The Real Madrid Basketball and the Turtle Deck they had a great night. As locals, they were beating the Bayern Munich by a comfortable 20-point lead at the WiZink Center and quietly closed the regular season of the Euroleague. But too much quiet harmed them. So much so that the Germans overcame that great difference they had and won 88-97. A day to forget meringue…
Pablo Laso, disappointed with the defeat. (Photo: EFE/Kiko Huesca)
The Whites started strongly and prevailed in the first quarter by 24-17. Until the moment, the encounter painted even. A lot of rotation of the ball in both teams. But Madrid made the difference in defense, where they knew how to adjust better than the rival. on that side Deck was the protagonist with two steals, and also had five points.
The second quarter started similar to the first. Until the Spanish team began to try three and everything was uphill for the Germans: they received eight triples that completely stretched the difference. And the first half was won by the Whites 52-34, with Fabian Causeur as top scorer, with nine points.
Joy was breathed in the merengue locker room. The victory was on the way and they just had to take care of the comfortable advantage they had. Of course, for that it was not necessary to reduce the defensive intensity and that rapid coordination in the marks that did not allow the Bavarians to score. But that was forgotten in the last quarter…
The German team started the last quarter losing 75-59. With another intensity, they began to attack the meringue with more force and they put a tremendous partial of 9-0 in 2 minutes and 21 seconds. They reduced the lead to just 7 points (75-68) and panic set in at the WiZink Center. The Bavarians broke the result and nothing saved Madrid from the comeback.
The match ended 88-97 and the figure of the match was Ognjen Jaramaz with 19 points. The Tortu Deck -at least- had a good night individually with 12 points, five rebounds and two steals. It was the best of a Madrid that unexpectedly faded in the most important moment of the game. His fans didn’t forgive him, and he whistled at him.
REAL MADRID: IN THE EUROLEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Real Madrid will have a difficult first rival in the Euroleague. (Photo: EFE/Kiko Huesca)
Despite the defeat, Real Madrid was already qualified for the Euroleague playoffs. Their first rival could be Anadolu Efes or Maccabi Tel Aviv. They are both very tough. A bad scenario for the beginning.
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Deck’s Real Madrid came back from an advantage of 20 points!