2018-19Regular SeasonRound 4
Real Madrid 89
Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 55
October 25, 2018 CET: 21:00
Local time: 21:00 WIZINK CENTER

Madrid cruises past Buducnost to stay perfect

Reigning Turkish Airlines EuroLeague champion Real Madrid kept its perfect record intact with a no-doubt-about-it 89-55 win over visiting Buducnost Voli Podgorica on Thrusday night in the Spanish capital. Madrid became the first team with four wins this season, and sits in the first place in the standings where CSKA Moscow could join it on Friday. Buducnost dropped to 0-4, in a share of the last place with Khimki Moscow Region. Anthony Randolph and Jaycee Carroll led Los Blancos with 11 points each and Edy Tavares controlled the paint with 10 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks. Nemanja Gordic scored 13 for Buducnost.

Madrid got a triple apiece from Randolph and Fabien Causeur in the opening 90 seconds to take control, but the visitors stuck around. Gordic had a jumper and made a three-point play that got Buducnost within 14-13, but Randolph, Gustavo Ayon and Sergio Llull made sure the hosts stayed in front. Madrid led 21-15 after 10 minutes, before Facundo Campazzo fueled a 9-0 run early in the second to extend the margin to 30-17. Buducnost struggled on offense, but Alen Omic helped the team close the deficit and make it 32-25. However, Rudy Fernandez nailed a pair of triples to restore a double-digit lead and help Madrid take a 44-31 advantage into halftime. Jeffery Taylor opened the third quarter with a corner triple and Llull hit one in transition, too, capping a 10-0 run and opening a 54-31 margin. Coty Clarke snapped the visitors’ five-minute scoreless drought midway through the third with their first triple of the night, but another three-pointer from Taylor increased the lead to 25 points. Madrid took a 65-44 cushion into the fourth quarter, but had no intentions of slowing down. The hosts scored the first 8 points in the fourth which opened a 29-point lead, and the reigning champs cruised the rest of the way.

Leaders and scorers

Madrid had four scorers in double figures. Randolph and Carroll each scored 11 points. Tavares was dominant with 10 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks in only 18 minutes, and Taylor scored all of his 10 points in the third quarter. Each one of Madrid's 12 played scored at least 2 points in the victory. Gordic paced Buducnost, scoring 11 of his 13 points in the first half, and Omic finished with 10 points plus 8 rebounds.

Hidden stat

Madrid did most of the job at the start of quarters. Buducnost scored the first basket of the second quarter, but Madrid answered with a 9-0 run. Madrid did not allow a single point for almost five minutes during a 10-0 run to start the third quarter and opened the fourth quarter with an 8-0 run.

Stellar stat

Madrid’s 28 assists in this game is a season-high by any team in the EuroLeague this season.

Did you notice?

Real Madrid’s 89 points in this games is it lowest single-game total this season, which drops its average from 99 to 96.5 points per game. At the same time, Madrid became the first team this season to hold its opponent below 60 points.

Next game

Next week, in Round 5, both teams will play on Friday. Madrid will try to protect its perfect record on the road at Zalgiris Kaunas, while Buducnost will try to get its first win of the season when it hosts Panathinaikos OPAP Athens.

Jaycee Carroll - Real Madrid - EB18
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Euroleague.net
Referees: KOROMILAS, ELIAS; ZAMOJSKI, JAKUB; BISSANG, JOSEPH
Attendance: 7804
By Quarter1234
Real Madrid21232124
Buducnost VOLI Podgorica15161311
End of Quarter1234
Real Madrid21446589
Buducnost VOLI Podgorica15314455
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 13:30 4 0/1 1/2 1/2       1   2     2 1 -1
3 RANDOLPH, ANTHONY 21:28 11 1/5 1/4 6/7 1 5 6 1 1         4 15
5 FERNANDEZ, RUDY 10:22 6   2/4     1 1 2 1           8
7 CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO 20:01 5   1/1 2/2   1 1 7 2 2     1 2 14
9 REYES, FELIPE 5:47 4 2/2           1         1 3 7
14 AYON, GUSTAVO 16:09 8 4/6       5 5 2 1 1     5   8
20 CARROLL, JAYCEE 20:49 11 4/5 1/4   1   1 1             9
22 TAVARES, WALTER 18:04 10 4/5   2/4 4 10 14     1 3   2 3 24
23 LLULL, SERGIO 20:41 9 1/1 1/6 4/4   3 3 7   1       4 17
24 DECK, GABRIEL 18:32 9 4/6   1/2 2 3 5 1   2       1 11
25 PREPELIC, KLEMEN 14:59 2 1/2 0/2 0/1   1 1 4 1 1     1 2 4
44 TAYLOR, JEFFERY 19:38 10 0/1 2/4 4/4   2 2 1       1 2 2 9
Team           1   1               1
Totals 200:00 89 21/34 9/27 20/26 9 31 40 28 6 10 3 1 14 22 126
        61.8% 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
Buducnost VOLI Podgorica
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 JACKSON, EDWIN 19:09 9 3/4 1/3     1 1   1 5     1 1 3
2 IVANOVIC, NIKOLA 5:09   0/1           1   1     1 1 -1
4 SEHOVIC, SUAD 10:38     0/2                   1 2 -1
5 CLARK, EARL 16:13   0/6 0/4     1 1     1   2 2 1 -13
6 BAROVIC, FILIP 16:07 4 2/5   0/2   3 3 1   3   1 2 2 -1
7 CLARKE, COTY 29:22 9 2/7 1/4 2/2 2 5 7 1 2   1   3 1 10
10 GORDIC, NEMANJA 25:43 13 5/9 0/1 3/3 1 1 2 1   3     3 5 10
13 ILIC, ALEKSA 19:44 4 2/5     2 4 6   2       4   5
14 CRAFT, AARON 20:16 4 2/3     1 1 2 1 1 1     3   3
23 OMIC, ALEN 23:53 10 5/10     4 4 8           1   12
30 POPOVIC, PETAR 9:43 2 1/2           1   1     1    
34 NIKOLIC, DANILO 4:03       0/2                   1 -1
Team           1 6 7               7
Totals 200:00 55 22/52 2/14 5/9 11 26 37 6 6 15 1 3 22 14 33
        42.3% 14.3% 55.6%
Head coach: DZIKIC, ALEKSANDAR

Head Coaches

LASO, PABLO
Real Madrid
"I want to congratulate the team for the win. We were solid in general, but not brilliant. Our number of assists speaks about our team's collective effort. We won all four quarters, our defensive feeling was quite good, and even when the game was wide open we remained serious. Obviously we were favorites, and we were able to prove it from the first minute."
DZIKIC, ALEKSANDAR
Buducnost VOLI Podgorica
"Congratulations to Madrid. They are better than us. But I feel sorry we did not play better here tonight, that we did not use the fact we did not have extra pressure tonight. Some parts of the game were good, but in some parts we showed too much respect for Madrid. That respect comes with our opponents. CSKA, Fenerbahce, Olympiacos, Madrid, they are all big-time clubs. Those are facts. You cannot change the angle, but obviously we will try to be better in those other games. Sometime I just feel it was too easy for Madrid tonight. We were lacking some toughness and energy."

Players

RANDOLPH, ANTHONY
Real Madrid
" I think our start of the season is good, but we will not get complacent. We will keep working and try to get better every day in practice because our ultimate goal is to win the title. All that matters is what happens in May, that we are the last team to get the win at the end of the season. That's all we strive for, winning championships. Buducnost is a very talented team, with a lot of good players. They just had a tough going. We executed our coaches' game plan, and they had a tough night."