• Match statistics.Khimki - Real Madrid
  • CSKA - Real Madrid: Follow the curse of Moscow

Real Madrid faced his visit to Russia with thirteen consecutive victories in the Euroleague and thrown in the top positions of the classification, linking triumphs almost by inertia in the last weeks unbeatable. Moscow arrived then, where Pablo Laso had never won, and fate responded cruelly.

First Tuesday, in the CSKA Megasport , with the lowest score of the 'Laso era ': 55 points at the end of the match. And later this afternoon, in the Mytishchi Arena in Khimki , northwest of the Russian capital, where the white team was a victim of the offensive gale of the local team. At the break he had already conceded 55 points, the same ones he scored in the entire match against CSKA, and he ended up losing 24 to half of the last quarter before putting on the result until the final 102-94, which in a few weeks will be remembered like an even day, far from a nightmare evening for Laso's.

The loss to the CSKA created doubts, especially in a defense that was overcome at all times. Madrid allowed Alexey Shved , national star, to enter into a trance, and he paid dearly: the former NBA had 12 points at half-time, with four out of four in three-pointers, and nine assists. His constant blockade and continuation was incomprehensibly allowed again and again by the white defense, unable to stop Russian bleeding. The base ended the match with 21 points, 13 assists and 31 valuation .

From his hands emerged the entire Russian game, which took advantage of Devin Booker (15), Anthony Gill (13), Janis Timma (13), Jonas Jerebko (11) and Sergey Karasev (10), almost all successful from a three-point line which was the paradise for Khimki: 15 pitches scored from beyond the arch and 55% success. Unstoppable

Madrid endured the exchange of blows until its triples stopped entering and their attack began to go through real problems. Horrible in defense and thick in attack , without speed or pass, neither Campazzo, nor Laprovittola nor Llull were able to give rhythm to the team. After arriving eleven down to rest, it was presumed that the 'Lasina' of the locker room could wake up the meringues, but it was not so. The whites tightened in defense and allowed less in their area, but the Khimki linked five straight three-pointers that kept him in the dozen points above.

As an example of the afternoon, the ' fight' of Tavares with Timma for a possession, which instead of finishing in jump ended with an easy basket of the Russians. The white pivot was not in the game. And his team noticed.

A triple surrealist of Karasev on one leg and unbalanced put the insurmountable +24 for the Russians, to whom everything entered. Between Mickey, the best of Madrid with 20 points, and Felipe Reyes made up the match, but Russia leaves more doubts than certainties in the whites, who missed Anthony Randolph and Rudy Fernández .

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