Baskonia 90-74: Madrid dominance and comfortable 1-0

Real Madrid comfortably defeated Baskonia 90-74 in Game 1 of the EuroLeague series and took the lead for the qualification to the Final Four of the competition.

Mateo’s team dominated and did not face any major problems, making it 1-0 in the quarter-final series with relative ease.

Dzanan Moussa was the leader of Madrid with 16 points, while Vincent Poirier and Facundo Cabasso were also in double figures. The first scorer of the Basques was Marcus Howard with 15 points, while Nikos Rogavopoulos followed with 14 points (tying his career high), which were also scored by Miller-McIntyre.

The race

Real Madrid imposed their tempo from the start of the game, not wanting to give Baskonia a chance to believe they could make the break. The Madrids were in a driving role from the start, while the Basques with small bursts tried to maintain their touch. Moussa and Hezonia led the scoring for Real, while Ivanovic’s team was getting solutions from Howard. Halftime score was 48-37.

In the second half, Real came out with the intention of cleaning up the game. Mateo’s team dominated and did not leave any further room for the Basques. The difference rose above 20 points and Baskonia could not react again and get back into the match. Final score 90-74.

THE REFEREES: Mogulkok, Latishevs, Fufis

THE DECADES: 26-17, 48-37, 70-53, 90-74

Real Madrid (Mateo): Cozer, Fernandez 6, Ambalde 7, Cabaso 10 (1/3 3-pointers), Jezonia 9 (3/4 3-pointers), Rodriguez 5 (6 assists), Deck 4, Poirier 10 (7 rebounds), Tavares 8 ( 7 rebounds), Yule 8 (2/6 three-pointers), Yabusele 7 (7 rebounds), Musa 16 (3/6 three-pointers)

BASCONIA (Ivanovic): Howard 15 (3/9 three-pointers), Raieste, Chioza 3 (6 rebounds), Kerecheta, Sedekerskis 3 (7 rebounds), Marinkovic 9 (1/4 three-pointers), Miller-McIntyre 14 (4 rebounds), Dieth , Rogavopoulos 14 (4/9 three-pointers), Kotchar 2, Costello 14 (6 rebounds), Theodore

Real’s team stats: 20/34 2-pointers, 14/33 3-pointers, 8/12 shots, 37 rebounds, 21 assists, 9 steals, 7 turnovers

Baskonia’s team statistics: 16/26 2-pointers, 12/41 3-pointers, 6/11 shots, 39 rebounds, 18 assists, 3 steals, 12 turnovers

The next matches of the two teams: Game 2 of the series is scheduled for April 25 at 10 p.m.