Real Madrid-Baskonia: all out to extend the winning streak in the league
This evening at the Movistar Arena, the leaders will be looking for their eleventh consecutive league victory (6:30pm CET).
A new Liga Endesa matchday for the competition’s leaders. Real Madrid welcome Baskonia to the Movistar Arena aiming for another win to stay top of the table ahead of a tough trip to second-placed Unicaja next week.
This will be the week’s second game for Chus Mateo's team, who arrive after a comfortable win against Virtus in the Euroleague last Thursday (67-80). Maintaining the good vibes from the victory in Bologna will be vital in adding the eleventh consecutive League victory, the 19th of the season in the competition.
They will face an opponent that we have faced three times this season, with the balance currently in the Madrid team’s favour (2 wins and 1 loss). We expect the match to be as even as the previous ones and our team will have to put special emphasis on stopping the opponent's efficiency from three-pointers, an area in which Markus Howard stands out - the American leads the ACB in terms of three-pointers (Averaging 2.7 per match).
Baskonia
The team coached by Pablo Laso started this matchday in ninth place, just one place outside the playoff zone. They have won four and lost two of their last six league games. This afternoon they will be looking to build on their last win against Dreamland Gran Canaria (84-80).