When Real Madrid likes it, when it makes the attack a symphony, when triple is its best ally, there are few rivals that can hold its gaze. A tried Valencia Basket tried, but unable to endure the diabolical offensive rhythm of the whites. They are already seven triumphs of run in the Euroleague to look at the rest from the top, largely for the 17 assists of Campazzo, but also for the 18 points of Randolph , the streaks of Carroll, Causeur, Thompkins ... [111 -99: Narration and statistics]

Madrid was a pylon hammer, from dawn with loose hair to the outcome in which Thompkins signed his expected redemption (in search of continuity). It was a constant rain of triples (spectacular 17 of 29) before a Valencia that responded to the extent of its possibilities, making the rubber with pundonor. He scored 99 points on the WiZink and yet there was not a moment in which he felt the victory close.

He didn't miss Llull, nor was Rudy's flu a drama. The Palace remains impregnable and the 67 points on Sunday in Zaragoza were an incentive. If the week after losing in Bilbao failing 30 triples he made 104 and 97 points to Khimki and CSKA respectively, she shook Valencia with 111. If someone had to do with almost everything, that was Facundo Campazzo who distributed 17 basket passes , the third best mark in the history of the Euroleague and a record for a Madrid player in the competition. In addition, he became the first player to add 14 or more assists in less than 25 minutes.

The game started as if it didn't matter, everyone happy in the WiZink in the pimpampum. Especially Anthony Randolph, in one of his usual thunderous sunrises . For a moment, they even forgot both fighters to commit mistakes. In seven minutes, nine of 12 triples between Madrid and a Valencia that did not take off, like a shooting in the far west. Although before such offensive festivals, coaches do not take long to distort the gesture.

Dubljevic and Tobey

Laso shouted in a timeout and Madrid stood firm as a disciplined soldier. He only conceded 16 points in the second act , although his advantage, which became threatening (53-45), was still weak at rest. Valencia, which won four of its last six Euroleague games in its particular rebirth, which last week fell with a triple in the last second in Belgrade, was well alive thanks to its interior men, first Dubljevic, then Mike Tobey, who made blood before a Jordan Mickey who for a moment did not know almost anything.

But the white defensive level was already in Euroleague mode and that's complicated for anyone. Valencia tried to remain standing in the Palace, despite the seven almost consecutive assists with which Campazzo waited for them after the break, despite two triples as stabs of the eternal Carroll, one on the horn and the other on the first play of the last fourth, when Madrid was already taking off altogether (87-70) . The Mormon, like so many other times, changed the game in a blink (10-0 in a minute and a half). When he wanted to realize, Valencia, who came without skipping a line all night, had a slab on top.

Loyd appeared too late and the exhibition of Dubljevic and Tobey was in vain. All self-esteem, those of Ponsarnau tried a last arreón, but another burst of triples (three of them from Thompkins), made it impossible. So it was all night in the Palace. A love and I can not face the success and white appetite.

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