


Real Madrid had to battle until the final seconds to beat Valencia Basket 95-91 at WiZink Center in Round 28 on Thursday night. Great accuracy and outstanding hustle allowed Los Blancos to grab their 18th regular-season win.
Real dominated all of the hustle stats, and that was one of the keys to its triumph. It had more offensive rebounds (8) than Valencia (7), while it also finished the game with 4 blocked shots: Vincent Poirier had 2 and Walter Tavares and Rudy Fernandez had 1 apiece. The guests only had 1 block in the entire game. Additionally, Real collected 7 steals, with Poirier and Tavares recording 2 apiece. Valencia, again, had fewer steals than its opponents (5).
Los Blancos were really effective in the paint, which also had a big impact on the final score. Real hit 25-of-35 of its two-pointers, which is its third-best percentage (71.4% 2FG) this season. Once more, Tavares and Poirier were really effective, combining for 10-of-11 two-point shots (90.9% 2FG). Valencia was only able to hit 16-of-33 two-pointers (48.5%). Its two centers, Jasiel Rivero and Bojan Dubljevic, went a combined 7-of-15 inside the arc (46.7% 2FG).