The white team, led for the first time in the Euroleague by Pedro Martínez, loses by one point in a match they dominated at halftime. The coach highlights defensive problems and a poor start to the third quarter.
The Real Madrid basketball team has begun their journey in the Euroleague with a narrow defeat against Dubai Basketball by 78-77. The team of Pedro Martínez, who made his debut in the European competition at the helm of the white bench, could not maintain the lead they had established at halftime. The information about the match has been reported by bernabeudigital.com.
The game broke open at the start of the third quarter, when the hosts tightened their defence and the Madrid team lost their rhythm. The Valencian coach later pointed out the mistakes that cost them the victory.
Both teams had good and bad moments. Our worst was at the beginning of the third quarter. We had gained some advantage at halftime, but our start in the third was not good. And at the end of the match, we didn’t play well either. Our defence was not good enough, we allowed easy three-point shots and in attack, we missed two layups. Our last attack was not good.
Pedro Martínez focused on three specific aspects of the game that explain the defeat: the fast break, offensive rebounding, and perimeter shooting accuracy.
We conceded more points on the fast break than we scored ourselves. We allowed more offensive rebounds than we grabbed ourselves and they made more three-pointers than we did. We need to analyse why these three things happened and it’s something we must improve for the future.
Pedro Martínez's style, based on fast attacks, ball movement, and three-point shooting, was only seen at times. The local team's compact defence hindered Real Madrid's offensive fluidity, which is still in the process of adapting to the new coach's ideas.
The white team's next commitment will be this Sunday against Unicaja, a new opportunity to correct the errors identified in their European debut.
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