• 96-78 at the Wizink Center. Narration and statistics

Since that first defeat in the 2018 playoffs, Real Madrid has not lost to Panathinaikos again. He won the next three games of that tie to return to the Final Four, on his way to his Tenth, and with that on Monday there are also 10 victories in this European basketball classic (96-78). Facundo Campazzo and Edy Tavares, the point and the i, led the win with a double-double each. If the results match, Pablo Laso's could seal his ticket for the playoffs this week.

The negative note was left by Jordan Mickey's injury. The American sprained his ankle when he picked up a rebound at the beginning of the second quarter and did not re-enter the game. If the bad news is confirmed, the Real Madrid indoor game would be left with tweezers, although the proposal sounds indecent in a team with Edy Tavares, the most decisive center in the Euroleague.

Tavares already tortured the Panathinaikos in Athens and this Monday he grew again before one of the few rivals who, by size, can look him in the eye. The giant Papagiannis was reduced to a mere footnote in another great Cape Verdean match: 15 points and 10 rebounds. Uncontainable under the hoop, owner of the boards and, as a curiosity, leading scorer for Real Madrid for the first time in the Euroleague.

Thompkins's blows

If Tavares responded by Mickey's absence, Trey Thompkins is doing it by Anthony Randolph's. He will never be as versatile as his compatriot in defense, but he has plenty of points to nurture the score. The Panathinaikos endured with the gum overnight until three Thompkins class blows left him wounded in the area. The Georgia opened the final gap with seven points in a minute and a half a 10-2.

So far came Panathinaikos, who saw how the defense of Real Madrid was able to deactivate Nick Calathes, one of the great directors of the Euroleague. If yours is not unanimous it is because there is Campazzo, who added another recital to the list. The Argentine did not spend time in presentations: 18 of the 23 first points of the whites left his hands, whether as a basket or pass to a teammate. He finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 3 steals this strange Monday evening: the game was advanced because the rest of the week the WiZink Center will be occupied by an ice skating show.

Seven in double digits

Without Randolph, Llull, Taylor, or Causeur, he falls last minute, up to seven Real Madrid players scored in double digits, making Pablo Laso's premise of covering the losses with one step in front of each other. It is given by Laprovittola (10 points, 6 assists), more intoned in the last matches; and Carroll (11), overcame that Christmas bump. And men like Deck or Rudy Fernández keep it, safe values ​​for the technician.

With this victory, the tenth followed against Panathinaikos, Real Madrid already caresses the Euroleague playoff ticket and remains intractable at home: there are already 12 wins and a single defeat against Efes, the rival to beat this season .

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