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NACHO DUQUE
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When it was looking worse for Real Madrid, they achieved their first away win this season after six trips in which it came back empty. The whites won in Murcia (64-85) despite only having 11 troops due to absences due to injury Happy, Garuba and Musathe loss due to a virus Ibaka and that of Rathan-Mayeswho had just become a father.
The call was filled with the now ‘veterans’ Hugo González and Eli John Ndiaye, Sidi Gueyewhich debuted a couple of weeks ago, and Declan Duru and Gildas Giménez, who debuted with the first team in the last moments. Given the large lead on the scoreboard, The Madridistas finished the match with all of them on the court except for Ndiaye. Another tribute to the quarry, which is responding at a delicate moment.
Sidi Gueye throws a hook against Moussa Diagne’s defense.EFE
In the reissue of the last Endesa League final, Madrid was always ahead on the scoreboard. He entrenched himself for almost the entire afternoon in a zone 2-3 that UCAM was unable to overcome. The Murcians made 1/10 from the perimeter and 4/20 in field goals in the first quarter. A burden, although they ended up making up the percentages a little.
Hezonja explodes in the third quarter
The whites finished breaking the game in the third quarter. Hezonja scored 16 of his 21 points in that period. He scored four triples without error and with the fourth of them he set the +20 (46-66) to close an 8-23 partial. Llull, who grew in the face of adversity, supported him with 16 points. He scored seven of them in a row in the first quarter to open the first gap (5-16). After a triple, the captain would put a maximum of 27 with five minutes left (53-80).
Sergio Llull tries to bend a pass against the defense of Rodions Kurucs and Ludde Hakanson.EFE
Madrid corrected its past mistakes. Won the last quarteralthough they were already minutes of garbage, and widely dominated the rebound (27-42) allowing only six offensive attacks to a UCAM that he always ran into Tavares. The pivot did 10 points, nine rebounds, three assists and as many blocks.
Two mirages for UCAM
The Murcians, with the losses of Caupain and Todorovicthey only worried when the triples began to enter them in the second period. Arturs Kurucs scored two and Ennis scored another to start a 13-2 run that brought them closer to 24-29 after the game got crazy and Madrid lost a few balls. At the beginning of the third quarter, the locals also came within five (38-43). Two mirages. Against a great defense, they were well below their level.
The opposite of Madrid, where the work behind Abalde showed off, the points after Hugo’s attacking rebounds, Ndiaye fulfilled as almost always and Gueye found the tickle for Diagné. A sensational team effort in a complex situation and first win away from home. It’s about time.
Technical sheet
64 – UCAM Murcia Basketball Club (11+20+17+16): Hakanson (6), Ennis (12), Rodions Kurucs (11), Brodziansky (10) and Birgander (8) -starting five-, Dani García (-), Sant-Roos ( -), Radovic (4), Radebaugh (3), Diagne (4) and Arturs Kurucs (6).
85 – Real Madrid (22+18+26+19): Llull (16), Abalde (8), Deck (2), Ndiaye (8) and Tavares (10) -starting five-, Campazzo (13), Hugo González (6), Hezonja (21), Gueye (1) , Gildas Giménez (-) and Duru (-).
Referees: Carlos Perruga Embid, Arnau Padrós Feliu and Iyán González Gálvez. They eliminated the local Radebaugh with five personal fouls (m.33).
Incidents: Match corresponding to the sixth day of the Endesa Basketball League that was played at the Palacio de los Deportes in Murcia before 7,262 spectators, including the Murcian tennis player Carlos Alcaraz. Before the start of the match, a minute of silence was held in memory of the victims of the Dana that devastated Valencia and Albacete so severely, and in the preludes, Valencia, Valencia! and cards were shown with the names of the towns affected by this tragedy. On the other hand, Sito Alonso, UCAM CB coach, received the award for best coach last season in the highest category of Spanish basketball.
