With the score tied 10-10, Musa led an 8-0 Real Madrid run to take control and – after a triple by Sant-Roos – the hosts led 18-13 at the end of the first quarter. The momentum switched to Murcia, which scored the first 6 points of the second quarter and eventually led 22-27 after a Sant-Roos triple. Real Madrid scored the last 9 points of the half – including 6 from Guerschon Yabusele – to take a 37-33 advantage into the break.
After Murcia narrowed the gap to 1, Walter Tavares scored twice to push Real Madrid ahead 46-39. Hezonja increased the margin to double figures during an 11-0 run in which Musa also stood out to make it 60-43. The difference reached 18 before Jonah Radebaugh made it 64-48 through three quarters. Back-to-back threes by Radebaugh and Ludde Hakanson helped draw Murcia within 69-60. Real survived the run thanks to Sergio Rodriguez and Vincent Poirier and
Virtus evens series against Milan 1-1
Virtus Segafredo Bologna used an 11-0 fourth-quarter run to pull away from EA7 Emporio Armani Milan for a 72-64 win to even their best-of-five Italian League finals at 1-1. Toko Shengelia shined with 21 points and 8 rebounds to lead the winners, Jordan Mickey added 11 points and Achille Polonara scored 10. Nikola Mirotic paced Milan with 13 points and 7 rebounds and Devon Hall also scored 13 in defeat.