What until now were successes that were taken for granted at Real Madrid, today are feats.

He will be in the ACB final because again his own love rescued him in the third and final round of a heart attack tie against Valencia.

The character propagated with their example by guys like

Sergio Llull or Rudy Fernández

, at the forefront of the battle despite their physical burdens, and who grabs the freshness of Usman Garuba, the hero of the semifinal, by the horns.

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The youth squad was a nightmare where Valencia hurt the most, in energy, in aggressiveness. In the second chances they were martyred. It was decisive with a triple and a two plus one on the edge (after the umpteenth offensive rebound), although it could well be right there due to a serious error, touching a triple that fell short of

Mike Tobey

. He finished with star numbers (16 points, 14 rebounds) in what will be one of his last performances in the WiZink: the NBA awaits him without any other remedy.

It is possible that after

85 games

- not much less Valencia himself has played this season - a final, at this point, will be somewhat relative. Because of the exhaustion itself, because of that feeling that in this season full of setbacks, patches in the calendar, mutations due to circumstances (all the best-of-three playoffs), anything can happen. But the fact is that it was a final before the final. And in those types of dates is when nobody hides. Much less Llull.

He forced the Balearic, touched by his twin.

Rudy forced, limping for days.

And Alocen.

Even

Abalde

himself

was on the bench

, recovered from the coronavirus (Laso did not use it).

This forward flight from Madrid based on heart deserved it.

And Valencia, powerful on Tuesday at La Fonteta, is not a rival with whom you can save anything.

Causeur and Taylor

If the first two rounds were void due to non-appearance - neither the taronjas were presented to the first nor the whites to the second -, the third and final round was

a competitive delight

, where success and equality prevailed, where each boast of one had a response from the other.

For example, the dawn of Real Madrid, once again marking territory, with a Garuba who eats his life in bites. The youth squad dominated (17-10), but this time Valencia was not daunted, deadly from the perimeter, with those pivots that open seas with their triples.

Prepelic was a shock

from the bench, in a battle of high decibels, with the level of aggressiveness through the roof.

Madrid tried to keep the rhythm, take over the sensations, always the offensive rebound as spring, sporting and moral. But this time Valencia was willing to fight, suffer and jump the bench at WiZink. The third quarter was choked on the taronjas, lost in the rhythm of Llull, in the dominance of Tavares -which this time he could with Dubjlevic-, in the strength of Jeff Taylor and in the scoring facility of a Causeur who is one of those side that always responds when a step forward is required. Although not even for those the duel was broken,

a triple by Sastre

and a final basket by Hermannsson brought the stake alive to the final act (59-57).

Again another pull, like demarrajes in a port in the Alps, with

two triples from Llull (68-59)

to become Madrid's highest historical scorer in the playoffs (beating Felipe Reyes).

It seemed the definitive one, but Valencia remained on their feet, embedding, with the calm of guys like Kalinic to put the Madrid night back to 50 degrees.

On the finish line, like two exhausted boxers, Madrid triumphed by character.

Garuba was crowned - "he always plays well because

he is not going to scratch anything

, he goes to everything," Laso explained - and he is already waiting for Barça or Tenerife in the final, starting on Sunday.

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