The faith of Madrid knocks down Olympiacos and conquers Europe

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The character of Madrid emerged in kaunasas so many other times, to conquer the euroleaguewhen the trophy seemed to have written the name of the olympiacosseason dominator from start to finish.

Resilient, clinging to an incredible faith that led him to survive the tie against the partizan with a 0-2 against and to overcome the injuries of key pieces like Yabusele, Deck and Poirier.

Led by three veterans, three legends like lull, the author of the decisive basket (the only one he scored), so rudy and a masterful Sergio Rodriguezhe Madrid remained in the fight against an immense rival and in the last three seconds he gave the final blow to take the victory and win his eleventh European Cup (78-79) with Edy Tavares as MVP of the final.

He did not disappoint the Euroleague final. The attacks shone, the defenses intimidated. And the stars appeared. They were the triples of Canaan and the versatility of Vezenkov, the MVP of the competition, who paved the way for a olympiacos hungry, which seemed eager to resolve already in the first quarter. Up to 12 points treasured the team of Bartzokaswho closed the first set in a very favorable way (24-17) against a Madrid that was a little out of rhythm and with a lot of presence, but little effective contribution from Tavares in the area.

Everything was to give entrance to Sergio Rodríguez, Hezonja and Rudy in that scenario of Greek dominion mediated the fourth and the Madrid his face changed. It was a radical transformation. Of the 24-12 that established the margin olympiacos he shrank and he Madrid with a partial of 5-19 he went on to take command. control of chacho and rudy energized the white attack. hezonja It gave him a lot of solvency, going to 12 points and the Madrid zone, above all, caused a certain collapse in the Piraeus team, from which it was slow to react. The team of Matthew came to dominate in a moment of inspiration from the outside (6 of 12 triples in the fourth), but everything balanced out at halftime thanks to the contribution of McKissic for the Greeks (45-45).

Maximum tension

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The tension rose even more in the restart due to the step forward in defense that the two teams took, more physical, more intense, attentive to any passing lane. Fluency disappeared, above all, in the Madrid, who only added 14 points in the third quarter. He Olympiacos, instead, it relied on the solvency of Vezenkov and in the gall of McKissic, a microwave, capable of breaking any script. That gave the Greek team control again to enter the last period with a certain margin (63-59).

Madrid, however, continued to believe, hooked on a prodigious management of the boy, to the unexpected production of causeurand a defense that installed the doubt in the olympiacosscoreless in the last two minutes, as much as Vezenkov tried to keep his team afloat. Sergio Rodriguezwith an incredible triple with 45 seconds to go and lull, with the decisive basket with three seconds to go, they opened the door to the prodigious white triumph, without the desperate shot of Sloukas in the last action. he could stop it.

Olympiacos, 78- Real Madrid, 79

Olympiacos: Walkup (-), Canaan (21), Papanikolau (6), Vezenkov (29), Fall (-) –starting five – Larentzakis (-), Sloukas (6), Bolomboy (2), Black (-), McKissic ( 14)

12 of 36 triples (Canaan, 5), 30 rebounds, 10 offensive (Fall, 5), 20 assists (Walkup, 6)

Real Madrid: Williams-Goss (9), Hanga (2), Musa (6) NDiaye (3), Tavares (13) –starting five-

Causeur (11), Rudy (3), Hezonja (12), S. Rodriguez (15), Randolph (3), Llull (2)

12 of 33 triples (Causeur, 3), 37 rebounds, 13 offensive (Tavares, 10), 19 assists (S. Rodríguez, 9)

Partial: 24-17; 21-28; 18-14; 15-20



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