Real Madrid leaves Barça in the bones in the Euroleague classic | Basketball | Sports

Madrid struck again. If in the first round of the Euroleague they had conquered the Palau, this time they triumphed at home with a defensive exercise that left Barcelona in their bones: only 61 points were added by the Barça group, their worst score of the season. His offensive production in each quarter (14, 17, 16 and 14 points) was minuscule. Madrid shared their efforts in a solidarity and group performance to secure a victory that allows the white team to equal their rival in the standings with 14 victories and close the wound of the last league classic.

The Palace surrendered before the duel And the Cape Verde giant responded to the applause with a devastating start: the first basket of the match, and the second, and the third, two rebounds, a block from Norris, taps to steal the ball… The omnipresent Tavares was the white lighthouse while Barça was stuck in attack (the first bingo after three minutes), weighed down by losses and inferior under the rings Between the refreshments and plugging Willy inside now Shengelia on the perimeter. Of course, Madrid also has dynamite in reserve and Maledon, Deck and Lyles kept the local lead before the first break (21-14).

Five points from Lyles allowed Madrid to take another bite. Scariolo’s team kept their revs high with and without the ball, a remedy for the sluggishness that has punished them in the early stages of the season before the break. This time it was a team plugged in from start to finish. Madrid defended and ran to increase the gap and Pascual ordered a stop very soon. The coach armored his quintet with his best defensive soldiers but even then he did not prevent Garuba from dressing up as Llull with a triple in the last second of the possession. Invisible Punter, the Barcelona helm was handled by Laprovittola. Shengelia clashed with Tavares, the differentiating factor because of what he added in front of the opponent’s board and what intimidated him with his back to his. There is no antidote for such a problem, especially when it avoids being burdened with faults. Barça’s attack took a long time. Punter’s anarchy was the best reflection of his problems in dominating the rhythm of the match (43-31).

The face to face between Abalde and Brizuela due to the intensity of the two Spanish exteriors. Barcelona now pressed several defenses in a row and under that return to Pascual’s first commandment (“you will defend”) they got back into the game. Madrid then responded with the same coin, raising their physical tone and their performance on the rebound, and with a more cheerful game they gave another shake to the scoreboard. Every time the Barça team showed up, the white team sent them down. Scariolo’s group showed that they could score the classic with their defensive fever (63-47 after a third quarter with only five visitor baskets in play).

Barça did not find the point of the match, neither in play nor in energy. A grown Madrid swallowed it. The final blow came from Garuba with his explosion at the beginning of the last quarter. There died an attempted Barça reaction laden with little faith and no solutions with the ball. Nothing to do against a white granite defense.