Real Madrid defeated MoraBanc Andorra, the final score being 97-90, in a duel that took place in the Spanish domestic championship, at the end of a game in which the guests showed a qualitative level of play in the first two quarters consumed, dominating the disputed from the field, so that, later, the students trained by Sergio Scariolo took the lead and did not give up the initiative until the end. As a result of this success, the team from the capital of Spain maintains its leading position in the general classification, tying the seventh consecutive success in all competitions, while the group from the border is facing a delicate situation in the relegation zone.

Real Madrid and MoraBanc Andorra faced off in the 25th round of the current ACB season, in the “Movistar Arena”, in a duel that found the two teams in diametrically opposed positions, the “los blancos” team leading the current hierarchy, with a total of 44 points, while the team from the Spanish border was in 17th place, two points away from the first place that allows them to remain in the first echelon of domestic basketball.

In the previous round, the team trained by Sergio Scariolo had won, by the limit, on the field of Basquet Girona, by two points, unlike the visiting team that had lost by nine points in the company of Baskonia. However, in the last game played in all competitions, in the Euroleague, the club from the capital of Spain had been defeated by Baskonia, by two points. The “Los Blancos” club had recorded 22 wins and one defeat before the start of this confrontation in the current ACB season, and the Andorran group had a record of six successes and another 18 failures.

The most recent five direct duels between these teams had brought five consecutive victories for Real Madrid, the last success of the Andorran group dating back to 2022, when, in the “Movistar Arena”, the score would be 88-83 in favor of the guests. The duel between the two teams started better for the visiting team, and, at the end of the first five minutes, the score was 9-4 in favor of MoraBanc Andorra, as a result of some extremely well-executed three-point shots by the basketball players trained by Zan Tabak.

MoraBanc Andorra then continued their form and managed to score a few more three-pointers, while Real Madrid missed many opportunities from favorable positions, so that the visiting team managed to set a 16-point lead on the scoreboard near the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, the students trained by Sergio Scariolo managed to reduce the gap from the general, but missed a lot of clear opportunities to score. Sergio Llull decided to shoot from a long distance and scored a three-point basket, bringing his team closer to its rival in this match.

With about 50 seconds left in the second quarter of the game, Real Madrid came within a single point of its rival on the court, Mario Hezonja, as a result of converting several throws in front of the backboard, managing to bring his team into the match. 47-47 was the score at the end of the first half of this game, the “los blancos” group restoring balance on the court, David Kramer, with the 10 points he collected throughout this second quarter, being the most dangerous basketball player of the team trained by Sergio Scariolo. The third quarter of this confrontation began with a spectacular phase that was drawn by the home team players, Edi Tavares rising best to complete a successful action.

Chuma Okeke, at the end of an exceptional phase to which Mario Hezonja and Edi Tavares contributed, sent the ball into the basket after throwing from a considerable distance. Kyle Kuric restored the tie, at 54 points, a few sequences later, when he feinted extremely easily Mario Hezonja and scored from the edge of the semicircle in the opponent’s court. Andres Feliz increased the hosts’ advantage to eight points with about two minutes left in the game, and then, from a static position in front of the scoreboard, the same basketball player scored once more for his team.

The end of the penultimate quarter of this game showed a 15-point gap that MoraBanc Andorra faced in the fourth quarter. Alex Len added two points to the “los blancos” team on the scoreboard and offered a moment of respite to the students trained by Sergio Scariolo before the final minutes of this game. The team trained by Zan Tabak finally gave up the initiative, and the group from the Spanish capital led the game until the final whistle, so that Real Madrid obtained all the points and “took revenge” in front of their own fans, after the failure suffered in the last duel.