No one is going to discover at this point the inner power of Real Madrid. There, all teams assume that they will receive points in the … paint. What is impossible to lift is that, to that, access to the area becomes a highway without toll for exteriors. The one who understood it was Andrés Feliz, which was the MVP of the White Triumph, with 20 points in 19 minutes and an 8 of 11 in the shots of that range. The Chus Matthew set scored 60 of its 96 points in the painting, 62.5% of the total, with 30 of 42 in two shots. Thus, it is very difficult to take a match with Victoria.
The Taronja defeat complicates the options of being seconds because, again, they do not depend on them again. With four games to play, those of Pedro Martínez have two losses more than the Tenerife Lagoon. From the third place, the Unicaja is a defeat behind (with particular average won by Valencia Basket) with what they will also have to take care of that fight because with Barça flirting the fifth place, the room can have an poisoned toll for the first Round of Playoff.
In the 46-44 that marked the break, each team added many points in the place where he feels more comfortable. Which made the game open and, at the same time, the two technicians were clear where they had to influence their players to increase the defensive level in the second half. Real Madrid scored 26 points in the paint, with a barbarian success of 13 of 17 in field shots, giving the feeling that every time some athlete with a white shirt stepped on the darkest parquet part was synonymous with a safe basket. Valencia Basket, with a 7 of 19, scored 21 points from the triple. They also arrived in the most appropriate times. From the maximum white rent, a 33-23, those of Pedro Martínez refined the aim to approach four (36-32) and, to rest, two. What sentenced the visiting side is that this tonic of the points received in the painting continued in the second part. The best thing, for getting positive things for the final stretch of the competition, is that the Valencians were proud of the track and did not let themselves go when the score (91-72) threatened to beat. This competitive capacity also adds to medium and long term.
Real Madrid: Campazzo (10), Abalde (7), Musa (16), Ndiaye (7) and Tavares (10), five initial, happy (20), Fernando (12), Llull (-), Garuba (-), González (5), Hezonja (7) and Rathan-Mayes (2).
Valencia Basket: Montero (11), Badio (11), Ojeleye (12), Pradilla (12) and Costello (10), five initial, Jovic (2), De Larrea (-), López-Arostegui (5), Puerto (7), Sestina (2), Reuvers (13) and Brimah (4).
PARTIAL: 27-20, 19-24 (46-44), 28-19 (74-63) y 22-26 (96-89).
Referees: Peruga, Sánchez Sixto and Fernández Esteban.
Incidents: 9,000 spectators. A minute of silence was kept for the death of Rafael Rullán, former Real Madrid player during 18 seasons.
