2010-11Regular SeasonRound 8
December 09, 2010 CET: 20:45
Local time: 20:45 MADRID CAJA MAGICA
Sergio Llull - Real Madrid EB10

Real Madrid dumped Lottomatica Roma 72-50

Real Madrid took a giant step toward qualifying for the Top 16 on Thursday with an impressive 72-50 victory over Lottomatica Roma. Although Ettore Messina’s men are not mathematically in yet, a win next week over Brose Baskets Bamberg would assure their presence, while Roma still keep its chances intact and can advance next week with a win against Unicaja in the Italian capital. Madrid improved its record to 5-3 in Group B and now shares first place with Unicaja and Olympiacos thanks to an all-around team effort that held Roma to 50 points and 33% two-point field goal shooting. Sergio Llull led Real Madrid with 14 points and Jorge Garbajosa added 11, but four other players scored 7 or more. Roma posted just 5 assists in the game and committed 22 turnovers. Luigi Datome led the visitors with 12 points, followed by Ali Traore’s 10.

Real Madrid wanted to start fast and got off the bus running behind Sergio Rodriguez’s quick legs, as the point guard scored on two quick layups and got his team up 8-2. Behind his aggressive style in the open court and Carlos Suarez’s high motor in penetrations and attacking the offensive glass, the hosts were able to set a tone early. But Lottomatica hunkered down on defense in an effort to seal the paint, and Darius Washington excelled in setting a more convenient pace for the visitors. Clay Tucker entered the game for Madrid with hopes of getting some one-on-one baskets, but it was sweet shooting Datome who drilled a sweet fallaway jumper to make it 12-9 score, as both teams turned to their heavyweights in the trenches and the quarter finished with just two baskets in the final three minutes and a 14-11 score.

With Madrid hitting on just 28% of its two-point field goal attempts in the first quarter and neither team hitting a three, Tucker finally got going with a corner jumper to put Madrid ahead by 7. Luca Vitali and Pablo Prigioni battled it out at the point to gain control of the game and it was the latter who assisted D’Or Fischer on a trailer dunk for the culmination of a 6-2 run to start the second quarter, prompting Roma head coach Matteo Boniciolli into a timeout to regroup. Rodriguez followed suit on a feed to Nicola Mirotic for a slam, as the Madrid push extended to 25-15, the biggest lead of the game. Roma tried to quicken the pace and get some baskets off turnovers, but struggled to convert its chances as Madrid willed itself to the offensive glass. Vladimir Dasic finally was able to break through for the visitors with their first triple in 10 tries to make it 27-19, though Fischer was a force inside at both ends of the floor for the hosts and Llull also countered with Madrid’s first three in 9 attempts. Roma had reasons to feel better about itself at the break though, after not conceding a shot in Madrid’s final possession and coming out with a manageable deficit at 30-22.

While the main problem for Roma resided in the offensive rebounds given up to Madrid’s front line, a 14-6 differential in the first 20 minutes, another concern was the lone assist delivered in the half, and Washington went to work on pick-and-rolls and screens in trying to set his teammates up the half court offense. But Madrid defended the point extremely well, and only Datome found a remedy to the lockdown, as he hit a couple of triples to keep Boniciolli’s side close at 43-28. Still, Madrid was a well-oiled defensive machine at that point, producing up to 15 turnovers and 8 blocked shots, namely 2 by Novica Velickovic, the second, a beauty on Andrea Ianilli’s layup attempt. Roma was still in the hunt though, thanks to the long-range bombs of Datome and Vitali, but Garbajosa eventual answered with two of his own. The second one, off a nice Llull feed, beat the buzzer and left the score at 54-39 entering the final period.

With Nihad Djedovic in the game for Washington, Roma looked for a different pace to start the fourth, and Vitali hit a couple of jump shots. But the post was still Madrid’s real estate, as Ante Tomic scored on a hook shot to make it 64-44 and his team’s 34th point in the paint to Roma’s 14. As the visitors struggled from the field, unable to break 50 points until the game’s final seconds, even with Washington back on the floor, Madrid definitely put the nail in the coffin when Tucker hit a triple for a 69-47 score. It was just icing on the cake when Mirotic added another, and Lottomatica at least found some solace by reaching 50 when Dasic split two free throws to seal the game.

Thursday, December 9, 2010
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Referees: DRABIKOVSKY, VOLODYMR; VOJINOVIC, RADOMIR; SHULGA, BORIS
Attendance: 4154 (Tentative)
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Real Madrid14162418
Lottomatica Roma11111711
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Real Madrid14305472
Lottomatica Roma11223950
Real Madrid
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
4 TOMIC, ANTE 16:47 8 4/10     2 3 5   2 1 3 1 2 1 9
5 PRIGIONI, PABLO 21:05 2 1/1 0/1     3 3 2   2     3 2 3
8 SUAREZ, CARLOS 18:37 2   0/3 2/2 2 2 4 1 1 2       2 5
9 REYES, FELIPE 13:26 7 2/6   3/4 2   2   2 1     2 3 6
12 MIROTIC, NIKOLA 16:07 9 2/5 1/2 2/2 1 2 3   1       2 2 9
13 RODRIGUEZ, SERGIO 18:55 4 2/3     1 1 2 6 1 2     1   9
14 VELICKOVIC, NOVICA 11:17 4 2/4   0/1 2 1 3     1 2     1 6
15 GARBAJOSA, JORGE 12:43 11 1/2 3/4           1 1     2   7
20 VIDAL, SERGI 4:19     0/1     1 1     2         -2
21 FISCHER, DOR 20:51 2 1/7     6 3 9 1 1 1 6 1 2   9
23 LLULL, SERGIO 22:09 14 4/7 1/5 3/3   1 1 4 1     1 2 4 14
24 TUCKER, CLAY 23:44 9 3/4 1/3 0/1   4 4 2 1 1     3 3 11
Team             3 3               3
Totals 200:00 72 22/49 6/19 10/13 16 24 40 16 11 14 11 3 19 18 89
        44.9% 31.6% 76.9%
Head coach: MESSINA, ETTORE
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
Lottomatica Roma
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
8 TONOLLI, ALESSANDRO 2:44                              
9 WASHINGTON, DARIUS 29:05 6 1/8 0/1 4/4 1 4 5 3   2   3 2 4 3
10 VITALI, LUCA 25:40 9 3/6 1/3 0/2 1 3 4 1 1 4   1 2 4 5
11 CROSARIOL, ANDREA 21:02 2 1/3     2 3 5   1 2 1 1 1 1 4
12 TRAORE, ALI 25:06 10 4/6   2/2 2 3 5     2 1   2 1 11
13 DATOME, LUIGI 29:13 12 3/3 2/5     5 5     1   1 3 1 10
14 DEDOVIC, NIHAD 26:11 1 0/4 0/4 1/2   1 1 1   2   2 3 2 -11
19 DASIC, VLADIMIR 19:27 7 0/5 1/2 4/8 1 1 2   2 1 1 2 2 5 2
26 IANNILLI, ANDREA 13:15 1 0/2   1/2 1 4 5     4   1 3 1 -4
35 HEYTVELT, JOSH 8:17 2 1/2 0/2           1 1         -1
Team           5 1 6     3         3
Totals 200:00 50 13/39 4/17 12/20 13 25 38 5 5 22 3 11 18 19 22
        33.3% 23.5% 60%
Head coach: BONICIOLLI, MATTEO

Head Coaches

MESSINA, ETTORE
Real Madrid
"I am happy with this win. The dominion of the rebounds was the key for this onw. We also played good defense, and that is backed with the fact that we had 11 blocks tonight. The six blocks of D'Or Fischer and his attitude helped the rest of the team in terms of motivation. The lack of accuracy in the first half was compensated with good defense and in the second half we improved in all other aspects. Now we have two games remaining which we must win if we want to be at the top when the regular season comes to an end."
BONICIOLLI, MATTEO
Lottomatica Roma
"Congratulations to Real Madrid for their deserved win. They played great defense and the injuries we had didn't help us to face this game with some more options. I like the attitude of Datome and Iannilli in the game. That's how we all have to fight in all the other games."

Players

MIROTIC, NIKOLA
Real Madrid
"It was a key game for us as it was important for the qualification to the Top 16. I am happy that we managed to take it. About me personally, I don't want to get obsessed about whether I play two minutes or eighteen. I have to be patient and make the most of the opportunities I am given. So far, I am happy how it's turning out."
GARBAJOSA, JORGE
Real Madrid
"Defense was the key tonight. We played a game against a good rival but we knew how to stop them. It was an important win for us in the way to the Top 16 and to stay in the good dynamics we have entered in the last few weeks."
DATOME, LUIGI
Lottomatica Roma
"We commited many mistakes in the first half. We didn't feel comfortable on the court. Real Madrid played great defense on us. In the second half we did things a little better but we never managed to be back in the game. We jsut couldn't fight tonight."
HEYTVELT, JOSH
Lottomatica Roma
"We started late into the game. We made a lot of mistakes and never recovered. I am frustrated. We have to improve in the next games if we want to do something."
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