The Tenerife team lacked success in the outside shots, they did not know how to attack the area well and beat a Tavares who was decisivepreventing any basket nearby.
In front a Real Madrid that played a phenomenal gamehe worked in defense as if he were risking his life and in attack he knew how to take advantage of the successes of Cornelie and Hezonja in the last quarter to end up deciding the game.
Lenovo Tenerife started well with a 5-0 win, but soon Chus Mateo’s team would equalize the clash based on excellent defensive work.
Aware of what the Tenerife team had done so far, Chus Mateo raised a tremendously defensive game, with great intensity and not allowing cracks so that the opponent could shoot to the basket. Inside a huge Tavares and architect that the island team did not leave on the scoreboard.
Tavares and the points depended on the foreign success. SalΓn, on this occasion, did not have his best day, the same as all the exteriors.
But the game was kept alive between two teams that could not distance themselves in the electronic. If Madrid defended well, Tenerife did no less, putting all their efforts into defending their basket.
That’s how even it was at the end of the first quarter (15-16) with many changes by the two teams trying to find their best five.
The Real Madrid was more successful at the start of the second quarter and warned that he was on the way to start breaking the game. At 18-23, min.13, Doornekamp scored a triple to get them back into the game (21-23).
In any case, it seemed that Real Madrid had taken the measure in the match, they knew how to play more calmly in attack and took advantage of their success at key moments. This is how he got to 31-38 and went to rest with a remarkable sale.
After rest time, Real Madrid had the opportunity to “break” definitely the clash (48-37), but they lacked that necessary push to achieve it. And his to Lenovo is given opportunities, he takes advantage of them. Partial 7-1 with good minutes from Fitipaldo, who could always with RodrΓguez and a 45-48 to face the last ten minutes.
Cornelie and Hezonja, with the full support of Tavares, decided that Lenovo Tenerife had come this far. Two first three-pointers by Cornelie and two later by Hezonja, along with one by Causeur, led Real Madrid to an eight-point lead (56-64, min.35) almost unattainable for Txus Vidorreta’s side who, until the end They tried, but no luck.
Data sheet
67 – Lenovo Tenerife (15+16+14+22). Fitipaldo (14), Salin (5), Sastre (3), Doornekamp (3), Guerra (4) -initial-, Shermadini (10), Huertas (9), Cook (-), Abromaitis (15) and FernΓ‘ndez ( 4).
80 – Real Madrid (16+22+12+30). RodrΓguez (2), Abalde (5), Musa (11), Yabusele (6), Tavares (10) -initial-, William-Goss (11), Causeur (6), Hezonja (15), Poirier (3), Cornelie (11), Llull (-) and Ndiaye (-).
referees: Jimenez, Serrano and Sanchez. They indicated technique to the point guard of Lenovo Tenerife Marcelinho Huertas (min. 29).
incidents: Santiago MartΓn Sports Pavilion, before more than five thousand fans.