An epic BAXI Manresa beat Real Madrid on their home court
The Bages team dominated from the second quarter against the leader of the Endesa League and Euroleague and ruled in the end thanks to Badio's success. The team has already accumulated sixteen victories, the last four consecutive.
72 Real Madrid I Campazzo 6, Abalde, Musa 8, Yabusele 12 and Tavares 3; Causeur, Fernández, Rodríguez 6, Deck 12, Poirier 19 and Llull 6
83 BAXI Manresa I Dani Pérez 2, Travanté 2, Vaulet 9, Robinson 16 and Geben 10; Badio 20, Jou, Dani García 9, Steinbergs 5, Sagnia 4, Mawugbe and Oriola 6
Partials: 15-17, 19-24, 18-19, 20-23
A BAXI Manresa in top form achieved a new feat, a triumph of those that will be remembered for a long time. Those from Bages conquered the complicated court of Real Madrid, the leader of the Endesa League and the Euroleague, in a match that they dominated from the second quarter and that they ended in the end thanks to the success of Badio. In this way, they added the sixteenth victory of the season, the fourth in a row and the fifth in a row away from Nou Congost.
The whites started the match very successfully and quickly gained nine points (11-2). Immediately afterwards the reds reacted and tied the match again thanks to a partial score of 1-10. They even managed to close the first quarter ahead on the scoreboard (15-17).
In the second, Pedro Martínez's men maintained a high level of play and enjoyed an eight-point difference (23-31). In the middle part of the confrontation, the people from Manresa still did not let up and dominated by a seven-point margin (34-41).
Returning from the locker room, the Bages team continued to dominate their powerful rival, and a three-pointer by Oriola put them eleven points ahead (38-49). The home team reacted with six consecutive points but the visitors did not get nervous and closed the third quarter eight points ahead (52-60).
In the last ten minutes, the Madrid team came out ready to turn the score around and came within just one point (67-68). Two baskets from Vaulet and another from Robinson gave the Reds air, and in the last ninety seconds Badio appeared to seal the assault on the WiZink Center.
On Sunday starting at 12:30 BAXI Manresa will play at Nou Congost against another of the best teams in the Endesa League, Unicaja of Ibon Navarro, David Kravish and Yankuba Sima.