The favorite, the Olympiacos regular phase championhe fulfilled the forecasts, because the eighth has never eliminated the leader. But 3-1 is a skimmed result that does not transmit the tension of the tie and equality of all assaults Less the first. Add arbitration with a totally disparate criteria In the second in Pireo. The Greek team is aware of the enormous difficulty of his victory, and celebrated it on the track as required by the magnitude of the conquest. Will fight to lift the trophy again 12 years later, His great obsession.
The 23 points of the recovery Evan Fournier and its seven forced personnel (10 of 13 from the line) were capital, also the four triples of the Eternal Papanikolaou and the six assists of Bindersin another role this time and equally transcendent for yours. The demarcation of The red Navy In the last quarter it was impeccable.
The unthinkable was that the Madrid would overcome a disadvantage of 15 (67-82) in the final six minutes and have a triple (of Abbey) to paste a huge bitch and force the fifth. That launch did not enter, of those who change the story, with tavares eliminated by offenses and Deck e Ibaka Out of combat for injury.
Hezonja, Happy, Musa, Llull and Abalde They had pushed with everything. It was not enough for a simple gesture, that shot that did not go through the hoop, after seeing Madrid reach its agonized limit spur by the palace. He did not match, however, the level of an adversary with an extreme desire to recover the crown of the old throne of Europe. The White Club has lacked a better planning in summer and more ambition in the market, a higher talent. Out of the Final Four After three in a row. There will be no fourth chained. A goal that has never reached because three consecutive is its best record. He Olyon the other hand, the room has just achieved, the room in history to get it after CSKA (twice), the Baskonia and the Fenerbahce.
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Fournieras planned, It was from the game. Holder and capital in the first part with 14 points (7 of 8 in free throws) in just under 14 minutes. His team grabbed him, his ability to generate things in the absence of Binderswhich failed his first two releases and went to the bank in the seven minute and did not return until ten seconds were subtracted for the rest (-1 of valuation). Reserved for what was coming.
He Madridwith very bad news in the previous hours (the casualties due to injury of Deckin the left hip, where the tendon was broken in December, and Ibakaright knee), it went very strong behind, with Hezonja assuming in attack and Abbey in a star paper in defense, and passing (7 assists and 3 recoveries). The opponent, without Bindersthe good wave was not; But he endured and worked well in a second quarter that unleashed (draw at 26). Alec Peters appeared, who now, and not like Tuesday, attacked Llull and the smallest pairs when he played. Also Milutinov It hurt, a lot, because he took the second to Tavares and the third. All indisputable and avoidable, could even receive a technique by a gesture to the referees. In less than a room on the court. And within a few seconds of resumption, Edy’s fourth with a 2+1 of Fournier. Hugo González had relieved with note Abbey. Maximum activity plus a triplazo and a alley-oop.
The energy and verticality of happy
Although the Real was seen with a +9 (45-36), Fournier He put his first two baskets in the final minute of the first part to dance very stuck. And with the arreon of resumption, when Binders He worked as a pin, turned the tortilla: 47-48. In 21 minutes, 9 to 15 in offenses (and techniques) and 4 to 20 in free throws. Tavares, as we counted, had just committed the fourth and would not return until they subtracted 8:50, with almost broken duel. The regular phase leader gave a very serious first pull (51-58). It wasn’t the definitive because I was there Andrés Happy contributing an extra in everything, back and in attack charging against Fall or whoever was and putting a triple: 65-67. His energy and verticality, the thread that supported his squad.
Those of Bartzokas They stacked only three triples. Well, four, three of Papanikolaou (one with extra foul of muse) and another of Vildoza For +15: 67-82, minute 33. The party had jumped through the air and seemed broken in almost all the scenarios projectable by artificial intelligence. But basketball is something else, almost impossible to predict. At 2:50 and with a pressure in the background, Madrid lifted a 11-0 partial that rescued him wildly.
It is not well known how
Weather in Campazzo He had just put a huge triple and the wave in which his team surfed. So, Tavares He received one quinta Very protested In a blind block, Llull It was a career that seemed frank and a Hezonja staff was added in the rejection and then Binders decer The mother of all the triples (From nine meters and with Abbey completely on top): 78-85 to 120 seconds from the horn. And again, it is not well known how, the Madrid He stood up. Theft of Abbeybasket of Musa and Diana del Galico with the Olympiacos Errando his shots.
14 seconds of the closure, Weather in Campazzo He succeeded his two attempts from the Personal and Fournier line, even with 12 seconds ahead, one failed: 84-86. An attack, one, to win, because the I did resigned from the entrance, Hezonja He threatened to go inside and took it to Abalde for the triple. This throb, got rid of the time many and launched, although with three seconds it could still have passed to the Argentine only only to his right. Did not come out like this and the Olympiacos He celebrated it on the parquet of Movistar Arenabecause here those things, fortunately, can be done. The Final Four I await, great team and coach, huge template and a lot of potential; But perhaps you should improve your response in extreme situations because you will find them and Aúpa. To the Madrid It has to reinforce the block for the next Euroleague back in October. You need more talented pieces. And the same heart.
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| 11 Mario Hezonja |
| 6 Alberto Abalde |
| 13 Dzanan Musa |
| 24 Andrés Happy |
| 22 Edy Tavares |
| 7 Facundo Facrazzo |
| 20 Bruno Fernando |
| 23 Sergio Llull |
| 16 Usman Remix |
| 9 Hugo González |
| 30 This is the one |
| 8 Xavier Rathan-Mayes |
| Min | Pts | RT | RO | RD | Ast | Per | Rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | FC | Val | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Mario Hezonja | 32 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 6/10 | 3/7 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |
| 6 Alberto Abalde | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 1/4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | |
| 13 Dzanan Musa | 22 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8/9 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | |
| 24 Andrés Happy | 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 3/7 | 1/1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 22 Edy Tavares | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |
| 7 Facundo Facrazzo | 24 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3/4 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 6 | 2 | 15 | |
| 20 Bruno Fernando | 22 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 23 Sergio Llull | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3/3 | 1/4 | 2/4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
| 16 Usman Remix | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | |
| 9 Hugo González | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 30 This is the one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 Xavier Rathan-Mayes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 Sasha Bezenkov |
| 94 Evan Fournier |
| 1 Nigel Williams-Goss |
| 16 Kostas Papanikolaou |
| 10 Moustapha Fall |
| 33 Nikola milutinov |
| 8 Luca Vildoza |
| 0 Thomas Walkup |
| 25 Alec Peters |
| 9 They know Lee |
| 77 Shaquielle McKissic |
| 2 Moses Wright |
| Min | Pts | RT | RO | RD | Ast | Per | Rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | FC | Val | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Sasha Bezenkov | 27 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3/3 | 2/5 | 1/5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | |
| 94 Evan Fournier | 25 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10/13 | 5/5 | 1/5 | 7 | 1 | 18 | |
| 1 Nigel Williams-Goss | 24 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3/3 | 2/5 | 1/1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 16 Kostas Papanikolaou | 24 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 4/6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| 10 Moustapha Fall | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | |
| 33 Nikola milutinov | 23 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/4 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |
| 8 Luca Vildoza | 18 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| 0 Thomas Walkup | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | |
| 25 Alec Peters | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/3 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| 9 They know Lee | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 77 Shaquielle McKissic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | |
| 2 Moses Wright | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
