El Real Madrid Baloncesto no ha podido vencer al Maccabi de Tel Aviv (Israel) y tendrá que conformarse con disputar el tercer puesto de esta Euroliga-2011 con el Montepaschi de Siena (Italia) el próximo domingo, día 8 de mayo de 2011 a las 16:30 horas...
Haced esta reflexión: Cuando un gran equipo pierde y no puede llegar a una final se sufre una gran decepción por no conseguir la victoria,,,pero hay otra forma más positiva de verlo: Disputar el tercer o cuarto puesto significa ser el tercer o cuarto mejor equipo de toda Europa en esta temporada. ¿O no es así?
"Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv rocked Real Madrid 82-63 at Palau Sant Jordi on Friday night in the second semifinal at the 2011 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four to book a spot in the title game. Chuck Eidson scored 19 points, grabbed 8 rebounds and set a Euroleague semifinals record with 6 steals to lead Maccabi to the final, where it will meet old rival Panathinaikos, which defeated Montepaschi Siena 77-69 earlier Friday in the first semifinal. With the win Maccabi, reached the Euroleague final for the seventh time in a dozen seasons, tied Madrid for the most appearances ever in the Euroleague title game with 14 and on Sunday will go for its sixth continental crown, which would be second only to Madrid’s eight. Sofoklis Schortsanitis added 16 points, Guy Pnini 14, Jeremy Pargo tallied 13 and 7 assists and David Blu scored 10 for the winners. Madrid led early, but Maccabi battled back and held a 32-29 lead at halftime. Maccabi then jumped out to an 8-point lead on a spectacular Pargo slam. Madrid closed the gap to 2 and was down just 6 late in the third quarter before Maccabi went on a 13-2 charge to take a commanding lead and coasted the rest of the way, with the lead peaking at 23. Ante Tomic posted 17 points to lead Madrid before going out with an injury and Felipe Reyes added 15 points and 14 rebounds in defeat" (www.euroleague.net)