Real Madrid became the “good morning” boss in the series of Endesa Liga finals against Barcelona, ​​​​​​from the moment they beat them at home (88-75). The ‘Queen’ entered the Palau Blaugrana in impressive fashion, finding herself at +13 very quickly and hasn’t looked back since. Whatever the players of Saronas Yassikevitsios tried it didn’t work as at the same time those of Chos Mateo tried very hard, had good percentages and dominated the rebounds.

All of this in a game where Real Madrid had Chu’s Mateo on the bench in place of Pablo Lasso (who is recovering from a heart attack), but neither did Sergio Yul take a time-out because he was unprepared.

The next meeting between the two teams is scheduled for Wednesday 15 June at 22:00 at the same stadium.

The race

Chos Mateo players showed their spirit from a young age as they were very aggressive in defense as well as effective in attack. Indeed, thanks to the action of Adam Hanga and Fabian Koser (they had 17 points in the first half), Real Madrid ended the first ten minutes +13 (17-30) with a score of 7/12, two points and 4/5 three Points. Saronas Yassikevitsios was constantly making changes and adjustments, but the rental opposite was impressive. Despite the shock of Anthony Randolph’s serious injury, the “Queen” stayed upright and was leading by +20 (29:49) just before the break.

With the start of the second half, Barcelona greatly increased the pressure on the defense and brought the world into play. When Adam Hanga and Bensan Poirier were the antidote for the visitors, who not only weren’t afraid, but reached +23 (51-74) in the 30th minute – with 28/44 shots and +13 rebounds against the hosts.

Nicolas Laprovitola and Nicolas Mirotis tried to lead Barcelona to an epic upset, the difference fell to -10 (75-85 in 38′), but the threesome scored by Fabian Koser in 1’38” for the end was that Gratuitous shot for the hosts.

THE TEN MINUTES: 17-30, 31-49, 51-74, 75-88.

BARCELONA (Jasikevicius): Martinez, Hayes 2, Laprovitola 15 (2), Yokubaitis 8 (1/4 threes), Naji, Davis 7 (6 rebounds, 3 assists), Smith 8 (2/2 threes), Abrines, Higgins 4, Kuric 12 (2/7 three points), Mirotic 13 (4/8 two points, 1/3 three points, 2/2 shots, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 errors, 3 steals), Kalathis 6 (4 rebounds, 4 assists).

real Madrid (Lasso): Koser 15 (3/8 three points), Hanga 16 (4/8 two points, 2/5 three points, 2/2 shots, 6 rebounds), Deck 18 (5/9 two points, 1/2 three points, 5/7 shots, 5 rebounds, 3 assists), Tavares 7 (6 rebounds), Yaboussele 11 (2/8 two points, 1/3 three points, 4/4 shots, 9 rebounds), Nounieth 3, Randolph , Fernandez 4 (1), Abalde 2, Poirier 7 (3/4 two points, 1/1 shot, 5 rebounds), Taylor 5 (1).

Team Stats – Barcelona: 20/38 two points, 8/23 three points, 11/13 shots, 30 rebounds (19 defensive + 11 offensive), 14 assists, 16 errors, 9 steals, 2 blocks.

Team Stats – Real Madrid: 22/44 two points, 9/22 three points, 17/23 shots, 38 rebounds (21 defensive + 17 offensive), 15 assists, 13 errors, 12 steals, 2 blocks.