2019-20Regular SeasonRound 6
Real Madrid 85
ALBA Berlin 71
November 01, 2019 CET: 21:00
Local time: 21:00 WIZINK CENTER

Real cooks at home to top ALBA

Real Madrid stayed strong at home in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season by downing ALBA Berlin 85-71 in the Spanish capital on Friday. Real improved to 3-3 in the standings while ALBA dropped to 1-5. Usman Garuba, Sergio Llull and Anthony Randolph led the winners with 12 points apiece. Edy Tavares added 11 for Real. Martin Hermannsson led ALBA with 13 points. Johannes Thiemann, Peyton Siva and Makai Mason each had 10 for the guests. Randolph had 10 points in a 13-2 opening run that allowed Real to get a double-digit lead, 28-14, after 10 minutes. Hermannsson and Mason stepped up in the second quarter to bring ALBA within 42-38 at halftime. Free throws by Thiemann gave ALBA its first and only lead, 53-55, late in the third quarter. An 11-1 run that Llull capped with a big triple helped Real regain a 64-56 margin after 30 minutes. The hosts boosted the difference to 77-63 in the fourth quarter and eventually cruised to a well-deserved win.

Randolph struck twice from downtown, igniting a 13-2 opening run in which he also had a couple of layups. Facu Campazzo took over with a driving layup but Hermannsson and Thiemann brought ALBA a bit closer, 16-7. Jeffery Taylor dunked and three-pointers by Jordan Mickey and Llull broke the game open, 24-9. Tim Schneider followed a triple with a follow-up layup but Llull and Garuba restored a 28-14 Real margin after 10 minutes. Nico Lavoprittola hit a jumper early in the second quarter, then Siva and Hermannsson fueled a 0-6 run which Thiemann capped with a fastbreak layup to pull ALBA within 30-20. Garuba dunked, Siva and Jaycee Carroll traded three-pointers, and a red-hot Hermannsson kept the guests within 35-27. Campazzo fed Tavares for an alley-oop dunk and added a driving layup to boost Real's lead to 41-29. Mason stepped up for ALBA with 8 quick points, including two bombs from beyond the arc, getting his team as close as 42-38 at halftime. A dunk by Tyler Cavanaugh and a triple by Rokas Giedraitis made it a three-point game, 46-43, soon after the break. Cavanaugh downed a three-pointer from the top of the key, Luke Sikma also struck from downtown and an unstoppable Thiemann gave ALBA its first lead of the game, 53-55. Campazzo and Llull tried to change things for Real and Garuba dunked for a 60-56 lead. Llull beat the third-quarter buzzer with a three-pointer that boosted Los Blancos' lead to 64-56 after 30 minutes. Mason and Tavares traded baskets early in the fourth quarter, and a three-pointer by Siva got ALBA within 67-61. Gabriel Deck and Rudy Fernandez helped Real restore a double-digit margin, 71-61, with 7 minutes left. Tavares followed a jumper with a jump hook and a power layup by Garuba sealed the outcome, 77-63, with 4 minutes left, after which ALBA never recovered.

Pivotal performer

Tavares arguably had the best game in this still-young 2019-20 EuroLeague season, finishing the game with 11 points on 5-for-6 two-point shooting. He added 8 rebounds, an assist, a steal and matched his career-high with 4 blocks, amassing a PIR of 20.

Game-changing moment

Free throws by Thiemann gave ALBA its only lead of the game, 53-55. Campazzo and Garuba fueled an 11-1 run that Llull capped with a big three-pointer at the third-quarter buzzer. Real got a 64-56 margin and never looked back after that.

Stellar stat

Real dished 22 assists and limited ALBA to just 14. The guests suffered 20 turnovers, a new season-worst for ALBA. Madrid shot the ball much better inside the arc, hitting 68.8% of its two-point shots (22-of-32) and only allowing ALBA to make 52.6% of its own (20-of-38).

Did you notice?

Real remains undefeated against ALBA after seven games. This was their first showdown since March 2015. Real won three times in Berlin – in 2009, 2012 and 2015 – and will visit the German capital again on February 6, 2020.

Next game

Both teams return from Round 7 action next Thursday. Madrid visits Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade and ALBA plays on the road against Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv.

Friday, November 1, 2019
Euroleague.net
Referees: CHRISTODOULOU, CHRISTOS; SILVA, SERGIO; VYKLICKY, ROBERT
Attendance: 10289
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Real Madrid28142221
ALBA Berlin14241815
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Real Madrid28426485
ALBA Berlin14385671
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 18:27 7 2/3 0/2 3/4           1       3 5
3 RANDOLPH, ANTHONY 20:51 12 3/3 2/4   1 4 5   2 2     2 1 14
5 FERNANDEZ, RUDY 16:57 3 1/2 0/2 1/2   2 2 4 2 2       2 7
7 CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO 25:59 8 2/4 0/2 4/4   3 3 8 3 3     2 4 17
8 LAPROVITTOLA, NICOLAS 4:59 2 1/1       1 1 1   3     1 1 1
14 DECK, GABRIEL 13:55 6 0/1   6/8 1 1 2 1   1       4 9
16 GARUBA, USMAN 20:20 12 5/5   2/4 2 1 3           1 2 14
20 CARROLL, JAYCEE 7:32 3 0/2 1/2     1 1         1 1 1  
22 TAVARES, WALTER 30:24 11 5/6   1/3 2 6 8 1 1 2 4   3 3 20
23 LLULL, SERGIO 18:24 12 2/3 2/6 2/2   1 1 6 2 1     1 2 16
25 MICKEY, JORDAN 7:36 3   1/1     3 3   1 2     3   2
44 TAYLOR, JEFFERY 14:36 6 1/2 1/1 1/2   1 1 1 2     1 3 2 6
Team             2 2     1         1
Totals 200:00 85 22/32 7/20 20/29 6 26 32 22 13 18 4 2 17 25 112
        68.8% 35% 69%
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
ALBA Berlin
  Rebounds Blocks Fouls
# Player Min Pts 2FG 3FG FT O D T As St To Fv Ag Cm Rv PIR
1 MASON, MAKAI 11:59 10 2/3 2/4     1 1 1   1     4 1 5
3 SIVA, PEYTON 22:03 10 1/2 2/5 2/2   2 2 3 1 2     2 3 11
5 GIFFEY, NIELS 11:49 1 0/3   1/2   1 1     5 1   4 1 -9
9 MATTISSECK, JONAS 21:13     0/2   1   1     1     3 2 -3
10 SCHNEIDER, TIM 12:38 5 1/2 1/4   1 1 2 1   1         3
15 HERMANNSSON, MARTIN 19:39 13 6/10   1/2 1   1 2   3   1 4 2 5
25 OGBE, KENNETH 4:54                              
31 GIEDRAITIS, ROKAS 28:23 9 3/4 1/5   1 1 2   3 1     2 3 9
32 THIEMANN, JOHANNES 16:25 10 4/5   2/2   4 4 2 1 2   1 1 3 15
34 CAVANAUGH, TYLER 11:24 5 1/3 1/2   1 4 5 1 1   1 1 2   7
35 NNOKO, LANDRY 16:43 2 1/3   0/2 2 4 6     2   1 1 1 1
43 SIKMA, LUKE 22:50 6 1/3 1/4 1/2 2 4 6 4 2 1     2 1 10
Team           2 1 3     1         2
Totals 200:00 71 20/38 8/26 7/12 11 23 34 14 8 20 2 4 25 17 56
        52.6% 30.8% 58.3%
Head coach: GARCIA RENESES, AITO

Head Coaches

LASO, PABLO
Real Madrid
"My analysis is that I think we played a solid game. We didn't play great but did the right things. We were able to contest their shots, rebound, run the break, stop, look for the best options... a solid game. I don't think we played a great game, but sometimes it is better to play solid than great. I am very happy for the victory after three losses in a row, of course, away from home. And today we play with enough energy to win the game. It is difficult when you are losing. When you are in a losing streak – we lost three games in a row – it is on your mind. Probably there were games when we were working well but we didn't get enough advantage, we didn't break the game, but I think this win was important for our confidence. Every time you win, you get more confidence because you think you did the right things. I think we did a lot of good things, better than in the last games, but we also have to improve a lot of little things to play a better game."
GARCIA RENESES, AITO
ALBA Berlin
"First of all, congratulations to Real for its win. Second, I have to highlight we had many ups and downs during the game. We know it is difficult for us to play the EuroLeague and the German League. EuroLeague teams are very powerful for us and there are moments in which we make mistakes, losing our chances to get better results. Real put a lot of defensive pressure on us early in the game and we didn't know how to respond because we were not able to circulate the ball. When we solved that problem, we started to be more ambitious on defense and managed to get closer and even get the lead in the second half. After that, we can always talk about missed free throws when the game was tied, but I don't want to look for reasons why we lost. We played bad, then we played better, and then we played worse again."

Players

TAVARES, WALTER
Real Madrid
"We played with energy, with intensity and that was the key to win the game. We have to keep up like that and try to get some more wins. I am happy but I still have things to get better on. I know that every year is not the same. I have to keep up, be confident and keep working."
CAMPAZZO, FACUNDO
Real Madrid
"All EuroLeague games require you to give 100%, physically and mentally. Unlike in the previous games that we lost, we did things right. We played with intensity and shared the ball on offense. We were a solid team, play smart at times; we obviously had some ups and downs. We still have to win on the road, and this is a good step to reach that goal. We needed to do things right and we did. When we had to play well, we did excellent. We were smart, played defense with intensity, and when you play good defense, you generate good offense, like we saw in today's game."
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