That Madrid has launched is unquestionable: in shape, with confidence and the bag of trophies overflowing with the Euroleague, which in the following weeks always increases the appetite to gobble up more titles. Because the digestion of what has been achieved will begin in summer. It only remained to see if the accumulation of emotions in the last week, without any respite, could temporarily take away some energy, that the game was blown up in some section. For that, Dreamland Gran Canaria had to offer its best version, one at the height of the Eurocup championin a playoff duel that can be understood as an unofficial European Super Cup. And those of Lakovic did not show the required level (95-68 at the end) beyond the first six minutes, when they were one up: 8-9.
Then, far behind, they held the continuations of Tavares and in attack Balcerowski saw a ring. Everything was going to change suddenly with the entry of Sergio Rodríguez, chachismo in pure statethe best point guard in Europe at the moment as we saw in the Final Four, and previously against Partizan, the most creative, the most differential for his team a few days after his 37th birthday. In a maximum peak of everything, he pushed his team expressly without the need for individual boasting (+20 with him then in just 7 minutes on the track), he put them into orbit with the help of Rudy and Hezonja, at the four starting, where it gives a lot to the block.
Madrid finished the first quarter powerfully (22-13) and started the second very strong with a 19-0 run in full island blackout and already with the thousand-year-old Llull on court (performance 1,001 in white) punishing from three: 41-13 after a 33-4 run in ten minutes, from 6 to 16. The captain managed another milestone in his career by becoming the top league scorer in the club’s history when beating, with a total of 6,027 pointsafter the 16 this Sunday, the mark of Felipe Reyes (6,017) and exceed, after a magnificent 4 of 5 of three, the 900 triples with the same team, specifically 903 (only Juan Carlos Navarro is ahead of him there: 1,179).
At halftime (51-25), the duel had blown up while Musa collected triples and 2+1 (he already had 16 of his 20 goals). LakovicIn addition to controlling Tavares, he had prepared his squad to not allow easy baskets in the race or be overwhelmed one on one. Neither one thing nor the other, because the European champion was going to 51 points with only 8 assists. Come on, there were counterattacks and individual actions at large. And also more than one car of missed triples from Granca (4 of 15 at halftime) that prevented him from raising his spirits even slightly.
It remained to be seen if a heroic reaction would come at the restart and, although the yellows did not lower their arms, the disadvantage reached its maximum, a +30: 60-30. AJ Slaugher, a key visiting player, did not get his first hit in play until minute 26. Chus Mateowho is naturally suspicious of opponents, He put up with Tavares a little longer on the court before giving prominence to Randolph and Ndiaye, who had twisted his ankle in the first half. Very good again the youth squad. Almost to close the clash, Hanga pocketed it from three, so the 12 merengue players called up had at least three points in the statistics. Madrid smiles, it has reasons.
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28
Guerschon Yabusele
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22
Edy Tavares
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0
Nigel Williams-Goss
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31
dzanan muse
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8
Adam Hanga
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eleven
Mario Hezonja
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1
fabien causeur
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23
Sergio Llull
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13
Sergio Rodriguez
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3
Anthony Randolph
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30
Eli Ndiaye
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5
Rudy Fernandez
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28
Guerschon Yabusele
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26 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4/7 | 2/4 | 0/3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
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22
Edy Tavares
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22 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/0 | 3/5 | 0/0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | |
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0
Nigel Williams-Goss
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twenty | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
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31
dzanan muse
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18 | twenty | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4/5 | 5/5 | 2/5 | 4 | 1 | twenty-one | |
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8
Adam Hanga
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12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
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eleven
Mario Hezonja
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twenty | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4/4 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
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1
fabien causeur
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19 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 1/3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
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23
Sergio Llull
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fifteen | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 4/5 | 1 | 0 | 18 | |
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13
Sergio Rodriguez
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14 | eleven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 4/4 | 1/2 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
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3
Anthony Randolph
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12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
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30
Eli Ndiaye
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10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
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5
Rudy Fernandez
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6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
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6
Andrew Albicy
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2
Olek Balcerowski
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9
Nico Brussino
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4
Slaughter
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14
john shurna
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0
damien inglis
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8
Vitor Benite
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10
miquel saved
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18
Khalifa Diop
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5
Alexej Nikolic
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3
Jovan Kljajic
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41
Oliver Stevic
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6
Andrew Albicy
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27 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/4 | 0/4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
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2
Olek Balcerowski
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22 | fifteen | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2/2 | 5/9 | 1/2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
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9
Nico Brussino
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twenty-one | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
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4
Slaughter
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18 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 2/8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
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14
john shurna
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18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 1/5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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0
damien inglis
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twenty-one | fifteen | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 | 4/6 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 18 | |
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8
Vitor Benite
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twenty | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 3/7 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
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10
miquel saved
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17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
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18
Khalifa Diop
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16 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0/2 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
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5
Alexej Nikolic
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eleven | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
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3
Jovan Kljajic
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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41
Oliver Stevic
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
