"We did not put one!", Summed up Pablo Laso and there is no greater argument to define the first defeat of Real Madrid in the Endesa League, in which he continues at the top. That and the heart of a rebellious and courageous RETABet Bilbao, who commanded the entire game and knew how to resist Llull's reaction and to a completely crazy extension. The newly promoted knocked down the leader, demonstrating that he has much to say on his return to the ACB. [82-81: Narration and statistics]

Madrid was only right with six triples of the 38 he tried. Between Campazzo, Rudy and Thompkins, 0 of 18 . They could have been shooting all night in Miribilla, but the hoop was definitely closed to whites. They also failed to find other offensive alternatives. The extra time was only an exponential extension of their incredible lack of aim, which surely had a lot to do with the accumulated fatigue and with the passion with which Alex Mumbrú's boys performed all night.

Around the corner of the classic, with its physical and mental wear and tear - despite the rush of victory -, Madrid found an uncomfortable stage and a rival ready for ambush, like those not so long ago in Miribilla. Bilbao, back in a big way to the ACB by the hand of Mumbrú , raised from the same exit a torture to an exhausted rival and, above all, reduced in its rotation. For the absences of Deck, Randolph and Causeur - in addition to Felipe Reyes and Mejri-, but also because his second unit was not up to par.

Carroll match 600

After a dawn with the protagonism of an anxious Carroll after not playing for a minute against Barça - it was his match 600 in white when his own wife has unleashed rumors about his farewell on social networks -, Madrid struck against reality . The intensity of those in black, who did find spring on the bench with Lammers and Sergio Rodríguez , who were hurting with the second options. And the lack of rhythm and form of any of his pieces.

Thus, with Laprovittola on the court, the white game was wrecked again. Without confidence and without the mechanisms to be a director at the height of Real Madrid. And, above, with the contrast that occurs with his countryman Campazzo on track. Nor Trey Thompkins, in his first game of the season - he has asked for 18 - after his strange absence to get out of the way of the holidays, was fine: rude, impatient and erratic. So those of Mumbrú went on the scoreboard (37-28), with the points of Bouteille and Jaylon Brown. And the visitor only reacted when he returned Rudy, Carroll and, above all, an increasingly fundamental Garuba to the track.

But the headache was not going to be temporary; as a trip full of turbulence, Madrid had no respite, to which another of his fundamental pieces went away shortly: Jeff Taylor lost his temper, applauded the referee and was expelled . Drowned by a desperate mistake that was going to go further, with only the energy of Garuba and Carroll's points as an argument, Laso's were always in tow.

Thompkins final ruling

That it was not a good afternoon was shown in those small details of concentration, as when Carroll missed three free throws in a row . But Bilbao failed to finish off at all and that, against Madrid, is synonymous with suffering. Llull, despite his bad aim from the perimeter, again assumed responsibility. The extension that forced Madrid is only understood by the heart of the Balearic, 11 points in the last four minutes, although this time the final 'mandarin' did not enter.

The extension was a gruesome. Exhausted and nervous both, failures here and there. Campazzo threw triples with the zero confidence of that 0 of 8 surely unpublished and Llull was no longer enough. He lived Madrid until the last Thompkins ruling (1 of 9 in field shots) because the offensive rebound gave him some air. Bilbao, in its third extension in nine games of ACB , finally took an agonizing and heroic victory that keep him with Cup options.

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