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At this point, there is no past or future.

The same gives the forecasts and even the sensations.

That the rival is fierce and the stage, even without an audience, harsh.

The departure of Campazzo, the injury of Anthony Randolph, the problems of so many, the reinforcements that did not arrive or the defeats that were left over.

Those who have been in such an abyss so many times, only know the here and now, winning as the only method of survival.

Real Madrid did it again: they did not hesitate in Istanbul and will be,

for the ninth consecutive year

, in the quarterfinals of the Euroleague.

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Fenerbahçe came face to face with a completely determined rival.

Because it was, finally, an unexpected exhibition, the best white match of the entire course.

Clinging to that competitiveness that made him win so much, to that emotional status that made him legendary, Real Madrid toasted a penultimate dance.

Aware that the current patches have little to do with the glorious past, that this summer, whatever happens,

the reinvention of the Laso project is necessary

.

But better to flee forward than to fall where I used to when everything was gray.

And also knowing that, once in the steppe of the quarterfinals, who trusts the wolf?

Because with the skin of the lamb that Laprovittola has been looking like all season, he planted himself at the Ulker Sport Arena, where he soon shone the tusk of the big events, those where the divided balls make the difference, where he puts his heart in the offensive rebound , where there is no random detail, not even

the return of Llull

almost two months later, because nobody like him for a duel in the sun.

Extraordinary start

It was an extraordinary staging, because the heroes weren't the usual ones.

Laprovittola, huge from start to finish (18 points and 10 assists), played and played,

even

involving

Alex Tyus

, so clueless since he landed.

And the wrists, which could be gripped by the responsibility of walking on the abyss, responded in tune.

Like those of Thompkins and Causeur, and then Llull, who put an advantage to dream (13-33), the Igor Kokoskov team was as devastated as it was perplexed.

He tried to rebuild himself, obviously, with a harmonious Lorenzo Brown, but Madrid was stony: he went 13 up at half-time, when he had collected 10 triples and no loose balls.

In the dressing room, Madrid was left with offensive fluidity, now stagnant before a Fenerbahçe that clearly raised the bar and gave himself to

Nando de Colo's class

, at the controls despite having been doubtful until the last minute (Vesely, his best man, it was low).

Now it was also a question of knowing how to suffer.

The triples (Laprovittola, Causeur, Deck ...), of record (19 of 38) were pure relief, traps in the way of the local comeback, jugs of cold water at their momentum.

One more impulse was needed and this arrived at the beginning of the definitive act, the real moment of truth.

A 0-15 like a punch on the table

, again with that moral trio, a triple from Deck -spectacular his deployment, playing almost 39 minutes-, a pure slate basket from Causeur, the other hero, and one against Lapro , already unleashed, the metronome with personality that Madrid missed so much.

Not even the usual Tavares was needed.

It turned out to be a bath of confidence, with a defense to dream of, with Fenerbahçe already losing their nerves, seeing

how the triples rained

, as a rival was projected that, like them, will fight to be in the Final Four in Cologne.

Seen what has been seen, despite their troubles, with which the favorites will not want to dance.

It will be fifth if Barça beat Bayern on Friday - and they will face Armani - or sixth if they lose - the rival will then be Efes-.

It will be, in any case.

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