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The eras are built on a daily basis.

It is the mantra staunchly repeated by

Pablo Laso

and inexhaustibly staged on the court by his players in this decade in which he refuses even to intuit his end.

Once again the most competitive Real Madrid in the moment of truth, it doesn't matter when it is written.

The sharp fang before the title being offered.

The murderous version of a group that made the flag of its own love and on Saturday will seek another final, this time against Lenovo Tenerife.

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Valencia suffered the whirlwind, petrified and powerless against a rival who is questioned about heroes and finds them in handfuls.

That Madrid is fair enough in this season of departures, injuries and strains, it is obvious.

That he is going to fight with whoever and wherever to the very shore, too.

Because the fighting spirit goes beyond desire.

It consists of rebelling against doom and predictions, it is knowing when the moment is.

That goes in the mentality of the warriors, in the determination of the collective, in the weight of the shield.

But it is also

having a plan

, preparing for tactical combat as if it were the test of your life.

And in that, Pablo Laso is also a teacher.

If the season was already being an ordeal of injuries and setbacks, the days before the first title of the year Real Madrid lost two pieces.

Two of the most physical guys on the squad,

Jeff Taylor and Usman Garuba

, the dynamite of the defense.

It was no greater handicap than that of Valencia himself, also clearly diminished (without Sastre, San Emeterio, Vivces, Derrick Williams ...).

But if anyone knows what it is to grow in the face of adversity ...

The appearance of Felipe Reyes

At 30 seconds,

Edy Tavares went straight to the bench

.

He had committed his first fault and Laso did not hesitate.

It didn't seem like a mindless decision.

Felipe Reyes appeared on the track.

It is something that Cordovan has been doing for the last 20 years (he beat Juan Carlos Navarro as the player with the most minutes played in the Cup) and, nevertheless, it was a novelty.

So far this year, which will undoubtedly be his farewell, he has not accumulated two hours of play in 10 games.

And the bet, which was not such since it seemed more than studied, came out perfectly.

The captain, at almost 41 years of age, gave Madrid as much energy as Valencia was stupid, which collapsed, stiff before the bow tie points of

Trey Thompkins and the power of Gaby Deck

.

Jaume Ponsarnau was not even able to stop the bleeding with a time out and he found himself in the blink of an eye with a slab on top (38-22) that he was no longer going to be able to lift.

The worst thing about the first half for the taronja, in which only Mike Tobey seemed to know what the movie was about, was that

Tavares was on the court for just 44 seconds.

He returned to the court, fouled again and returned to the bench.

Even without his giant, the white dominance of the rebound was total.

On the return, already with Tavares, the advantage grew to 21 (59-38) and only in that abyss did Valencia revive.

He did it with an unusual 0-15 partial, in which first

Prepelic and then Van Rossom

shot with pride.

And yet, Ponsarnau decided to rest the Belgian when he was completely unleashed, nine consecutive points and sowing thousands of doubts now in Madrid.

Laso's group achieved the coup, among other things because Deck was a titan, the dominant and ambitious version that was expected of him this course and that, for now, he has shown with a dropper.

With Rudy Fernández ruling the intangibles, Tavares the rings and Valencia with less bellows than he would like, the duel died soon, with a triple from Llull with three minutes remaining that was the finishing touch.

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