Real Madrid-Basconia 90-74: A strong premiere from the “queen”! – Basketball – Euroleague

It turned into… a party Real Madrid the first match of the Playoffs against the Baskoniaas he defeated her comfortably 90-74!

The “queen” had a plurality in the attack, which gained absolute control from the very first quarter.

The leader was Janan Musa with 16 points. However, the match took on a historic character for him Sergio Yuleas with the two three-pointers he scored, he arrived the total of 624 in his Euroleague career and went up in the first position of the relevant listleaving him second Juan Carlos Navarrowho had 623!

From the Basques, who did not have him at their disposal Chima Monekestood out Marcus Howard with 15 points. From 14 p.m. had the Nikos Rogavopoulos, Cody McIntyre and Matt Costello.

The second match of the series will take place again in Madrid, next Thursday (25/4, 22:00).

The match
Better start from Real, as they went 8-2, with Baskonia reacting with Rogavopoulos and Miller-McIntyre, getting closer to the basket (13-11), in the 4th minute. The answer of the “queen” came from Campacho, Hezonia and Moussa and with a 10-0 run, it reached +14 (25-11), at 7′. In the last minutes, Howard took action for the Basques, who dropped the difference to single digits (26-17) at the end of the first period.

With Yule and Dek, Real again went to +12 (32-20) at the beginning of the second quarter and with consecutive three-pointers then sent the difference to +17 (42-25), at 15′. Howard and Miller-McIntyre kept the visitors in the next minutes, but the “queen” went to the locker room with +11 (48-37).

With the foot on… the gas, Real started the second half and having full control with Moussa and Giabuseli shot the difference to +22 (64-42), at 25′. Baskonia reacted with Rogavopoulos and Kotsar (66-50), but the “queen” kept the reins and closed the third period at +17 (70-53).

The hosts continued at the same rate in the fourth quarter for the new +24 (77-53), with the last minutes being procedural and Real winning the final 90-74.

The quarters: 26-17, 48-37, 70-53, 90-74

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