T.Sedekerskis and “Baskonia” did not offer more resistance to the Euroleague champions

The quarter-final stage starts in the Euroleague, in which Tad Sedekerskis Vitoria “Baskonia” club is represented in the tournament 74:90 (17:26, 20:22, 16:22, 21:20) lost to last year’s champion Real Madrid.

The Madrid club took a 1-0 lead in the series up to three victories.

The home field advantage in this series is the “Real” team, which finished the regular season in first place, and the Basques jumped into the eighth after overcoming the relegation barrier.

In the first match in Madrid, the Vitoria club was without one of its leaders, Chima Moneke.

The hosts started the match more solidly, and after Dzhanan Musa’s three-pointer, they already led by 6 points – 11:5. Although Matthew Costello (8:11) reduced the deficit with a long shot, Facundo Campazzo also scored quick points – 13:8. The Madrid club increased its speed and after a successful episode by J. Musa, the teams were separated by a double-digit lead (21:11), and Guerschon Yabusele added a double-pointer – 23:11. After the first quarter, the home team had a 9-point advantage – 26:17.

In the second quarter, the Basques managed to get a little closer (25:32), but then Vincent Poirier and Gabriel Deck scored points – 36:25. After Rudy Fernandez’s three-pointer, the teams were separated by 17 points (42:25), but Nikos Rogkavopolous also hit a long shot – 28:42. Soon the Basques reduced the deficit to 10 points (32:42) and the teams exchanged effective attacks, and after the second quarter “Real” led 48:37.

After the break, the Madrid club started strongly and soon separated the teams by 16 points (53:37), and soon after D. Musa nailed another three-pointer – 56:37. M.Costello responded with a long shot (40:56), but J.Musa hit again – 59:40. G. Yabusele increased the difference even more (64:42), and after three quarters the advantage of the Madrid team reached 17 points – 70:53.

In the first minutes of the fourth quarter, the Madrid team added the last points of the match. After Albert Abalde’s two-pointer, the teams were separated by 23 points – 76:53. The rest of the time was just a formality and the Madrid team celebrated an assured victory –90:74.

In 26 minutes, T. Sedekerskis scored 3 points (1/1 double, 0/3 triple, 1/2 penalty), rebounded 7 balls, made an assist, blocked a shot, provoked 2 fouls and collected 10 utility points.

Real Madrid: Gianan Musa 16 (3/6), Facundo Campazzo and Vincent Poirier (7 rebounds) 10 each, Mario Hezonja 9, Walter Tavares (7 rebounds) and Sergio Llull 8 each.

Baskonia: Markus Howard 15 (3/9 trg), Codi Miller-McIntyre (5 rpg), Nikos Rogkavopolous and Matthew Costello (6 rpg) each 14, Vanja Marinkovic 9 (1/4 trg) .

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