Real Madrid shook the first defeat of the season, with no time just to ruminate it, from Kaunas to Santiago in 48 hours. Another home warrior rival, another 40 minutes of battle, resolved this time by the winning spirit of Rudy and Llull , deadly for Monbus Obradoiro when the game was decided. With Garuba as the protagonist, 13 rebounds and lots of energy at age 17 - almost half an hour on the court, Pablo Laso kept him -, the whites are already solo leaders of the Endesa League. [76-83: Narration and statistics]

The calendar does not give respite to anyone. After a start with several games in the WiZink, Real Madrid has arrived the time of the suitcases. And in Galicia he had a trap after falling asleep on the laurels in the last quarter at the Zalgirio Arena. Because on Thursday he has another rough visit, in Istanbul to Efes , the runner-up in Europe. So better to avoid the bump and remain undefeated in ACB, now only high after the first defeat, a while earlier, of the Burgos in Andorra.

Madrid had to overcome the local enthusiasm, the daring approach of the eternal Moncho Fernández and also the own gaps. What Laso calls "continuity in the game" and that he himself misses: "same offensive and defensive intensity for more minutes." At a hesitant start, with Usman Garuba in the quintet, but especially with a Tavares that he has not heard since the season began. Kravic was going to make him a suit, in the face of the technician's despair with his giant. As if with the millionaire renovation the thrust had gone.

The Galicians defended the limit, although they suffered too much in the rebound. Little by little Madrid was singing. It is no coincidence that it was with Llull and Rudy on the track of the Fontes de Sar, full as every weekend. But Laprovittola was going to be the executor , in which at the moment they were his best minutes as a target. A partial of 13-2 that granted the initiative to the visitors.

Although they were not going to sentence until the outcome. The Obradoiro was pure self-esteem. And that at the end of the break Laso allowed himself the luxury of placing Causeur and Deck for the first time. Several actions followed by the Argentine forward - which gave rest to a Garuba as active as erratic - were a warning (49-61). But there the local team resurfaced, which a tremendous Daum mate put into orbit. It was a partial 18-6 with which he managed to even turn around the contest (73-71), put in a tight spot the League champion, who had won 9 of the 11 times in Santiago.

But Madrid did not lose its nerve, among other things because it has two unique competitors at its side. Llull and Rudy led a 12-0 run that was final, which silenced the Fontes de Sar. Like a deadly whip , with the naturalness of those who have been winning for a lifetime, also a World Cup just a month ago.

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