Unicaja Malaga eliminates Real Madrid

Real Madrid stayed out of the CBA playoffs for the first chance after losing the second game of the series against Unicaja 88-86 in Malaga by a tight match from the initial jump.

2-0 in the tie to the best of 3 and already is a semifinalist ACB Unicaja to defeat Real Madrid. For the first time that the eighth removes the leader of the regular season, but this is the magic of the playoffs. All work performed by men of Joan Plaza has served only to secure his place in the Euroleague next year. And rightly so, because the Unicaja was better than Real Madrid in both legs.

Real Madrid runs out of titles this year after winning two above. "Failure in the season? Rather disappointing. Disappointment at not being able to reach the Final Four being played in Madrid and stay out of the playoffs for the first chance against the bottom team.

Carlos Cabezas, Berni Rodriguez and N'Dong dominated to a Real Madrid to let out the victory in his last moments. Carlos Cabezas again to win the personal duel Raúl López, while Vic base played an extraordinary match at Real Madrid taking of a jam where he had gone to depend only on the points from Louis Bullock, defended phenomenally in the last quarter.

The base Malaga scored 22 points which were largely in the final minutes, and found the holes to the Real Madrid defender, or you do not manufacture their own shots stratospheric. Berni Rodriguez scored 20 and 18 without fail N'Dong Boniface any shot of 2, besides being the team's rebounding with 6 catches.

Raul Lopez scored 13 points to lead the attack on Real Madrid in the final minutes until he was expelled for committing the fifth foul. Bullock, who could not contribute anything in the last moments, was the top scorer of the match with 25 points.

Real Madrid reached the last seconds of the game by a score of 85-84 in favor of Unicaja available free throws. Carlos Cabezas scored only one shot and was fouled Alex Mumbrú (very questionable) Carlos Jimenez, with what Real Madrid tied the game at 86. However, in one of many horrible final match of Real Madrid, left a void that Berni Rodriguez did not hesitate to take to get to the kitchen and enter a tray drawers, leaving the 86-84 final 2.6 seconds to go. Tunçeri failed three times from his home and Real Madrid was eliminated.

Unicaja Malaga will now face the winner of the series Tau Ceramica - Pamesa Valencia, Vitoria dominate 1-0.