Real Madrid takes the cup seriously

Real Madrid bent (92-69) to Baxi Manresa this Friday and advanced with authority to the semifinals of the Copa del Rey de Basketball 2025 that is being played in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, without leaving a centimeter to the surprise thanks to a great defensive level.

The Chus Mateo team achieved the twenty advantage (55-35) 15 minutes from the end, in a solid debut and with much less history that Diego Ocampo expected. The intensity of the whites left in some poor percentages to Manresa and inclined the balance so that Mario Hezonja (24 points), Edy Tavares, Facu Campazzo, Dzanan Musa and Sergio Llull resolved the ballot of the premiere.

The champion, which will be measured this Saturday to the host Dreamland Gran Canaria or Valencia Basket, made life impossible for those of the bages with the currant version, of becoming strong in defense, which knows that it needs when there is a title at stake. Madrid accepted the shot and daca of the first quarter (22-22), but then put the work monkey and left an atosigate manresa in attack in attack.

Thus, without shining in the offensive beyond 12 points from Hezonja to rest, Madrid on track the triumph in the first half and fulminated the shy reaction threat of the red tide reaction. A 65-54 eight minutes from the end unleashed the “yes you can” in the stands, but two triples of Llull plus the Hezonja recital finished the task.

The Mateo defended and also recovered the rebound that Manresa had questioned him. Derrick Alston JR, the stiletto of the revelation of the first round of the League, went to the appointment with a brave team in its offensive transition, but on the 21-8 of the second quarter it was the beginning of the end for the Manresanos: 0 of 10 in Triple or 37% in two shots were hard percentages.

After passing through changing rooms, Tavares lifted the white wall again and the rival no longer ran. What Manresa followed was failing and running out of his attack time without launching in a basket. The defenses were held as triples on the white bench, a symptom that the champion took the cup very seriously. After the elimination of Barça on Thursday, Madrid did the homework already putting that +20 mediated the third quarter.

Hezonja, the player more in the form of whites, was responsible for maintaining the good feelings in the outcome, like a happy Andrés who fought to the last ball. The Manresa, who was looking for her first semifinal since 1998, woke up quickly from the cupo dream against a Madrid that did not fail, in search of the defense of the title, and less after seeing the beards of the eternal rival cut.

Data Sheet:

-RESULT: Real Madrid, 92-Baxi Manresa, 69. (43-30, at rest).

-Equipos:

Real Madrid: Campazzo (11), Abalde (5), Musa (10), ndiaye (2) Y Tavares (8)-SUNTTO Inicial-; Ibaka (-), Fernando (3), Llull (13), Feliz (11), Garuba (-), Smith Jr, Rathan-Mayes, González (5), Hezonja (24).

BAXI MANRESA: Obasohan (9), Perez (5), Signia (-), Steinbergs (1), Game (-), Saint-Super (2) and Hunt (5).

–Parials: 22-22, 21-8, 20-19, 29-20.

–Arbitros: Peruga, Aliaga and Olivares. Eliminated by Faults Saint-Supery, Hunt, Pérez and Tavares.

–Phallon: Gran Canaria Arena.