This no-frills Real Madrid, hit by casualties, survives on competitiveness.

And so many times his battles turn into thrillers, endings in the abyss in which he cannot always triumph.

In Tel Aviv, in a duel so close that it came in even at the last minute, it ended up losing its third game of the last four in the Euroleague.

This time the inspiration was in the ranks of the Maccabi: Tyler Dorsey signed a work of art.

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The forward was a torment, from start to finish (he finished with 30 points).

Because if he had been unstoppable all Hebrew night, he finally brought out his genius in key actions.

Two baskets in which perhaps Laprovittola can do much more on defense.

Even with all that, Carroll had the last ball to win with a heart attack.

But it was not the day and he could not get up to pitch.

After a sunrise of pure swaying, the crash had been a permanent fight.

One of the two always had an answer.

Perhaps Madrid was out of breath at the end, especially Tavares, dominant until he had breath.

He missed, of course, Llull and Rudy.

But just as I smile in Munich last Friday in extra time, this time the final detail was Dorsey (and some debatable decision of the referees).

It does not matter that they have known each other for a lifetime, that no duel has been repeated more in the history of the European Cup (it was the 63rd time ...), the ardor of battle is not abandoned in these two classics, which came out to The Hand of Elijah (now Menora Mivtachim Arena) as if it were the last time.

A devilish rhythm and gunslinger marksmanship from a Western movie.

Especially Real Madrid, with Abalde full of confidence, leader in the absence of Llull and Rudy, those voracious competitors from whom he learns so much.

The whites scored no less than 33 points in the first quarter, just two errors in their 15 shots.

Unbearable, although later in the blink of an eye he lost all that advantage.

The second units compensated for the previous imbalance.

Now Madrid failed and lost balls and made mistakes.

Bad Alex Tyus in the return to what was his home.

He conceded a 16-2 partial, with Dibartolomeo at the controls, small centers, aggressive defense and an inspired executor who already warned like Dorsey to balance the night in Tel Aviv.

And because Carroll resumed the pulsations of his team, stiff in an instant.

The third act also passed fleetingly, like a meteorite in which now Madrid, with Causeur as a surprise man in the second half -the strategy that Pablo Laso always uses-, responded to a Dorsey absolutely in vein.

He did it with Abalde, Thompkins and Tavares, perhaps Madrid's strongest trio so far this season.

But in the abyss this time Madrid did not have a firm step.

A small bump in this half of the course that makes him lose his pulse at the head of the table in the Euroleague.

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