The Madrid it was presented in the most complicated field of the Euroleague (0 losses of Maccabi in his feud, only undefeated as a local) after a disastrous losing streak that was only altered by the ‘random’ victory last weekend in Manresa. The blows received in Russia (CSKA Y Khimki) And at home (Baskonia in ACB and Efes in Euroleague) they sent Laso to the Maccabi's lair with an inertia that did not bode the best for Madrid … but that in the end ended up being conquered.
First of all, Madrid Y Maccabi they had agreed to pay a joint tribute to Kobe Bryant. Both let their first two possessions pass to render the most affectionate of gestures to a player who, surely, marked many of those who were at that time on the track. The applause thundered.
After several weeks injured, Pablo Laso I had again Randolph. No dosage or entry from the second unit, from the initial ‘5’. The American returned to the tracks very plugged in, writing down everything he threw. In fact, when in the 5th minute of the match the score indicated a tie at 13, Randolph He had achieved 11, that is, it was the total support of his people on the offensive. A fourth, the first, to which Madrid left with a minimum favorable income (19-21).
The second quarter did not start well for those of Laso. Already without the scoring beacon of Randolph, the whites conceded a partial 8-0 exit that put them behind on the scoreboard (27-21, min 13). Madrid spent three minutes without achieving a basket, which caused Laso's downtime to change a dynamic that was beginning to become more than dangerous. Despite that lousy start, the white team did not disengage from the game and managed to cling to it based on caste. Thompkins Y Taylor were the replacements of Randolph in this stretch of the match that gave way to a break that came with Madrid only two points down (38-36).
If the second quarter had started with a painful partial against, after the break, the one that marked a partial rather than positive was the Madrid. A 4-15, again with Randolph as protagonist well seconded by Causeur (42-51, min. 25). In spite of the environment against Laso's team, he knew how to maintain distances well throughout the period and managed his plays well. In fact, the merengue team entered the last quarter with a rent in their favor more than interesting, 8 points of advantage (49-57).
As the night seemed to go from partial departure, the last period was not going to be less. This time he had to fit Real Madrid. It was a 9-2 that came back to the Maccabi dangerously on the scoreboard (58-59, min. 32). The good thing for Laso is that despite the grip of the locals, the team did not fall apart and managed to hold the game with several good attacks that allowed him some respite (58-66, min.34). The game entered in the last minutes matched after several hits from triple the premises (66-68, min.37). There he had to re-measure the psychological reaction of a Madrid I needed victory like eating. Tavares, which ended up dominating the two zones with plugs and bounces like the one that played against children, was the great architect of the last white arreón, with an offensive rebound that took so that Campazzo scored a triple that sounded like a match (67-74, min. 38). In the end the Madrid he achieved a victory in the most difficult field in Europe (77-81), not without suffering after a couple of losses at the end that cost him three triples and that, after coming from a very bad streak, gives him a breath of air he needed as eating thinking of finishing in the top four.