OUR Real bounced back from a loss to the Basque Country last week and thrashed Maccabi Tel Aviv 98–65 at the Wizink Center in Game 17. Euroleague, perfectly closing their first round of the tournament. Now, with a score of 11-6, Madrid, who created the conditions for a five-fold (!) equality in the “penthouse” of the Euroleague standings, with Olympiacos in first place, Real Madrid in 2nd, Basque Country in 3rd, Barcelona on the 4th and Monaco on the 5th thanks to the difference in points. The Israelis “fell” with a score of 9-8 and almost left the top eight.

Armed with excellent defense, Real Madrid went on the gas from the first period, gained a margin of safety of 15 points (22-7) and never looked back… The distance with Maccabi steadily grew with each quarter, until the final 98-65. , which brought the merenches the biggest victory this year. Moussa (4/7 trebles) and Cornelier (4/5 trebles) finished the match with 18 points for Real Madrid, which “fixed” a percentage of 54.5% outside of 6.75m (18/33 treys). Only Jalen Adams with 15 points “saved” Maccabi from the “crash”.