Granada

He Coviran Granada could not surprise Real Madridwhose talent and the amount of resources he has on an offensive level were enough to win by 94-80. After Obradoiro’s victory this Saturday against Andorra, the Granadans remain out of relegation thanks to their basketball average but next Friday in Zaragoza they are forced to win if they do not want to further complicate their stay in the Endesa League.

asked Pablo Pin They told their players in the build-up to play without complexes and in the first half they did. A fearless staging in which the Granada coach trusted the same players for almost the first seven minutes except for the entry of Valtonen. The initial three-point exchange between Musa and Kwan Cheathamwhich gave the red and black team the only advantage of the match (5-8), gave way to the festival under the direction of Facundo Campazzo.

Recital Campazzo

The Argentine gave quite a recital of assists in the first quarter and that Pin put David Kramer on top of him. But talent of the base allowed the Chus Mateo dominate even though they were not comfortable. With the same starting quintet, and only the entry of Valtonen, the Granadans did a lot of damage in the paint and that Tavares-Poirier duo It’s scary, as was demonstrated when the outsiders penetrated and were forced to take the ball out of the zone.

At 2:20 from the end of the first half, a quadruple substitution occurred in which Malik Dime, who had his best game since his arrival. The six losses of the whites were taken advantage of by their rival to go into the first break three down despite a last basket by Abalde (22-19).

He second bedroom It started with Scott Bamforth’s first basket but Real Madrid riddled the visitors’ hoop with three triples in a row through Guerschon Yabusele, Abalde and Fabien Causeur, which forced the Granada coaching staff to stop the game at 7:30 before halftime. The second unit was maintained, made up of five of the signings that arrived throughout the course, in which Dime stood out. The Senegalese center intimidated in defense but in attack he was cheeky and with a couple of dunks, along with two consecutive triples from Jonathan Rousselle, made Mateo extremely angry, who stopped the crash. The Madrid coach told his players: “The three-pointers are my turn,” he asked them how many points the pivots were going to score and asked them to “stop pacing.”

And the harangue had an effect. Based on dunks and adding threes at a time, whether with triples or 2 + 1, the current European champion increased his income. Sergio Llull’s entry into the field had a lot to do with it. A partial 12-2 From that time out of Chus Mateo broke the clash. Added to this was the lack of success of, among others, David Kramer who missed several released triples. Too much advantage for a team with a offensive talent impressive and records of all kinds. Llull, with two penetrations, gave him an eleven-point lead that he reduced to nine at halftime after a final basket by Cristiano Felicio, who did very well in the paint (51-42). It was clear that to have a chance of winning we had to defend better because 51 points scored There were too many but, today, few teams are capable of stopping the white team.

Quality

The second half started with a triple by Alberto Abalde responded to a good action by Bamforth. But Madrid did not want Covirán to get into the game. Pin asked his pupils for peace of mind and they did not lower their arms. But the thing is that quality difference and pause in each attack was evident. While the locals scored easily, Covirán had to work hard for each basket. And on top of that, Tavares returned to the field, who planted himself in the area to generate a lot of fear. Thus, little by little, Madrid distanced themselves, reaching a maximum advantage of seventeen points (63-46) that caused a new time-out by Pin at 5:29 from the end of the third period.

The decrease in percentages was even greater, being 33% in field goals, and thus it was impossible for Real Madrid to compete above all. With just over three minutes left in the third quarter the deficit was 20. Costa dedicated himself to attending, however, despite trying, the red and black team were already losing due to too much income. The overall score at the end of the third quarter was 26-15. Sentenced party.

Reaction

In the last ten minutes, a partial 2-13, with Pere Tomàs, Wiley, with his third triple of the match, and a dunk from Dime of protagonists, reduced the disadvantage to eleven, making it clear that they were not going to give up so easily and forcing Mateo to call a timeout at 6:28 of the end (79-68). A triple of Bamforth allowed the barrier to be lowered to ten points but a last push by the locals ended up closing the game.

Datasheet

94 – Real Madrid (22+29+26+17): Campazzo (2), Abalde (14), Musa (14), Ndiaye (13), Tavares (10), Poirier (11), Llull (10), Causeur (5), Rudy Fernandez (5). Yabusele (5), Hezonja (10), Alocen (-).

80 – Covirán Granada (19+23+15+23): Costa (4), Cheatham (10), Pere Tomás (5), Kramer (-), Cristiano Felicio (12) -starting five-, Dime (14), Wiley (11), Bamforth (9), Valtonen (6) , Rousselle (9).

Referees: Carlos Cortés, Arnau Padrós and Guillermo Ríos. no deleted

Incidences: Match corresponding to matchday 32 of the Endesa Basketball League played at the WiZink Center in front of 6,123 spectators.