- Previous.An unrecognizable Real Madrid in Istanbul
Something is twisting Real Madrid away from home in the Euroleague. Whites have won everything they have played in the WiZink Center and lost everything they have played outside. And the most worrisome are not the results, which with this Wednesday are already three straight losses, but the image. He lacked gas in Kaunas, sank in Istanbul and did not appear in Munich. He lacked fluency again in attack and too many cracks came out in defense. Enough so that, no matter how much you row all night, stay away from the shore (95-86).
He suffered inside, where Bayern Munich found a loot of xx points. The two quick fouls of Tavares did not help , but the truth is that neither he nor Jordan Mickey could do much against Greg Monroe and Danilo Barthel (35 points between them). The American is a signing bomb: it is too slow to take place in the current NBA, but as a traditional pivot he has plenty of class to score with his back to the hoop and distribute from the post if necessary. The Real Madrid interiors took 18 points and a dance class. Barthel is more intense and instinctive, which he demonstrated for the umpteenth time in the offensive rebound that ensured the German victory 14 seconds from the end.
And he suffered outside. More for the own failures (10/33) in triples than for the successes of Bayern, a team demoted from outside (6/15). As also suffered in static and against. A huge mortgage to fight for a victory in the Euroleague and that also hurt him in the worst moments. Like that ball that Campazzo lost in full final arreón (six let out the Argentine base) and that Maodo made it another two points. For each stroke, a mistake that threw it back.
He lacked energy, clarity and someone to pull the team up. For a moment it seemed that it would be Anthony Randolph (17 points), excellent in the second and third quarters, but it was diluted like the rest. Even the departure of Rudy Fernández in the second part did not revive those of Pablo Laso, who continued to grant too many facilities.
Almost the only positive news was Usman Garuba . It takes a very special paste to debut with 17 years in the Euroleague as if it were the yard of your house. The same to make a double-double in the Endesa League before reaching the age of majority. That 'something' has Garuba, that before the losses of Real Madrid in the interior game - Reyes, Mejri and Thompkins , still out of the way - was released in Europe with an overwhelming naturalness.
In his first handful of minutes, in the second act, he had already scored a couple of baskets without avoiding contact with rival pivots and stolen a pair of balls. Merit of the boy, one of the great pearls of Spanish basketball, of the technicians of the white quarry and Laso, who is daring to give him important minutes. He had them back in the final stretch against Bayern and responded with a note: he was the one who did the most for that final arreón and closed with a notable business card: 12 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 20 valuation.
The effort, however, fell short and Real Madrid signed their third straight defeat in the Euroleague. All at home At least your next commitment, on Friday against Alba, you will have at home.
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