That Real Madrid is looking for itself, the strange pothole at the beginning of the year, only the results do not say. Today, anxiety has taken over a team that just a few weeks ago reigned in the ACB and flew in the Euroleague with a historic run of 13 career wins. From those euphoria to these doubts. After Tuesday's troubles against Baskonia, his match in Berlin once again highlighted the instability of a group that was always characterized by the opposite. Finally, after having starred in one of the most thunderous disappearances that are remembered in a basketball game, he managed to return to the path of sanity in the second half, largely due to the dominance of Facundo Campazzo's situation . [97-103: Narration and statistics]

Who can understand the following?

From a dawn that was a jolt, pure electricity, Madrid went to a second room that resulted in torture. "Without pride, without concentration, without attitude," Pablo Laso summed up later, "sad" despite the victory. From winning by 23 in just nine minutes (16-39) to go to the rest completely unfolded, 10 down and thanks. To score eight triples of nine attempts, 41 points (record in a first quarter) with 11 assists from Campazzo, to stay at nine in the next act, fitting 35 and throwing down all the good things that seemed to be the declaration of intentions of the Start.

Down with the second unit

The second white unit was a nonsense then. Laprovittola and Llull , unable to arm the attack and being a hole in defense, without any confidence in themselves, as if they did not already have both thousands of battles behind them. Thompkins and Mickey overwhelmed in painting, policy of fallen arms, and Alba coming upstairs with a voracious Hermannsson. Aito did not miss that mismatch.

The rest was a relief for an inexplicably broken Madrid. He had to return the initial quintet to impose the logic of his superiority, to recover the fang, rhythm and success. With Tavares reigning the painting and Campazzo masterfully moving the offensive tree, from which abundant fruits fell in the form of Randolph and Carroll points (54 points and 10 triples of the mortal couple) . After two triples of Giedraitis, a partial of 3-27 put things in order for those of Laso. Now it was just about not shooting himself at the foot again.

And he did not stumble on the same stone. Because Llull, although it cost him a world to score his triple, was another, for the better. Because Carroll continued to score as before , with the desire of those who need points like oxygen. And maybe because Laprovittola did not return to the track. The fact is that the success remained and there was no foot for the Alba to get into the duel. Finally, the calm of logic, of not losing concentration. A triumph, the third consecutive in Euroleague, key to recover feelings for the Cup next week.

Finally without trouble, but also without Campazzo being able to overcome the record of assists of the Euroleague. He equaled Jovic (19 in 2015), eliminated the Argentine for fouls.

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