Real Madrid-Anadolu Efes: first game of the year at the WiZink Center

The WiZink Center will host the first game of 2024. Real Madrid welcomes Anadolu Efes for Euroleague game 19 (8:45pm CET) with the aim of achieving their seventeenth home victory. This will be the second game of the week for the leaders, who will have to recover from the fatigue accumulated after Tuesday's demanding encounter.
Our team is eager to get back as quickly as possible to the stellar dynamic it has shown so far this season. And today they have a great opportunity. Tonight they will face an opponent they know very well and have faced 43 times in the Euroleague. The historical record there is very favourable for Madrid with 28-15.
The Turkish side visit our court with the aim of getting back to winning ways. They have lost five times in the Euroleague this season, but are still an opponent that can make things difficult. They have both quality and experience in their squad led by Larkin. The point guard is the second best player in the competition (18.2 points) and halting his scoring percentages will be key. Beaubois and Thompson also are dangerous from the perimeter.
Everyone plays their part
Real Madrid have a good record in both attack and defence. They are the highest scoring team in Europe and average 75 points against, 12.4 less than their opponents. Defensive rebounding and blocking are two of the keys to their success, in addition to the excellent work of the Tavares-Poirier duo. To nourish this duo under the hoop, they will need Campazzo's assists, who is the best in this category in the Euroleague (7.1 per game), as well as the shooting skills of Musa and Hezonja to complete Madrid's offence.