Laso reaches 800 games in the eternal pulse against Maccabi

If a Martian came to Earth and asked to see a match in the Euroleague or the old European Cup, they would probably give him a Madrid-Maccabi, the great classic of the competition.. Two giant clubs that stack 16 titles (10 whites and 6 yellows) and 33 finals (18 and 15, respectively). The most repeated international duel in the Old Continent, because, although geographically Israel does not fall within its limits, it does belong historically and culturally to it. Nor do we lie to the alien, that if he landed today, he would be in luck and could see the classic live at the WiZink Center in Madrid (with a mask, yes).

The duel number 63 (balance of 38-24) in an eternal pulse, in which Pablo Laso has been very protagonist (also Llull). With tonight’s (20:45, Dazn), the technician will have faced Maccabi 21 times with a tie and four dressed in short between 1995 and 97, more than a third of the total battles. “I have not forgotten one as a player in which they painted our faces. There was Kattash and Rashard Griffith. And as a coach, the worst, the Milan final (2014). There are many other good ones. My feeling is always that it is a big game, something that I perceive when I go to Israel. I hadn’t played yet and I still remember Perry and Williams jumping into the stands (in 1983) ”.

A special day for Laso because celebrates 800 meetings as coach of Madrid. An unimaginable trip (not even the alien saw it coming) that has given him 618 victories and 21 titles so far, when in the 22 seasons between the departure of Lolo Sainz (1989) and his signing (2011) the section only celebrated 10 trophies. Lolo’s 734 games and 595 victories are long gone, but there are still records to break, like the 27 titles of Pedro Ferrándiz.

The coach must reinvent himself almost every day -Explains the man from Vitoria, reviewing the changes of the last decade. On the first years, Tavares was not there and, later, we knew that his signing was going to mean something good, something great. So we have adapted to his presence and circumstances. Abroad, however, I counted from the beginning with Sergi Llull and Sergio Rodríguez, two very talented guards, and then others with different characteristics, such as Campazzo. You can’t play the same with him Facu that with him Chacho, or with Williams-Goss now. If you want to keep an idea of ​​the game, the contribution of the technicians is important so that each player shows their best version. And also the effort of the boys to adapt ”.

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To take another step forward in the current campaign, Laso ask for “more continuity” his own, starting today against a Maccabi with “Three solid pillars: Wilbekin, Nunnally and Zizic”.

“I don’t rule out Randolph and Thompkins playing”

Thompkins and Randolph, the two long-term injuries at Madrid, they have some small option to reappear this Thursday against Maccabi. Taylor can also come backAlthough the Swede has only missed the last five games due to a muscle problem.

Randolph, instead, has been absent for almost a year after breaking the Achilles tendon in his left leg in Piraeus on December 18. Since then, he has accumulated 81 games of loss, 56 of the last year and 25 of the current one. ThompkinsFor his part, he underwent arthroscopy in his left knee on May 13. They are almost seven months and 34 games without playing. Both were registered yesterday by the white club in the Euroleague. “I do not rule them out against Maccabi, but neither do I assure that they will enter the call,” says Laso, who adds: “We need time for them to meet and regain feelings, but All the hours they have spent in rehabilitation with the doctor, the physios and the physical trainer now shine because they have trained normally this week. I’m very happy, even though I know I can’t get them to play for 30 minutes. We are going to see when we give them entry into the team, starting today it can be any day ”.

The technician regrets a new mishap of Alocen, now on one foot after overcoming a low back pain: “He is affected, but he is a strong boy and I hope that in 15 days he is well”.

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