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Real Madrid (17-11) dispersed a double-digit lead, but played much more in the decisive moments of the match and returned to victory.
Man of the match
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Pablo Lasas students on the move 75:71 (24:13, 14:16, 14:29, 23:13) broke the resistance of Zenit de Saint Petersburg (16-11). Real also won their first game at 79:72.
The true basketball players, who started the game with a safe start, led 24:13 after the first half, and held a 14-point lead in the second quarter (29:15), but Zenit recovered after a long break.
Alex Poythress scored a free kick, Austin Hollins added two points, Mateusz Ponitka took penalties and Zenit started the third quarter with a 14: 3 blast and took the lead in the middle of the quarter with 43:41.
Still, after this stage of Zenit, a tenacious fight broke out and the winner of the match was decided at the end of the duel.
2 minutes before the end of the game, Zenit led 69:68, but Nicolás Laprovittola made a successful foray towards the basket and regained the advantage for the guests (70:69).
On the next attack, Will Thomas made a jewel pass to Poythress, who was already ready to score points under the basket, but Walter Tavares had the last word, writing an impressive block.
Moments later, Tavares ran into Zenit’s penalty area and threw the ball into the basket with a Poythresso foul, increasing Real’s lead to 3 points – 72:69.
After this episode, Billy Baron’s 3-pointer flew by, and on the other side of the field, Fabien Causeur provoked another Poythresso foul and secured Real’s victory with 27.2 seconds left (74:69).
Tavares, who was the most useful player of the winners, scored 16 points (double 8/12, penalty 0/1), 9 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 block, 1 error and 19 utility points in 23 minutes.
Zenit: Kevin Pangos 14 (1/6 trit., 4/6 trit., 7 res.), Billy Baron 12 (3/8 trit.), Alex Poythress 11 (5/8 trit.), Mateusz Ponitka 10.
Real: Walter Tavares 16 (8/12 double, 9 rebounds, 19 ballots), Gabriel Deck 15 (4/7 trit.), Carlos Alocenas 8 (4/7 double).
Performance by Walter Tavares:
Match summary:
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