Banca Civica 55-82 Real Madrid

Real Madrid gave a serious performance in Seville, earning a whopping victory over Banca Civica to snatch a ticket to the playoffs semifinals, where they will face Caja Laboral. Laso made changes to his starting five, making Pocius take Singler\'s place to make the team\'s defence more aggressive. Just like in Game 1, Real Madrid looked to pass the ball to Tomic in offence and the Croatian player responded by banking eight points. Banca Civica pulled many rebounds in defence, but Llull and Pocius scored several three-pointers that helped give Real a solid lead by the end of the first period (12-22, 10\'). The Whites didn\'t give the locals any second chances in offence, something they did do in the first game. Carroll came on in the second act and scored 15 points in only five minutes, giving the team a 2-15 run (16-37, 15\'). Local coach Plaza had to take risks in order to get back in the game and made Urtasun and Calloway take the lead in offence very successfully, giving Banca Civica a 15-2 run with which they cut distances drastically (31-39, 19\'). A field goal from Llull sealed the period. Davis and Triguero pulled rank in the paint, while English proved deadly outside the three-point line, keeping the locals strong in the game (44-49, 28\'). The Madridistas started to pull down more rebounds in defence and used a zone defence more effectively. Two solid efforts from Pocius and a Llull three-pointer gave Madrid some oxygen and put an end to the locals\' comeback (47-56, 30\'). Urtasun netted a lay-up as soon as the fourth period began, but it was just a mirage, as Rodriguez, Singler and Carroll destroyed the locals with three-pointers. Real Madrid had an incredible 8-26 run that allowed them to snatch a specatular victory in the end (55-82, 40\').