Anthony Randolph is here (and Thompkins too)

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An hour before the duel, covid scares, it was announced that

would join

as sick leave due to contagion.

What not long ago were insurmountable shocks, now they are mere anecdotes for a buoyant Real Madrid, who did not flinch against Bitci Baskonia.

returned

eight months later, the Whites beat the Vitorians to continue at the top of this troubled Euroleague.

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Knowing how to adapt to the ups and downs is key in the turbulent waters of the present, where players disappear, matches are postponed, all without much time to react. Baskonia, who had been without playing, was a shadow at WiZink, with no trace of competitiveness. He was going to take the third review of the season so far against a solid and superior Madrid, which had a couple of men touched by a magic wand.

The sensation of white roller was a constant and

, recently renewed until 2025, the tip of its spear. His dawn was devastating. When he went to the bench for the first time, in 12 minutes he had added 15 points without fail and five rebounds. The advantage had already exceeded ten and at that moment the WiZink had another joy: one of the most charismatic and beloved guys, the dapper Thompkins, returned.

Who already remembered the absent ones? Madrid's last time in the Euroleague was on December 22, when with only six players from the first team, the youth squad taught CSKA a lesson. The one now, waiting for

, is a luxury under the command of

. Faced with Baskonia's laziness, which he did not even commit faults, Madrid lengthened the advantage. The bleeding in the paint was blatant. Even Randolph, playing five, put on his boots. It was the other great news of the white night, the fullness of the one that broke the Achilles a year ago.

There was not too much script twist around the locker room.

Madrid put the maximum (59-39) and

triples seemed to make Baskonia react later (61-48).

But it was too much the slab for those of a saddened

.

The second part was that of Anthony Randolph, who is beginning to look like the one from before and who was joined by a toned Abalde.

Despite the lack of rhythm that made him exhaust himself soon, the American showed the physical impetus of yesteryear and signed a double-double.

Baskonia, who did not have

, barely had a break.

Nine down,

made a bad decision and Abalde punished him with a triple that buried any dream of a comeback.

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