• Chronicle The indomitable Llull triggers a comeback to remember

After the frenzied outcome, there was a sense of relief in Pablo Laso. In his first remarks in Dazn, he did not seem incredulous. Rather that, at last, something positive had come to his team against

the intractable Anadolu Efes

. Later, at a press conference, with his usual sincerity, the coach described his thoughts prior to the match without a net. "When I was coming to the pavilion, I was thinking about what to say if we lost. I stopped and thought: Damn, Pablo! You're an asshole, if we're going to win. The series is 1-2 and on Thursday we have another final", pronounced.

For the white coach, the key was that his players "never stopped believing and working." But also the success recovered was fundamental. His team accumulated

14 triples from 58 attempts

(24%) in the two previous games in Istanbul. A slab. And the aim hadn't been overly fixed in the third, either. Until the last five minutes, when five of the last seven entered. "We had a problem with turnover in the first half that we solved in the second. And let's say that in the series we are missing the success and it has arrived at the moment we needed it most, but for that we have to continue believing and keep working, "Laso confessed.

The Vitorian also had words for

Sergio Llull, the hero of the night

. Like the Menorcan in his best days, who finally defeated the Micic-Larkin couple. "He has his good days and his bad days, but Sergi is the spirit of a player on the court. His last two seasons are being screwed up by injuries, but still I always have the feeling that he will give his best," admitted Laso, who highlighted the point guard "not only for his success, but for knowing when to run and when not to, what to do and what not to do. That has helped the rest of the team."

And he compared the epic comeback against Efes with some history of his own team. "Since

Herreros's triple

, which I saw on the field. I have seen good and bad. It is mandatory to demand to fight until the end. I asked the players to defend with five minutes to go and they were dead. It will be a victory that I will remember it's how great basketball is, "he praised his boys.

Without time to lick their wounds or to celebrate too much, Real Madrid will have the second match ball on Thursday (9pm).

With the ghost on top of history

(no one ever came back from 2-0 in the Euroleague quarterfinals)

, the Turks were on notice after their unfortunate end and, again, with the doubt of Tavares, who has already accumulated three games without playing for his problems in the pubis.

"Regarding Edy, we are in a day-to-day situation. This morning we have come to shoot and we did not know if he could play this afternoon. The player is frustrated because he knows at the time of the season that we are in. Right now we cannot know if he will be able to to be on Thursday or not, "concluded Pablo Laso.

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