Mario Hezonja was the top player for Real Madrid in a narrow win against Hapoel IBI Tel Aviv in Arena Botevgrad on Tuesday , but a late mistake nearly overturned his efforts.

With nine seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, and his side holding on to a one-point lead, the 30-year-old Croatian combo forward pulled down an offensive rebound after a missed two-pointer by Theo Maledon, and casually shoot a long-range three himself, apparently thinking that the previous attempt did not hit the rim and that the shot clock had expired, but that was not the case. Despite gifting three seconds to the opponents, Los Blancos secured the win.

Even in the postgame press conference following the Round 13 contest of the 2025-26 EuroLeague Regular Season, head coach Sergio Scariolo was unsure abo

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