Madrid wins with an offensive showcase

Real Madrid secured their third victory in the League against Manresa, maintaining their undefeated record, and concluded a week of wins following Thursday's triumph over Partizan in the EuroLeague. With an outstanding first half, Pedro Martínez's team dominated a game in which they achieved their best offensive performance of the season so far. Scoring 120 points, they recorded one of the top ten highest scores of our team in the ACB and the third-highest this century. Procida (15 points) and Sarr (16) led nine players with double-digit performance ratings.

Both teams started with high energy in the first three minutes of an evenly matched game. With the introduction of the second unit, Madrid gained intensity on defense and improved their accuracy from the perimeter. A spectacular dunk by Procida marked the beginning of Pedro Martínez's team's surge. The Italian forward, with 7 points, led a squad in which Campazzo, Feliz, and Smith Jr. launched continuous fast breaks that disrupted Manresa's defensive balance. With a 14-1 run, our team took complete control in the first quarter (34-22, min. 10).

Madrid takes control
The home team extended their lead in the second quarter. Madrid tightened their defense even further and, starting from defensive rebounds, added more speed to their game, scoring with up to 8 different players (Llull, Maledon, Abalde, Jantunen, Procida, Tavares, Pradilla and Okeke) both in transition and in set plays, where they excelled from beyond the arc (5 three-pointers) to reach their largest lead before halftime (62-38). A first half in which every madridista got on the scoreboard.

In the second half, Madrid managed their lead with solidity, almost always responding from the perimeter to any attempt by Manresa to close the gap. Okeke, Maledon, Feliz, and Sarr countered the points from Benitez, Villar, and Minchev in a more evenly matched third quarter in terms of scoring, which ended with a 30-point margin in their favor at 86-56.

A record-breaking Madrid
The madridistas aimed in the final stretch to surpass their season-high points tally, 114 against Obradoiro (including overtime). Jantunen brought Madrid to 100 with five minutes remaining, and with a brilliant collective performance, they reached the final score of 120 points.

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