With a brilliant deck, Real Madrid won the first final of the Spanish basketball league against Laprovíttola’s Barcelona

With a brilliant performance by Gabriel Deck, top scorer of the match, real Madrid scored a comfortable away win against Barcelona, ​​in the first match of the final of the Endesa League of Spanish basketball, which had a lot of Argentine flavor. The “merengue” team dominated the game in the first three quarters and in the last three managed to contain the reaction of their rival, winning 88-75 and leading 1-0 to the best of the five series that will define the champion. The Santiago forward scored 18 points and also contributed three assists and five rebounds. Nicolás Laprovíttola added 15 points and an assist from the bench and was the top scorer of the local team, which came to number one in the regular season and are the best favorite for the title.

Real Madrid – directed by Chus Mateosince his main coach Paolo Laso, still recovering from a myocardial infarction he suffered a little over a week ago – won the game from start to finish. Backed by great defensive work, he managed to contain the power of the Barcelona scorers, and was better on the counterattack, but also in the paint.

The guest won the first three quarters with a good difference: he won the first 30-17, the second 19-14 and the third 25-20. Thus reaches the final chapter with an advantage of 23 points on the scoreboard, 74-51. Barcelona came out to press harder and won the last period 24-14, but it wasn’t enough to overturn the overall result.

Deck, who started as a starter, was on the pitch for 27 minutes and added 5-9 doubles, 1-2 triples and 5-7 free kicks. Real’s other top scorer was the Hungarian Adam Hanga (16 points) and the French Fabien Causeur (fifteen).

The 27-year-old from Santiago returned to Real Madrid earlier this year after his surprise departure from the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA, where he was not considered. And he soon found a place in the team, in which he had already played between 2018 and 2021.

What’s more, the turtle was one of the great figures of the last semifinal match, that of Real – runner-up in the last edition of the Euroleague– beat him 3-0 basconia. And this Monday he shone at the start of the final.

“When I returned, I knew it would be difficult to join me this part of the season, but also that gradually I would find my place. I came ready to help where they needed me. It was not my intention to come and be important. The issue was to integrate myself and be able to do it well. And give my contribution so that the team would win. And luckily the team made me enter in the best way possible “, commented the Argentine.

Regarding the match, he analyzed: “We knew it was going to be tough, but if we were focused we would have chances. We did very well during the 40 minutes. Before the attack, we thought a lot about defense. And doing things well in the game. defense, we could take the rebounds and go on offense from there. Surely the second game will also be a war. ”

Meanwhile, Laprovíttola, who played just over 22 minutes, scored 4-7 doubles, 2-2 triples and 1-1 free kicks, also finishing as his team’s top scorer, followed by the Spaniard. Nicola Mirotico (13) and the American Kyle Curic (12).

Real Madrid took a 1-0 lead in the series, which will resume this Wednesday, also from 4pm in Argentina and in Palau Blaugrana. The shock will then shift to the WiZink Center in Madrid, where the third match will be played on Friday at 16:00, and, if necessary, the fourth, on Sunday, at 13:00 in our country.

Real Madrid, against which he won the semifinal basconia for 3 to 0 – and Barcelona – who won 3 to 1 against Youth– They have defined the Spanish league against each other on 16 occasions, with 9 wins for the first and 7 for the second. The ‘Blaugrana’ cast is the winner of the last 2021 edition.