Seven years passed, an eternity.
Four coaches, handfuls of players and so many frustrations at Barça, that in the end, it
reconquered the Endesa League, the 19th of its record
, to inaugurate an era, that of Sarunas Jasikevicius, with an almost impeccable season: ACB, Cup and runner-up of Europe.
He did it on the fast track, because in front of him there were only the remains of the shipwreck, an exhausted Real Madrid, both physically and, above all, mentally.
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Seven years are several lives in the sport, more when the now fallen was the recurring winner. Of that Barça of Xavi Pascual, remote times, there was hardly
Alex Abrines left
, after his return from the NBA. Navarro, the MVP, is now the sporting director. And the star, Niko Mirotic, wore white that unforgettable June 2014: Pablo Laso was expelled in a wheelchair from the Palau.
There was not so much anger this time, because Madrid soon knew inferior. And it is something that is not easy in this team of irreducible. But the third quarter at the WiZink,
that Cory Higgins explosion
, had been the beginning of the end. The mental drop that filled the glass of permanent rebellion. The whites did not recover from that cataract of blows, from a defeat that was a terrible burden to add to all its inconveniences. At the Palau, they couldn't even compete, devastated from the starting line by a determined Barça.
It was the sixth victory in eight games this season for Barça over Madrid,
the most resounding without a doubt
.
Because the bite of the title was too appetizing and because today they are two incomparable teams that only self-love equals.
By resources, by fullness and even by necessity, since the historical urgencies of titles take time to be satisfied.
Again
without Laprovittola
, Madrid woke up defeated.
"They have seven out of seven! We have not entered the game! Have we come to this show?" Laso soon scoffed, trying to appeal to a pride that has also arrived in the reserve at this stage of a season in which he survived by showing off.
Soon Mirotic (he finished with 27 points and MVP of the final), without the pressure that has made him wreck in more even episodes, he put on his boots. A tough season for him that ended in a smile. After the first advantages,
Pau Gasol emerged
to do even more damage, to challenge even Tavares, such was the state of general euphoria. It was surely his last game at the Palau, a farewell (with a beautiful ovation and all his family in the stands) in which he showed that the attempt to return was worth it: no one would have imagined him so rejuvenated.
Even the rebound was Barça this time.
Calathes led a marvelous orchestra
, which abused a rival in the bones.
The defense was close to excellence and Madrid, with an unfocused Llull, only saw how the distance grew and grew (48-28).
The second half did not improve the outlook for Madrid at all, which even with free throws did not hit the mark.
Mirotic continued to increase its benefits and the difference increased until the blush.
There was a small moment of rebellion, when between
Garuba
(again badly in what could be his last match for white) and Alocen scored a 0-9.
But neither was a Barça already champion nervous at that point, when there was still a quarter left at the Palau.
The Jasikevicius era cannot dawn in a better way: with a double that has not been achieved at Can Barça since 2011, on the verge of a historic triplet.
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