The last day of the regular phase sometimes leaves us contrasts as stark as the one we saw this Wednesday at the WiZink Center. A team on the crest of the waveembraced by his people, applauded wildly, on a day of happiness and some relaxation, of communion with the fans to whom he offered the title of European championthe well-known Eleventh, and also that of the junior Euroleague, both achieved on Sunday in Kaunas. Everything in Sergio Llull’s thousand game with Real Madridsince his debut 16 years ago now (Chacho and Rudy rested with a view to the playoff that starts on Sunday against Gran Canaria). A fight that was resolved with 9 points and a block from Williams-Goss in the last two minutes to go from 70-77 to 79-77. In front, a Real Betis that lost the category in extremiswhich in the last 34 seasons, formerly Caja San Fernando and Cajasol, only missed the ACB in 2018-19.
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The Betic players, while they made the corridor to the continental king (the meringues wore Vinicius shirts with the number 20), jumped to stay tense, because their sporting life was going on. They played it in a direct duel with the winner of the Final Four and with the hope that, if they were unable to give the bell, that Joventut would win in Granada, but that did not happen either.
Two realities, two worlds of opposite emotions on the same floor. And Betis had their options after rejoining after a weak start: 10-2 and 19-2. They couldn’t get it right from the outside, but the entry of Pasecniks (8 points almost straight away) and the fact that Tavares sat down, plus the activity of Tyson Pérez, smoothed the deficit until it was reversed: 36-38.
At the restart, we saw the talent of the Dominican Jean Montero, only 19 years old, voted (also by AS) as the best youngster of the season: 11 points in 8 minutes (19 at the end). Well seconded by Tyson Pérez (17+13), the income brought them closer to permanence: 53-60, minute 29. A couple of refereeing decisions angered the stands and Llull received a technique for protesting the cancellation of a three-pointer at the end of the third quarter because a foul had been called on Musa that was slow to point out.
The local relaxation had evaporated, the last quarter would pass sentence. Betis got +5 (60-65) and withstood the onslaught of the whites, who missed a three-pointer from Yabusele to take the lead. Next, Cvetkovic nailed it from three and Montero raised the +7 (70-77)an advantage that seemed to tie another year to the ACB.
And if that didn’t happen it was because the fantastic irruption of Williams-Goss, who assumed all the offensive prominence, laminating the visiting dream. A good tackle, two free throws and a three-pointer in just 1:08 to tie at 77 with 52 seconds to go and, immediately, the winning basket just 6.1 from the buzzer, a shiver from his mid-distance team , à la Llull if you want. And in what remained he blocked Montero’s winning triple attempt. Nine goals from the American and that interception in the last two minutes gave Madrid victory number 28, which does not help them climb to second place because Baskonia did not fail. Finish third. Those of Chus Mateo will face Lakovic’s Gran Canaria in the quarterfinal playoff. Betis, on the other hand, ran out of a net because Granada won and go down to the LEB. Stark contrast in the Palace.
| 28 Guerschon Yabusele |
| 0 Nigel Williams-Goss |
| 22 Edy Tavares |
| 31 dzanan muse |
| 6 Alberto Abalde |
| eleven Mario Hezonja |
| 23 Sergio Llull |
| 1 fabien causeur |
| 30 Eli Ndiaye |
| 8 Adam Hanga |
| 3 Anthony Randolph |
| twenty-one Petr Cornelie |
| Min | pts | RT | RO | DR | Ast | Per | rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | CF | Val | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Guerschon Yabusele | 28 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5/6 | 3/6 | 1/5 | 3 | 3 | eleven | |
| 0 Nigel Williams-Goss | twenty | eleven | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | twenty-one | |
| 22 Edy Tavares | 19 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2/2 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | |
| 31 dzanan muse | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4/6 | 3/3 | 0/2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | |
| 6 Alberto Abalde | fifteen | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 1/5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| eleven Mario Hezonja | 24 | eleven | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6/6 | 1/3 | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | twenty | |
| 23 Sergio Llull | twenty | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1 fabien causeur | twenty | eleven | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 2/6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 30 Eli Ndiaye | eleven | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 23 | 0/1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |
| 8 Adam Hanga | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 Anthony Randolph | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| twenty-one Petr Cornelie | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/2 | 0 | 1 | -3 | |
| 1 Tyson Perez |
| 2 BJ Johnson |
| 8 Jean Montero |
| 52 Volodymyr Gerun |
| eleven Jeremy Snapper |
| 4 Alexander Cvetkovic |
| 18 Anzejs Pasecniks |
| 13 Dairis Bertans |
| 0 Zsombor Maronka |
| 10 Pablo Almazan |
| 30 Eulis Baez |
| 40 luke fischer |
| Min | pts | RT | RO | DR | Ast | Per | rec | Tap | T1 | T2 | T3 | FR | CF | Val | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Tyson Perez | 36 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6/7 | 1/4 | 3/6 | 5 | 2 | 27 | |
| 2 BJ Johnson | 29 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 2/6 | 0/3 | 1 | 4 | -2 | |
| 8 Jean Montero | 27 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4/4 | 3/8 | 3/6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | |
| 52 Volodymyr Gerun | 23 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3/4 | 1/5 | 0/0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| eleven Jeremy Snapper | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 2/6 | 0/5 | 0 | 1 | -2 | |
| 4 Alexander Cvetkovic | 24 | eleven | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 1/4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| 18 Anzejs Pasecniks | 16 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 7/7 | 0/1 | 3 | 1 | fifteen | |
| 13 Dairis Bertans | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0 | 5 | -4 | |
| 0 Zsombor Maronka | eleven | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 10 Pablo Almazan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | |
| 30 Eulis Baez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 40 luke fischer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |