2018-19Regular SeasonRound 25
Real Madrid 101
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 86
March 07, 2019 CET: 21:00
Local time: 21:00 WIZINK CENTER

Llull, Tavares lead Madrid past Fenerbahce

In a rematch of last season's championship game, Real Madrid sent a message that echoed all around the competition by downing Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul 101-86 in the Spanish capital on Thursday. Madrid improved to 19-6 in the standings and remains third, while league-leading Fenerbahce dropped to 21-4. Anthony Randolph led the winners with 21 points, Sergio Llull added 17 and 10 assists, Jaycee Carroll scored 12 points and Edy Tavares had 11 and 3 blocks for Madrid. Kostas Sloukas paced Fenerbahce with 15 points, Marko Guduric and Jan Vesely each added 12 and Nicolo Melli and Ali Muhammed had 11 apiece for the visitors, who led 10-19 early in the game. Randolph and Tavares helped Madrid to a 27-25 lead after 10 minutes. Madrid boosted its margin to 52-45 at halftime and rolled late in the third quarter, led by Llull and Tavares, to get a 77-61 margin after 30 minutes. Fenerbahce never recovered and Madrid celebrated an important win.

Vesely got Fenerbahce going with a dunk and Sloukas followed a layup with a three-pointer for a 2-7 lead. Randolph hit free throws and followed Gabriel Deck's power basket with a layup to make it 8-10. Melli and Randolph traded jumpers, but Vesely scored twice in the paint in a 0-6 run that caused Madrid to call timeout at 10-19. Llull hit a jumper and fed Tavares for a dunk-and-foul in a 0-7 run that Fabien Causeur capped with a fastbreak layup. Vesely hit a mid-range shot, but Randolph buried a three-pointer and a floater by Llull gave Madrid a 22-21 lead. Sloukas followed free throws with a jumper, but Carroll sank a bomb from beyond the arc and foul shots by Tavares restored a 27-25 Madrid lead after 10 minutes. Felipe Reyes scored down low early in the second quarter and Facu Campazzo added a three-point play for a 32-25 Madrid edge. Ayon hit a jumper but Muhammed and Erick Green brought Fenerbahce a bit closer, 34-30. Jeffrey Taylor took over with a backdoor layup that Muhammed bettered with a triple. Carroll downed a floater and consecutive layups by Reyes and Ayon kept Madrid ahead. Melih Mahmutoglou downed a step-back jumper but Reyes and Llull made it a double-digit game, 45-35. Randolph hit back-to-back jumpers. After Guduric buried a three-pointer, Ayon gave Madrid a 50-41 lead. Sloukas hit a jumper and Melli added free throws, but a coast-to-coast layup by Gabriel Deck fixed the halftime score at 52-45. Melli downed a corner triple immediately after the break and Sloukas buried a step-back jumper. Deck and an outstanding Causeur kept Madrid in charge, 60-51. Sloukas sank a mid-range shot and Guduric bettered Llull's driving layup with a three-pointer. Tavares took over with an alley-oop dunk and a big block on Vesely. Llull sank back-to-back three-pointers to break the game open, 71-56. Llull and Tavares kept pushing Madrid and got help from Randolph for a 77-61 Madrid lead after 30 minutes. An alley-oop dunk by Randolph and a floater by Llull made it a 20-point game, 81-61, early in the fourth quarter. Vesely dunked and hit free throws. Taylor answered from downtown and Randolph scored again for an 86-68 Madrid lead. Carroll hit a stop-and-pop triple and fed Ayon for a layup. Fenerbahce did not give up, but Madrid sealed the outcome long before the final buzzer.

Pivotal performer

Llull proved everyone he is at his elite level again and did so against arguably the best opponent available. He finished the game with 17 points and 10 assists, recording his second double-double of the season. Llull added 3 rebounds and 2 fouls drawn for a performance index rating of 25.

Game-changing moment

Madrid led 62-56 late in the third quarter and played perfect basketball for 4 minutes. Sergio Llull struck twice from downtown – one of them was a four-point play, as he drew a foul – and fed Edy Tavares for a couple of alley-oop dunks. Tavares had consecutive blocks on Ahmet Duverioglu and Jan Vesely. When the third quarter ended, Madrid led 77-61 and was well on its way to winning the game.

Stellar stat

Two-point shots made the difference in this game. Madrid hit 30 of 43 two-pointers; its 69.8% shooting was a season-high for Los Blancos. Fenerbahce hit 21 of 38 shots inside the arc (55.3%). Madrid committed a mere 4 turnovers in another key to this exciting game.

Did you notice?

Madrid dished 29 assists, its best mark this season. It also tied the best mark by any club in the EuroLeague this season. Two other teams dished 29 assists in a EuroLeague game this season, both of them against Herbalife Gran Canaria; Olympiacos Piraeus on December 20 and Khimki Moscow Region on January 3.

Next game

Both teams return to EuroLeague action next week. Madrid visits Khimki Moscow Region on Thursday. Fenerbahce hosts FC Barcelona Lassa on Friday.

Sergio Llull - Real Madrid - EB18
Thursday, March 7, 2019
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Referees: CHRISTODOULOU, CHRISTOS; PATERNICO, CARMELO; HORDOV, TOMISLAV
Attendance: 11471
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Real Madrid
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 CAUSEUR, FABIEN 24:02 7 2/5 1/4     2 2 3 1 1     3   3
3 RANDOLPH, ANTHONY 30:03 21 7/9 1/3 4/6   2 2 2 1   1   1 5 25
5 FERNANDEZ, RUDY 6:17     0/1   1   1 2         1   1
7 CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO 14:15 3 1/3 0/2 1/1   1 1 4   1     2 2 3
9 REYES, FELIPE 6:05 5 2/4   1/2   2 2           1 3 6
14 AYON, GUSTAVO 18:36 7 3/4   1/2   3 3 4 1   1   2 3 15
16 YUSTA, SANTI 1:58                              
20 CARROLL, JAYCEE 11:56 12 2/2 2/4 2/3       1         2 2 10
22 TAVARES, WALTER 21:15 11 4/4   3/3 2 3 5 1 1   3   3 2 20
23 LLULL, SERGIO 25:49 17 4/6 2/6 3/3   3 3 10         1 2 25
24 DECK, GABRIEL 22:38 9 3/4   3/4 2 2 4 1     1   1 2 14
44 TAYLOR, JEFFERY 17:06 9 2/2 1/1 2/2 2 2 4 1   2     2 1 11
Team           1 1 2               2
Totals 200:00 101 30/43 7/21 20/26 8 21 29 29 4 4 6 0 19 22 135
        69.8% 33.3% 76.9%
Head coach: LASO, PABLO
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 GREEN, ERICK 18:40 8 4/6 0/1     1 1   1 1     3 1 4
4 MELLI, NICOLO 23:48 11 1/3 2/2 3/4   6 6     1     4 4 13
10 MAHMUTOGLU, MELIH 8:18 2 1/1 0/1                   1 1 1
12 KALINIC, NIKOLA 13:54 1 0/1 0/1 1/2       1       1 2 1 -3
13 BIBEROVIC, TARIK 7:30 5 1/2 1/1     2 2         1     5
16 SLOUKAS, KOSTAS 28:35 15 5/7 1/5 2/2   1 1 7 1 2     1 3 18
23 GUDURIC, MARKO 18:38 12 0/2 3/4 3/4       2       1 2 2 9
24 VESELY, JAN 27:36 12 5/8   2/2 1 1 2 1   2   1 2 4 11
32 GULER, SINAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
35 MUHAMMED, ALI 18:48 11 2/3 2/2 1/1   2 2 2       1 1   12
44 DUVERIOGLU, AHMET 12:24 4 1/2   2/2   1 1 1   2   1 3 1  
70 DATOME, LUIGI 21:49 5 1/3 1/3   3 2 5   1 2     3 1 3
Team           3 4 7               7
Totals 200:00 86 21/38 10/20 14/17 7 20 27 14 3 10 0 6 22 18 80
        55.3% 50% 82.4%
Head coach: OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO

Head Coaches

LASO, PABLO
Real Madrid
"I think we played a very solid game, defensively and offensively. We moved the ball well and let's say that it was probably a big win for Sergi [Llull], who had a lot of little problems during the year. Last year we didn't have him and suffered without him, but this year, for me, it was even worse, because he was coming in and out. I think he was very solid today and we put up a little bit of the tempo of the game. I think both point guards played very well today, they controlled the rhythm of the game and that made the difference a little bit when you play against a great team like this. Control little things, rebounding, three-point percentage, looking for the best option offensively. In the end, I think we had a solid performance and I am very happy for this victory. Right now, we are still heading to try to get that position in the playoffs, one that will give us the home-court advantage. We are a little step closer after this victory, but still probably need some more wins. Beating Fenerbahce is always a great feeling, of course. It is a great team, it is a big matchup and I feel very proud of my players today, they played a very good game."
OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO
Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul
"First of all, I want to congratulate Real Madrid because they played a very good game with a lot of intensity, doing everything they wanted to do and in the end, they deserved to win. We made things easy for them, allowing them to find easy baskets. We made some mistakes on offense. Madrid always tries to run and find easy fastbreak baskets, but they scored on five-on-five offense. I think - and I hope - that this game will be of good use in the future."

Players

CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO
Real Madrid
"We were really looking forward to this game. We had pending issues with our own game. We had to play well, with character, with intensity and I believe everything went well for us tonight. If we want to be self-demanding, we did well on offense, but can do better. Still, we had a good balance between attitude and good basketball and that is a key to play against a team like Fenerbahce. This win gives us a lot of confidence. We know the things that we can do in every practice, in every game, when we are focused. We don't need important games to know what we can do when we play well and showed it tonight."
LLULL, SERGIO
Real Madrid
"I think this is an important victory for us here at home. In the last weeks, we lost a couple of important games, but now, we won again in front of our amazing crowd, so we are happy. Finally, I am 100% physically, so I can enjoy playing basketball. The last two years have been really hard for me and now, I am trying to help the team, as always."
RANDOLPH, ANTHONY
Real Madrid
"It feels good to come out and get a win from a well-coached, great team. We had a rough couple of weeks and getting this victory means a lot. I love playing with Sergi [Llull]. I said that since the day that I got here, I said 'that's the guy that I love playing with': taking crazy shots, making plays and just being Llull."
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