EReal Madrid broke its streak of three consecutive defeats (Unicaja, Coruña and Bayern) by beating Zaragoza (101-95) in a match in which he once again showed the deficits that are hindering him at the beginning of the campaign and that they were about to cost him another disappointment. The most important, his disastrous defense. If in the three previous defeats had conceded an average of 91 points, the hands raised that barrier to 95an unacceptable figure for a champion team. Not to mention their 14 losses and his 8/24 in triples.
Almost all the problems of a Madrid come from the defense. survived with the regularity of Musa (18), the arrests of Deck (18) and the arrests of Feliz and Campazzo when the outlook looked worse. However, all their offensive powder is not enough if they grant so many facilities in defense. Bell-Haynes (21) in the second half, Spissu (17 with 4/5 triples) and Slaughter (13) in the first and Dubljevic (18) the entire game, They broke the whites, compromising their agonizing victory until the end.
Serge Ibaka (i) tries to beat Angolan Jilson Bango, from Casademont Zaragoza.
Tavares, Musa and Campazzo They led the white start against a Zaragoza that was aggressive in defense and grown in attack with Bango standing up to the Cape Verde giant, and two triples of Spissu (12-17, min 7). Tavares, one more day, was charged early with his second foul, but Madrid They improved in defense with the entry of Ibaka and Deck, leading with Musa a partial of 15-5 (27-22, min 13).
The triple jumper Spissu throws into the hands
The hands reacted to a triple hit with a raging Spissu (3/3), neutralizing Hezonja’s twoback after becoming a father this week. Besides, They dominated the rebound (14-18) with 8 offensive attacks that penalized a Madrid that was not very successful from the perimeter (3/12 t3), quite the opposite of Zaragoza (8/16 t3), and with a tendency to disperse in defense (47-46, min 20).
Real Madrid’s Argentine point guard Facundo Campazzo (behind) defends Italian point guard Marco Spissu, from Casademont Zaragoza.
Zaragoza regained control with triples from Slaughter and Spissu (53-54), but Campazzo activated the ‘killer mode’ and Madrid scored with four points from Facu, two triples from Ndiaye and one from Musa (66-56, min 26). The hands did not give in and with the attacks by Bell-Haynes (12 points with two triples) and Dubljevic (7) They neutralized the attacks of Feliz and Deck and got back into the game (84-82, min 34).
Real Madrid’s Cape Verdean center Edy Tavares (behind) throws against AJ Slaughter, from Casademont Zaragoza.
The party entered into a war of nerves that Madrid emerged victorious, scoring the final blow with two steals and seven free throws, including a 2+1 by Tavares with whom he established a sufficient advantage (95-86, min 38) for the closing of a match in which they suffered again because Zaragoza, more stiff in attack in those final minutes, did not lower their arms until the end (101-95).
Technical sheet:
101 – Real Madrid (23+24+28+26): Campazzo (7), Abalde (-), Musa (18), Ndiaye (10), Tavares (9) -starting team-, Rathan-Mayes (4), Deck (18), Llull (7), Ibaka (2) , Andrés Feliz (13), and Hezonja (13).
95 – Real Madrid (20+26+23+26): Spissu (17), Slaughter (13), Miguel Gonzalez (-), Sulejmanovic (7), Bango (11) – starting team – Bell-Haynes (21), Yusta (6), Dubljevic (18), Mencia (- ), Joaquin Rodriguez (2), and Jaime Fernandez (-).
Referees: Óscar Perea, Francisco Araña and Andrés Fernández. Tavares was excluded for five personal fouls (m.38).
Incidences: matchday 2 of the Endesa League played at the WiZink Center in front of 7,937 spectators.
