Real Madrid has secured its ticket for the 2025 Gran Canaria Basketball King’s Cup by beating Baskonia (82-89) this Monday, in the last game of the fifteenth day of the Endesa League, for which its presence in the cup tournament by staying two wins away from the ‘Playoff’ positions.
At the Buesa Arena, Chus Mateo’s men held on to the spectacular work of Bosnian forward Dzanan Musa, the best of the match with 29 points – including 5 of 5 in three-pointers – and a PIR of 38, to dominate a clash that they already dominated by + 10 at the end of the first quarter.
The Vitorian team, which appeared without Tadas Sedekerskis and saw how American guard Markus Howard injured his knee in the second quarter and did not play again, regretted its lack of external success, although it was kept alive at half-time thanks to Timothé Luwawu -Cabarrot and the Croatian Luka Samanic, who debuted as a Baskonista with 18 goals.
After going through the locker room, Pablo Laso’s team reacted and got back into a fight that was not resolved until the last quarter, when a triple by Croatian forward Mario Hezonja sentenced the Basques. In this way, Real Madrid, fourth classified with a balance of 10 wins, four losses and one game less, is mathematically guaranteed the Cup, which is complicated for the Baskonista team.