Emulate the comeback two years ago before the Partisan It was utopian and the season of Madrid came to an end. The whites could not with Olympiacos (84-86) in the fourth game of the series, seeing as its European season ended.
They did it fighting until the end and falling after a last shot of three failed by Abbey On the horn. It was the final attempt to come back after a bad second half in which a 14 -point deficit in the middle of the Sasha recital came to accumulate Binders and Evan Fournier. A 17-4 partial seemed to return Chus to life Mateo But the final action was not favorable.
Evan Fournier He dissipated doubts about his physical state by scoring 23 points and leading the offensive of the Greek team that had a great Binders (12) and with specific and timely appearances for Papanikolaou (4 of 6 triples). In Madrid the 21 points of Hezonja On a night with unexpected casualties due to Gaby’s physical problems Deck And Serge Ibaka.
Technical file
Real Madrid, 84 – Olympiacos, 86
84-Real Madrid (21+26+18+19): Happy (9), Abad (7), muse (12), Hezonja (21), Tavares (4) -Cinco Initial-Llull (11), Garuba (-), Hugo González (5), Bruno Fernando (6), Diaye (-).
86 – Olympiacos (16+26+26+18): Williams-Goss (10), Fournier (23), Papanikolau (12), Vezenkov (10), Fall (6) -equipo inicial-, McKissic (-), Peters (9), Milutinov (7), Lee (2), Walkup (-), Wright (2), Vildoza (5).
Referees: Damir Javor (Slovenia), Milivoje Jovcic (Serbia) and Milan Nedovic (Slovenia). They eliminated Tavares for personal offenses (m.36)
Incidents: Fourth match of the quarterfinals of the Euroleague, played at the Movistar Arena in Madrid against 11,368 spectators.
Con Hezonja Unleashed at the beginning and second unit (Sergi Llull and Hugo González above all) contributing intensity in the second quarter, the whites dominated in the first half with advantages of up to nine points that made despair to Bartzokas.
The Greeks left the costumes determined to improve their defense and gradually found their automatisms in attack, both for the success of their referents and for the impact on the rebound of their great men.
With 65-79 eight minutes from the end they seemed to have controlled the situation but made several errors in the background and the Madrid It came up. An error of Fournier In a free kick 12 seconds from the end he gave the whites the last bullet but Alberto’s shot Abbey He did not enter and there ended the dream.
