• Kuzmic: His miraculous return to life (and basketball): "I'm glad for an egg for him"

After six days of Euroleague, Real Madrid, undefeated and intractable in the Endesa League, is not even in playoff positions. Mainly because he doesn't know what it is to win a home game after losing in each of his outings: consecutively, Kaunas (Zalgiris), Munich (Bayern) and Berlin (Alba) . This Thursday (7:00 p.m., DAZN), in Belgrade, he wants the fourth time to be the charm.

It is not just any scenario. The Stark Arena is a magical place for Real Madrid, where in 2018 he raised the Tenth, an unforgettable weekend in which the Laso era put its second European icing. And the Red Star, despite his fierceness at home - there he lost a few days ago Fenerbahçe-, a somewhat auspicious rival that has only won in two of his meetings this year and that has in the veterans James Gist and Stratos Perperoglou a your references Going after winning the intense battle on Sunday at the Buesa Arena (ACB) is also a spring.

"Without playing well you can't win in Euroleague. We are obliged to play better than we have in previous games away from home. We cannot afford to play with jerks, " said Laso, who also had some affectionate words towards Ognjen Kuzmic , who will be in front, already recovered from his terrible car accident.

However, the white coach had to face some more thorny issue. For example, the prolonged absence of Trey Thompkins , in stark contrast to the rise of Usman Garuba, who last week played his first minutes in Euroleague.

The American, who has not yet debuted this season after arriving from the summer vacations with clear overweight , still does not enter the plans (despite the casualties due to injury of Felipe Reyes and Salah Mejri). And, due to the technician's tone, progress does not seem to be on track. "He is not ready to play and the others are doing well. He lacks what I am seeing in other players, I can not say much more. How do I have to decide who plays I put those I think are better," he said.

One of those 'others' is obviously Garuba, the fashionable man. "It doesn't surprise me because I've been seeing him for a long time and I'm confident because I know what he can do. He has that special something that great players have. Great players know how to adapt their game to the demand. We are happy with their attitude and work, and it would be stupid if he thought he had everything done because his margin for improvement is very wide, "concluded Pablo Laso. The boy, who until March does not turn 18, and has already settled without problems in the white rotation, signed a great game on Sunday against Baskonia: 12 points and six rebounds in 20 minutes.

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