Real Madrid extends its winning streak against a rocky Tenerife

Despite Sasu Salin’s initial three-pointer, which gave the islanders the only advantage all afternoon, the local team took to the track more focused, quickly taking the lead with Dzanan Musa and Walter Tavares and forced Txus Vidorreta to a fivefold change in search of better results. A block from the Cape Verdean center followed by a three-pointer from Petr Cornelie raised the score to 18-6 and forced the Basque coach to request his first time-out after five and a half minutes of white superiority.

Jaime Fernández, with six quick points and his usual speed, ordered something from the game of the Canarian team that, with a slight improvementwas able to at least lower the difference at the end of the first ten minutes of clear Madrid color (28-20).

The exchange of losses and errors marked the start of the second quarter. Vidorreta kept reserving Huertas and Shermadini and, although his team tried with points from Tim Abromaitis and Elgin CookReal Madrid was more forceful in attack, with all its players contributing to the team.

The game continued in the same vein until the break, only altered by several controversial arbitration decisions that were highly protested by the public. The team of Chus Mateo He was able to overcome the commotion and reach the break with the game apparently on track (50-36).

Jaime Fernandez and Muse they continued to lead their team after the break. The exchange of three-pointers from both sides prevented Lenovo Tenerife from getting closer, until Salin managed with his third outside hit to lower the gap to ten points many minutes later (63-54, min 26).

However, the greater depth of Real Madrid’s bench allowed him to distribute the minutes among his players and the success of Mario Hezonja, His most inspired man in the third act and who continued in the good line shown in Monaco, allowed him to reach the last ten minutes with eleven points of rent (70-59, min 30).

The canaries got to eight on a couple of occasions at the start of the final quarter, which Chus Mateo did not like, who stopped the game six minutes from the end to reorganize their own and avoid surprises in the decisive stretch of the clash.

vincent poirier, with ten points in the last ten minutes, he brought peace of mind in hot moments, although the clash continued to gain in emotion because the people of Tenerife did not give up. Moussa Diagne set off the alarm by lowering the white mattress to five points with 2.40 to play (81-75), although the forces of the visitors reached that far Five consecutive points from a great Hezonja sealed Real Madrid’s sixteenth league win.