Real Madrid defeated Valencia with 94-79 in the 16th round of Liga Endesa, remaining at the top of the standings.
Both Sergio Scariolo and Pedro Martinez had all their players available for this game.
With this victory, “Los Galacticos” retained first place in the standings with a 14-2 record. On the other hand, Valencia is in second place with the same record as third-placed Barcelona, 12-4.
Claim Now The main contributors to Madrids comeback and victory were Mario Hezonja with 23 points, and David Kramer and Sergio Llull with 14 points each. For the visitors, the top scorers were Darius Thompson with 19 and Jean Montero with 15 points.
In the upcoming EuroLeague double round, both teams will play their first game at home on Tuesday. Real Madrid will face Olimpia Milano, while Valencia will take on Paris.
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INTERVIEWS:
- Jaka Lakovic: Zeljko Obradovic simply puts you into a mode where you constantly think about basketball
- Zlatko Jovanovic: I stand behind my decision, Honved is living its dream and continues to dream!
- Sani Becirovic: Zenit is thinking seriously, and in the next year or two we are aiming for the highest level
- Levi Randolph: I know what the EuroLeague is, and I hope to play at that level again wearing the Zenit jersey
- Zac Seljaas: I’m a unique person, family means everything to me
- Aleksa Avramovic: Defense wins championships – for sure!
- Nenad Dimitrijevic: It’s sad for the EuroLeague and Partizan that Zeljko Obradovic left
- Ilona Korstin: We are in contact with both the EuroLeague and the NBA, we are present in all meetings
- Bogdan Tanjevic: The main difference between Partizan and Crvena Zvezda – domestic players still lead the way
- Nicolo Melli: We had no-phone rules with Zeljko Obradovic; There was interest from Partizan
- Bo McCalebb: How can you not respect Zeljko Obradovic? My only regret is that I didn’t listen to him enough
