Real Madrid destroys an impotent Barcelona
The real Madrid has been imposed on FC Barcelona 81-66 in the third game of the Endesa League final playoff, played at the Wizink Center, to have the option of being champion again at home on Sunday, decided with every sense.
The white team teamed up with a Palacio to sell to make it 2-1 in the series, the best of five games. After struggling to draw the final on Wednesday at the Palau, Barça came back to see it overtaken by Madrid with greater determination to regain the league throne that it last conquered in 2019.
Madrid had two moments to break the game, before the break when they went for 10 and after the break with a 55-42 that ended up being good. Barça broke down in the third quarter and the white party was unleashed with the rent twenty (72-53). The end of the tension, the details and the agony, became a white review from the defense, the domain of Tavares, Poirier and Yabusele under hoops, and Deck, Causeur or Llull points.
With the tifo tribute to laso, raised fist and shout of rage, the sound of the wind blowing over the rival, the full house already singing the anthem before the initial whistle, the Palace was ready to play its part in this final. With that work environment, this time Mirotic will not act as savior in a Barça that does not fuel.
The culé novelty was dante exum, in the quintet in fact, as fresh blood, but the Australian added two fouls in three minutes. On the parquet it was impossible for the players to hear instructions, a high-decibel start that intimidated both teams. Madrid scored in the paint, Tavares, Poirier and Yabusele were the most valued at the break, and Barça was more irregular.
Calathes gave rhythm to the Catalans and he also knew how to hit the hoop. Jasikevicius had to pull his brain, as well as Mirotic, but the Hispanic-Montenegrin lacked decision and success. The rotation suited Chus Mateo’s men better, with Poirier’s damage to Davies (18-12) and a more complete defense that, in communion with the public, led the eternal rival in tow. Kuric hit a couple of 3-pointers in a somewhat more determined Barça in the second quarter, but it was left in a flash in the bleeding of visiting losses and the tremendous anger from Saras to Laprovittola. a sanli unsportsmanlike It meant the takeoff of Madrid, with triples by Causeur and Rudy, until the tenth (46-36).
Those from Barcelona had to break stone and his return to the ring was a disaster. plus losses, very little success and a timid reaction that was not enough to stop the white locomotive. Tavares became great again and Kuric kept the thread of culé life. Causeur launched another direct to the rival; Llull, the next, and Madrid did not let Barça get up from the canvas (66-53).
Deck, with colossal energy all night, and Yabusele fattened up the rent in their twenties. Laso’s men, absent again due to the heart attack he suffered two weeks ago, gave free rein to the great moment with which they reached this final. The azulgrana team, surviving more than playing the last two months, will have to rearm itself and a lot in two days to avoid the white wing.
data sheet
Real Madrid, 81 (21+25+20+15): Hanga (7), Causeur (13), Deck (14), Yabusele (9) and Tavares (10) —initial quintet—; Rudy Fernández (3), Poirier (6), Taylor (5), Abalde (2), Núñez (-), Llull (10), Ndiaye (2)
FC Barcelona, 66 (16+23+14+13): Calathes (10), Higgins (3), Exum (5), Mirotic (9) and Sanli (-) —initial quintet—; Laprovittola (6), Abrines (3), Martínez (-), Davies (8), Kuric (15), Jokubaitis (2), Smits (5).
Referees: Peruga, Jimenez, and Sanchez Sixto. without eliminated
incidents: Third match of the 2021/22 Endesa League final played at the Wizink Center (Palacio de los Deportes) in Madrid before 11,793 spectators