeared at Joventut with five consecutive points to spice up one of the great classics of the Endesa League again (52-57, min. 28).
Olímpic collapsed and became a pressure cooker, but two childish errors in attack were taken advantage of by Théo Maledon to leave his team 55-63 with the last ten minutes of the game remaining. In the last quarter, the newcomer to Real Madrid Alex Len took the white team on his back and put the ball in the way in a match in which La Penya always tried to react to the visitors’ push (57-69, min. 33).
Real Madrid seemed like they were going to end the duel, but Joventut never gave up and in the blink of an eye they were within six points (65-71, min. 37). With four seconds remaining, he had a shot to force overtime, but he missed and Real Madrid then scored from the free throw line.
Technical sheet
Youth Badalona (17+18+20+20): Rubio (18), Hunt (10), Kraag (2), Ruzic (3), Birgander (9) -starting five-; Drell (-), Hakanson (3), Vives (6), Dekker (4), Tomic (16) and Hanga (4).
Real Madrid (16+21+26+17): Campazzo (9), Kramer (8), Abalde (2), Lyles (8), Tavares (4) -starting five-; Procida (2), Maledon (11), Deck (7), Garuba (2), Llull (5), Feliz (10) and Len (12).
Referees: Jordi Aliaga, Alfonso Olivares and Igor Esteve. They eliminated the local player Rubio (min. 40) and the visitor Feliz (min. 40) for five personal fouls.
incidences: Match corresponding to matchday 6 of the Endesa League played at the Palau Municipal d’Esports in Badalona in front of 11,372 spectators.
