Leon Radosevic

jumped because it was his job, not because he believed it was going to stop him.

Edy Tavares

had seen a corridor and had launched as if the basis of his diet were the rings.

In the image, the Croatian center is thrown into the air while his teammates look up.

Baldwin, between astonishment and helplessness.

At its highest point, the Cape Verdean's wrist came to be above the small square on the board.

The ball, a miniature in his hand.

So much left over, that the ball ended up hitting the back of the ring.

The image, however, illustrated Tavares' impact on the game.

An impossible for Bayern Munich, a beacon for Real Madrid, which embraced the giant and a good defense to storm the track of the great revelation of the Euroleague (76-81).

Tavares broke his Euroleague record with 26 points and not one of those was left over for Real Madrid, who needed extra time to get rid of this highly competitive and sticky team that

Andrea Trinchieri

has built

.

A team that scratches on the outside (4/21 in triples of the whites) and that never loose a game.

The Bavarian inside game compensates with intensity for the lack of centimeters, but against Tavares' 2.20, the struggle of

Jalen Reynolds

or the sacrifice of Radosevic are not enough.

Only by cutting off the supply routes, already in the last quarter, did they mitigate the power of the Cape Verdean, unstoppable in the paint.

Reynolds, of whom it is easy to have forgotten his very brief time at Barça, was so grateful for the exchange of Tavares for Tyus that the last white signing, toned in his debut a week ago, did not come out again for the whole game.

While the defense slowed down the initial thrust of Madrid, the ex-Azulgrana (18 points) and Wade Baldwin (14) were cutting an advantage that had reached the double figures cup by cup.

And it is there, in that melee, where this Bayern manages best, which struggled until it tied six minutes from the end (59-59), and continued to do so even though that triple by

Jaycee Carroll

two minutes from the end knew as many times to sentence.

The basket put Real Madrid with a seven-point advantage, but even that managed to erase the Bavarians.

A block to

Carroll

, a few steps from

Laprovittola

, a foul in attack from Tavares, all the fruit of work behind and each blow accentuated with a triple.

It ended up being the whites who had to force extra time with a basket from

Gabi Deck

.

And there, yes, after so much sweating, Real Madrid managed to prevail: of the five extra minutes, they did not allow Bayern to score a single point until there were 33 seconds left.

Twice he had to kill him to be sure of the victory, which leaves the whites third alone with 13 victories, one for Barça and two for CSKA.

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