They are rare parties, not only because of the environment. It is time to recover competitive habits, readjust too many mechanisms after the period of forced abstinence. Neither was the extraordinary entry of Real Madrid into the tournament to be decided by the ACB, nor was it the next stage in which Gran Canaria was resurrected. Finally, there was no rush for the still champion, who, in addition to the triumph, had great news: Sergio Llull seemed as blistering as he was hardly remembered. [91-73: Narration and statistics]

After so much inactivity, Madrid tried to make sure that the reunion with the competition did not catch him thinking about the stage, the virus or the madness that lies ahead until the final. It was a dawn of those that prepare for hours, everything well tied, the suffocating defense, the revolutions at a thousand per hour ... If that is accompanied by the success, it is the perfect definition of gale. And yet, after a storm of 37 points in 10 minutes , the game was not dead.

Laprovittola, the starter, scored the first eight goals in just 90 seconds, including two linked triples, as the second occurred after a throw-in. Between him, Randolph, Llull and Carroll (these last two from the bench, since Laso showed an express rotation that was not usual before), hit with eight of the first 11 triples , 43 points between the quartet until Rudy appeared to 'hinder 'his symphony, pure rock and roll while Gran Canaria tried to drain water as it were, perplexed. In 12 minutes he lost by 23 points.

Laso's continued screams were like his torture. It is a spectacle to hear the white coach clean of noises. There is no second pause, no truce for your pupils or the referees, or whoever. He lacks a baton. "Come on Edy, the bounce!" In the silence of the Fonteta, he released the giant when the insulars woke up. Because after the cyclone, the Katskaris group had the patience not to break. In a duel that was pure frenzy, an unexpected hero appeared. Matt Costello dressed up as Nowitzki and started scoring points (23 then) and catching rejections like he was playing with kids. Almost without realizing it, advancing on tiptoe, Gran Canaria had recovered part of its life at rest (58-48). It was key for what happened next.

The same Madrid that scored compulsively does nothing, now it cost him his life to take off again. A barbaric contrast: in the first seven minutes of the third act he had only added four free throws from Tavares . As if he had lost the gas, as if the rival had learned his lesson. They will be things of the lack of habit, because in almost all the matches of this Final Phase such ups and downs have been verified.

The case is that the Granca was plugged in (69-64, min. 32) , even without the strength of Costello. The same Randolph who had scored 11 points in the start, was now losing his temper (there are things that do not change) with a kick to the ball after a loss that cost him the technique and the fourth foul that sent him to the bench not to return. Even so, Madrid managed to stay afloat with one more march in defense against an already exhausted rival, who saw how his effort was not going to have the reward of even a tight finish. The rival machinery is too much, Campazzo as the last man of rotation this time, Garuba and Mickey in the gallery. Luxuries of great. For a tournament like this, the ones that make the difference.

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