Real Madrid breathes a sigh of relief in Malaga but Alocén sets off the alarms

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Without respite, Real Madrid measured in Malaga just before the Cup its own crisis, this January-February slope in which the calendar, injuries and Barça have unseated him, and incidentally Unicaja's own critical moment, the debut of

on the bench.

It was an even and exciting battle in which the whites ended up sighing in relief after a key acceleration in the last act.

They won again, but left Carpena with a bitter aftertaste after the ugly injury to

.

[91-92: Narration and statistics]

It had been the man who had gotten his team out of trouble at the beginning of the second half, perhaps the key to the victory that followed, but his knee broke badly and he left with a gesture of alarm.

The Carpena froze.

The game was then a spectacular and even battle, but Madrid managed to lower their hand to the local momentum.

It cost him sweat and referee tantrums, but he takes a breather a few days before the first title of the season.

From pothole to pothole, two teams appeared before the divan.

In the face of doubts that lead to mistakes, that rethink efforts, enthusiasm and energy are usually good allies.

The change of chip from Malaga with the arrival of Navarro, who just a few days ago was fired from Andorra, was evident from dawn.

Unicaja was a brave team, which was reflected in the self-confidence of

.

And that it did not break when Real Madrid pressed.

Suarez Moment

Even in two moments of the first half the whites threatened to break.

In both, with

as leaders.

And of the two, the local team was reborn, even more resounding in the second, when it went from 27-33 to 42-39.

At that moment

appeared on the track , flashes of wisdom from the captain.

The veteran from Aranjuez bit his nails on the bench and when he appeared he stole two balls and took the baton.

and a triple in extremis by

avoided the first loss for the Whites before the break, but it was clear that something was still not working: they had conceded 49 points.

"Too many defensive errors", summarized

.

Unicaja did not take his foot off the accelerator, the pim pam pum against Madrid did not give him vertigo.

Around the locker room he set off the alarms when

joined the party (57-50).

Laso only had to turn to Carlos Alocén.

And he worked for him.

The young maño and

roused the Whites at a critical moment, but fate had a bad turn in store for the point guard.

His left knee twisted and he left with all the worry in the world.

A triple in extremis by Brizuela left the tables for the last round.

And there finally appeared the lost forcefulness, the white power.

Without the self-eliminated Yabusele, unhinged like almost the entire team with the arbitration,

showed the muscle and

the genius.

In the blink of an eye, a pull that was going to be definitive (73-83), despite the fact that Unicaja's pride made him fight to the very shore.

He was not so far from the surprise, but

did not fail with the free throws or with a final offensive rebound to settle the night.

And that

hit from the middle of the field on the buzzer.

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