Madrid, June 6 (EFE).- Joventut won the first game of the semifinal playoff, 83-93, changing the home court factor of the tie and giving a serious warning to Real Madrid with a Kyle Guy who went unnoticed in the first half but finished the game with 8 of 13 triples made and 30 points to his credit.
The two teams came out knowing that it will be a long series and that efforts had to be balanced, although Madrid came out more judiciously after a three-pointer from Dzanan Musa and a two plus one from Guerschon Yabusele, 6-0 in 80 seconds.
This start allowed the European champion to dominate on the scoreboard, although without definitively exploding due to the lack of success in the triple shot, 2 of 8 at the end of the first ten minutes.
At Joventut, Kyle Guy was neutralized by the defense of Adam Hanga, Ante Tomic and Joel Parra took the reins of scoring and play for the green and black.
La Penya got closer on the scoreboard to 17-16 (min.8.30) but Madrid managed to close the quarter with 22-18.
In the second act and with Tavares on the bench, Joventut congested the zone in defense, narrowing the local advantages to the point that in minute 16 they reached a first and ephemeral advantage, 31-32.
Madrid, without ideas and without success, reached the last seconds of the quarter with a tie at 39 on the scoreboard. a foul in attack by Sergio Llull and a triple in extremis by Guy, in his first brilliant action, gave Joventut the lead at halftime, 39-42.
A 3 of 17 in triples for Madrid compared to 6 of 10 for Joventut, also explains the situation of the first twenty minutes in which Hanga shone in attack and defense and in which Musa and Mario Hezonja did not appear, with a discreet Walter Tavares .
A streak of Pep Busquets, the good work of Andrés Feliz and the know-how of Ante Tomic, was the best of a Joventut willing to not lose face to the game under any circumstances.
In the restart, Guy and three almost impossible triples, the second of them with an additional one, launched Penya to 44-52 (m.24).
Madrid was in its lowest moments and the green and black took advantage of it with a triple by Tomic and a counter by Parra to put the score at the maximum difference 47-59 (m.26).
Chus Mateo once again resorted to the old formula with the two Sergios on the court, Llull and Rodríguez, to try to activate the rhythm of the game and to serve balls to Tavares, but Guy was infallible and each triple he launched was a stab in the back of the player. rival.
With just over a minute to go in the third quarter, Madrid had reduced the deficit to less than half, 59-64. To conclude with a tighter 64-67, despite Guy’s three-point exuberance, with 4 of 6 in this period.
Madrid, with Musa at the controls of the scoring, reduced the green-black advantage to a minimum in the first minute of the final quarter, 68-69. although it wasn’t until two and a half minutes later when the tie came to 73, with another basket from the Bosnian player.
Another triple from Guy and a past ring from Feliz, 73-78 (m.35), returned Joventut to command of the game against a Real Madrid team that I want more than I can.
The few ideas and the less local success, together with the great handling of the final minutes by Feliz, allowed Joventut to score their first victory, 83-93, change the sign of the field factor of the series and give a more than serious warning to Real Madrid.
Datasheet:
83 – Real Madrid (22+17+25+19): William-Goss (2), Hanga (11), Tavares (18), Yabusele (9) and Musa (18) -starting five-, Causeur (0), Randolph (4), Rudy Fernández (5), Hezonja (6), Sergio Rodríguez (5) and Llull (5).
93 – Joventut (18+24+25+26): Guy (30), Brodzianski (2), Vives (5), Parra (11) and Tomic (18) -starting five-, Busquets (8), Ellenson (3 ), Ventura (0), Feliz (16) and Birgander (0).
Referees: Antonio Conde, Emilio Pérez and Vicente Martínez. Andrés Feliz was eliminated by five personal (min.37).
Incidents: Match corresponding to the first of the Endesa League semifinal playoff between Real Madrid and Joventut played at the Palacio de Los Deportes (WiZink Center) in Madrid before 8,672 spectators. Before the start, Emiliano Rodríguez, honorary president of the section, presented Guerschon Yabusele with the trophy as MVP for the month of May in the Endesa League.
Ricardo Molinelli