Real Madrid survives a late game drama to beat Barcelona / News - Basketnews.com

Gabriel Deck shined for the home team and the Whites were able to beat Barcelona irrespective of a fourth-quarter comeback attempt by the Basque team.

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FC Barcelona (4-1) remains winless against Real Madrid (5-0) in all competitions, as the first El Clasico of the EuroLeague this year also goes to the Whites.

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Real Madrid FC Barcelona65-64 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Real Madrid11-0219:05

Downing Barcelona with a score of 65-64 after a fourth quarter full of drama, Real Madrid is the only team remaining without any defeats in the EuroLeague.

The fourth quarter witnessed intense drama as Barcelona mounted a comeback, tying the score with Tomas Satoransky's steal and layup at 0:48 seconds remaining at the end.

After that, the game turned into a chess game of strategic fouls and missed free throws, particularly by Facundo Campazzo and Tomas Satoransky.

In a call that incited the reaction of the fans in the WiZink Center and the Real Madrid bench, Satoransky was able to bait the Real Madrid defense into fouling him for 3 free throws while the score was 63-60 at 0:08 remaining.

The Barcelona guard missed the first, made the second, and purposefully missed the third. However, the rebound was collected by Mario Hezonja, who sealed the deal for Real Madrid with two free throws.

Alex Abrines was able to come up with a hail-mary 3-pointer, but it only meant that Barca lost by 1 point.

Gabriel Deck was sensational for Real Madrid, scoring 20 points, collecting 7 rebounds, and accumulating 20 PIR in 29 minutes.

Facundo Campazzo was limited in his scoring but dished out 7 assists and made clutch free throws at the end, while Mario Hezonja had a big rebounding night with 10 boards.

On the side of the Basques, Jan Vesely collected a double-double of 12 points and 10 rebounds.

Real Madrid: Gabriel Deck 20, Vincent Poirier 14, Walter Tavares 8, Mario Hezonja 7 PTS 10 REB

Barcelona: Willy Hernangomez 13, Jan Vesely 12, Alex Abrines 10, Tomas Satoransky 10

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