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Day after El Classico: secrets behind Llull's Magic & Saras-Matteo chess battle / News - Basketnews.com

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BasketNews expert Augustas Suliauskas breakdowns Thursday's night El Clasico, highlighting the most interesting battles on the court, epic Sergio Llull's showcase in the fourth quarter, and how Dzanan Musa took over the game.

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Whenever Real Madrid and Barcelona meet, it's a great spectacle for any basketball lover. Late-game drama, iconic shots, legends being born, and two coaches exchanging moves that might help to put their team over the top. Everybody is giving 100%, and the atmosphere is wild.

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The second El Classico of this EuroLeague season did not disappoint either. The guests seemed to have control of this match for most of the time, but then the 4th quarter came... And Sergio Llull happened.

The Spanish veteran scored 15 points in 9 minutes to force overtime, which later resulted in Real's victory. Now, how many times we've heard this story before?

Besides Llull turning back the clock, there were a bunch of other mini-battles that decided the outcome of the game: interesting individual matchups and choices from both Chus Matteo and Sarunas Jasikevicius. Let's go over the five main deciding factors of this game.

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