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Paolo Galbiati <\/strong>It has changed the face of a team, a club, a city. He has once again engaged the demanding Baskonista fans who have seen so many legends with his shirt with a wonderful fast game and without fear of giants or great powers. If he was doubted in October, the Italian is the heart of a team that beats basketball. <\/p>\n Without a center after Diop’s injury, without his captain Tadas Sedekerskis, but with a lot of pride and desire to win. Trent Forrest has practically not stepped on the bench these three days, but his energy has infected everyone. Luwawu Cabarrot is emerging as one of the best scorers in Europe (28 points today). And pieces like Omoruyi Architects <\/strong>that have been key in this final triumph have evolved thanks to the confidence and joy that the Italian awakens on the track and off it. <\/p>\n Under the singing of the song ‘Caf\u00e9 con ron’ by Bad Bunny, which has been played so much in the Roig Arena, Galbiati made it all come true. The coffee in the morning has already shown us that it has done it, the rum tonight we don’t know (we don’t rule it out after the success), but the important thing is the ending, it made them Copa del Rey champions 17 years later.<\/p>\n The triumph that says that a city with so much basketball like Baskonia has not lost its place in the elite, with so many high budgets. Maybe the players are not the Scola, Splitter or Teletovic of before, but as long as their legend continues, the Vitorians will continue to fight. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Real Madrid had the warning of the semifinals against Valencia Basket and did not want the same thing to happen to them in the final. From -18 at the end of the first quarter in the semifinals, to a 13-2 lead when only four minutes of the game had elapsed<\/strong>. That made Galbiati stop the game, and spend the bullets he had saved on the bench.<\/p>\n And it is that Cabarrot Visitors<\/strong> They came out to change the game. On the white side, the Tavares’ second foul<\/strong> It also stopped Real Madrid’s good rhythm. Usman Garuba entered the match with his head little involved in the game, taking the fights from Campazzo and Sergi Llull. <\/p>\n Omoruyi, who has had to be a center of circumstances in this Copa del Rey, responded to Tavares’ initial dominance in the zone by scoring from outside, assisting and running the court. Luwawu came into a boil and did not stop throughout the match, being a constant headache for Sergio Scariolo’s defense.<\/p>\n In the blink of an eye and with his usual bravery, Baskonia equalized thanks to Trent Forrest<\/strong>the third in contention in Baskonia’s scoring, but who did everything well in the clash. (26-26, m.10).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Facundo Campazzo shone throughout the match, but when he rested the white team did not miss him too much. And it is that Happy he put the team on his back<\/strong> being incisive towards the basket and scoring from outside, becoming ‘the problem’, like his compatriot Jean Montero, in this second quarter. Twelve points at halftime that were only answered in Luwawu Cabarrot, who had already accumulated 17 hits<\/strong> to the middle part. Along the way, Trent Forrest scored the dunk of the tournament in the face of Walter Tavares.<\/p>\n The score of 52-47 (m.20) reflected what was on the field. A Real Madrid with a lot of success that could not get away from a very brave Baskonia, capable of suffering in all the situations that were against them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The start of the second half had a similar pace to the start of the match. Hezonja’s success once again put a good lead for the whites (57-49, m.22), but Baskonia, little by little, reduced those figures again until they tied. Their rotation of nine players suggested that perhaps so much wear and tear could end your options prematurely<\/strong>although in this type of final the heart comes before the legs. <\/p>\n Real Madrid once again put an eight lead (72-64, m.29) with a good 2+1 by Garuba and a basket by Maledon, but three final free throws by Luwawu Cabarrot (already with 25 points) left the score in a fist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n If the concept of ‘give and take’ were visual, the first four minutes of this last quarter would be a great definition. Real Madrid hit with a triple from Maledon, but Baskonia found success just in time. Three triples in two minutes from Diakite and Omoruyi twice turned this final into a six-minute ‘mini-match’ (79-79, m.35).<\/strong><\/p>\n The Nigerian perfectly reflects the ‘Baskonia character’ and took a step forward when the final was most in danger for his team, with eight key points to leave the title in suspense (23 at the end of the match). Also key to that comeback was Trent Forrest,<\/strong> Despite his minutes in the quarterfinals and semifinals, in the 35 minutes he played in the final he was just one rebound away from the triple-double (22 points, 9 rebounds, 11 assists).<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Frenchman, the best of the game with 28 points, could not finish this final on the court. A slap to Tavares led to his fifth personal victory at 02:37 left, leaving the hottest balls of the match in the hands of Markus Howard and Trent Forrest. The first thing he did Howard, a bombshell. The next play, a 2+1 by Trent Forrest<\/strong>. Baskonia believed in victory more than ever (86-90, m.38).<\/p>\n And if Forrest already did everything, he only needed to add a robbery to the repertoire statistics. Real Madrid, already against the current, saw how Howard’s two free throws went in to raise the lead to six points, causing a Roig Arena full of Bar\u00e7a shirts to explode that wanted to see their first Copa del Rey title in 17 years.<\/p>\n Hezonja wanted to put on the ‘SuperMario’ mantle again with a very difficult triple (89-92) with 50 minutes left. <\/p>\n But there was still Galbiati’s last magic slate. Ball in Diakite, who was defended by Tavares. I was going to look for Markus Howard, but not to shoot three as usual, but rather for a surprising backdoor that ended in a layup from the shortest player on the entire court to score a basket (89-94, m.40) that put Baskonia in the final. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n And on the other hand, Diakit\u00e9 has decided to establish the ‘decisive txapela’ in this Copa del Rey. <\/strong>He did it against Shengelia in the semifinals to put Baskonia in the final and he did it against Hezonja to confirm a historic victory for the Vitorians.<\/p>\n Kurucs and Forrest delved into Real Madrid’s wound with two baskets to seal the final 89-100, with Valencia already surrendered to the Baskonista warriors who have converted a sunken and almost dead team into the great hope in Vitoria in months.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Paolo Galbiati It has changed the face of a team, a club, a city. 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Tavares impresses, Omoruyi responds <\/h2>\n
Happy second quarter for Real Madrid<\/h2>\n
Real Madrid seeks to break away, Luwawu supports Baskonia<\/h2>\n
Shooting in the sun at the start of the fourth quarter<\/h2>\n
Luwawu Cabarrot’s fifth foul revives the best Markus Howard<\/h2>\n
Diakit\u00e9 repeats the history of the semifinals to close the title<\/h2>\n