Madrid win the league Clásico

Real Madrid beat Barça in the second Clásico of the season 15 days after knocking them out in the semi-finals of the Super Cup. A match in which the team's powerful inside game proved crucial, despite the significant absences of Tavares and Deck, and was a key factor in their third league win and their unbeaten run this season five wins out of five. A great performance from Poirier 22 points with 6 dunks, 8 rebounds and 29 PIR and a big mention for academy player Ismaila 9 points, 8 rebounds and 14 PIR in 16 minutes. Campazzo and Musa were the two other outstanding players.The absence of Tavares appeared to raise doubts in the air. But not in the team. Chus Mateo brought Ismaila into the starting five and the 16-year-old youth player, who was playing only his second game in our jersey, responded in style. He scored the first basket of the Clásico and in the 7:14 minutes he was on the court, performed flawlessly with 5 points and 8 rebounds, 5 of them on the offensive side, stopping Vesely. Madrid stepped up a gear, with Campazzo 7 points, one point per minute, opening up an 11-2 lead in the fourth minute. This forced Barça to change things up. Parker was assisted by Brizuela and the Catalans managed to close the gap during the first quarter 14-13. Madrid were solid insideThe game began to pick up a lot more pace on offence. The team demonstrated superiority on the paint, with Poirier now extra-motivated 8 points and his link-up with Sergio Rodríguez, who brought the WiZink Center to its feet with three identical alley oops. A lack of success from three-pointers at times prevented them from increasing their lead. Laprovittola and Willy Hernángomez were held back, and Grimau's team found the speed of Brizuela and the muscle of Nnaji the way to counteract Madrid's points. Musa's four free throws broke the deadlock before the break 37-33.

Madrid went into the second half a little hasty, trying to open up a gap as soon as possible. This saw them to make a few mistakes at the beginning, but they made up for them with some great defence, especially the work of Campazzo, Abalde and Musa on their outside players. Built Based on their intensity at the back and playing with their heads on offense, with Musa and Poirier as enforcers, they started to build their lead in the third quarter. A 15-3 run saw them gain a 12-point lead at 48-36 in the 26th minute. The Catalans had to dig deep, but their individual quality and free throws kept them in the game 59-50, min.30. Madrid superiorityIt wasn't over but Madrid were in the driving seat. Barça pushed in the final quarter with the drive of Parra and Brizuela. However, Madrid's response was swift and came in the form of Llull. The captain cancelled out his opponent's points with seven in a row. Campazzo then took final control and along with Musa and an unstoppable Poirier, who was two points shy of his team scoring record with 22 points, solidly managed a lead that grew to 14 points at 80-66 in the 28th minute. As Barça tried desperately, Ismaila, who had opened the scoring, sealed it with a dunk after a brilliant personal performance 86-79, min.40. He became the youngest rookie in a league Clásico surpassing Doncic at 19 years, 9 months and 9 days. Rudy overtook Herreros to become the player who has played the fifth most games in our jersey in the league 351.REAL MADRID-BARÇA STATS