• Chronicle: Rudy never gives up: seven triples for a comeback

Real Madrid could not match the rhythm of Valencia at the end of the break. The white players, stunned, watched as Dubljevic, Abalde and company began to take dangerous distances. Until Pablo Laso said enough.

In one of his spectacular (and viral) downtimes, the Vitorian coach showed anger with his pupils . "They play well, they have patience, nothing happens. But as I have failed one here, another here ...", began his speech Laso, there for the third quarter, with 10 down his team. Until it exploded: "Worry a little about this. They have 14 [points]. You are walking. You are walking, until my old woman could come slower! If you do not play with a little energy, we go after them all the fucking game" , scream.

The fact is that his boys hustled, although shortly after they came down by 13 (54-67) . A spectacular comeback that led to the seven triples of Rudy Fernández and the paralysis of Valencia in the final minutes.

"It has cost us a lot in some phases, but we have been able to offer a good game, the team has shown character . I am proud to have turned around a difficult situation," said the coach after the meeting at the WiZink Center in Madrid. "Then we had to make a lot of defensive effort and we had no success, with triple released that you are missing, but the team's work and effort has been very great to enter the game and take it to the last second. the extension has been superior, "he added.

The Real Madrid coach praised the character of his players. " The team does not crack, fight , can play well or not, but does not stop fighting. Everyone has to understand that the great support we have from the public and that makes it so difficult to win here we win with our effort," he explained. a Pablo Laso who acknowledged having said "some bullshit" in the dead times of the third quarter to change the dynamics of his players.

"There has been a moment that we lacked defensive and offensive spark, we needed to recover the rhythm of the game , in this case offensively, I think that we have been gradually getting it and that is why we have turned the scoreboard around," added the Vitorian, who admitted that the load of matches, both of them and their rival that also plays the Euroleague, made the two teams arrive "defunct" at the end.

In the statistical section, the forward Rudy Fernández shone, with his 22 points and seven triples of ten attempts, although for Laso the Balearic is important beyond the success he has. "What we value most about Rudy, beyond success, is his intelligence, " he said.

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