Bitter start: Sedekerskis, who fought admirably for possession, and Baskonia fell in Madrid

In the series up to three wins, the Euroleague champions lead 1:0.

The second match of the series will be held again in the Spanish capital on April 25.

The Vitoria club had a hard time stopping the opponents’ attacks and during the first half of the match they missed 48 points and gained a double-digit deficit (37:48).

In the second half of the match, the situation did not improve, and the “Real” club continued to successfully increase its advantage to a crushing one (70:53).

The hosts delivered the final blow at the beginning of the fourth quarter, when they scored 9 points in a row and after Sergio Llull’s three-pointer, they built up a 26-point advantage (79:53).

Later, the Real veteran nailed another long-range shot that became a record. S. Llull hit the 624th three-pointer in the EuroLeague and became the basketball player who hit the most long shots in history. The Spaniard overtook another legend of this country, Juan Carlos Navarro.

Tadas Sedekerskis scored 3 points in 26.5 minutes (1/1 double, 0/3 triple, 1/2 penalty), rebounded 7 balls, provoked 2 fouls and collected 10 utility points.

Markus Howard scored 15 points, Matt Costello, Nikos Rogkavopoulos and Codi Miller-McIntyre scored 14 each, Vanja Marinkovic added 9 points.

Dzhanan Musa led Real Madrid to victory with 16 points, Facundo Campazzo and Vincent Poirier scored 10 each, Mario Hezonja added 9 points.

The winner of this pair will meet the winner of the pair of “Barcelona” and “Olympiakos” Piraeus in the semi-finals. This series will start on April 23 (Wednesday).