It had to be the agony that rescued Real Madrid from a crisis as deep as anyone could remember.

In those hells, nobody manages better than

Sergio Llull

, accustomed to dancing in the abyss, comfortable and full when he plays on the wire.

In a defibrillator duel, the whites defeated Armani Milan in extra time, where the Balearic emerged, the eternal winner.

[92-88: Narration and statistics]

Madrid came from Belgrade mired in doubt, four consecutive defeats in the Euroleague, seven in the last 10 duels, including the cup final that so rankled.

With an impossible average of 57 points and all the foundations of his basketball torpedoed.

And with less than three minutes to go, with Tavares sent off a long time ago, they fell seven points against the Messina team, cold as a glacier.

And then, like 24 hours ago at the Bernabéu, the magic.

The hero was Llull, his heart on the track, it didn't matter if he made a mistake, because this was about being brave.

Right at that impasse he appeared on the floor and was going to become a nightmare for Armani.

A 3-pointer from him tied the game in a sea of ​​errors - including two free throws by Deck - and Delaney couldn't break it.

In extra time, like a storm, seven points from Llull and, above all, a foul attack caused by Delaney himself that buried any Italian chance.

Madrid, without showing off, without bombardments from the perimeter, had dominated an Armani with many casualties (among them Sergio Rodríguez), who only hurt him by attacking the offensive rebound against none other than Tavares.

But his positive inertia (25-16) soon broke.

The unexpected Alviti accompanied the wisdom of Melli and Hines and a triple over the buzzer by Daniels left things level at halftime (41-41).

The duel, tactical, hard, even, was going to blow up in the middle of the third act.

Madrid had given a tug around the locker room, with Deck and Goss in their protest line, although Devon Hall and Melli responded.

And then, in a fit of desperation, Tavares was expelled for an unsportsmanlike and a technical, consecutive.

And Madrid, with the stands ablaze with indignation, tried to ride that wave, with triples from Llull and Yabusele.

Although he was going to meet with the cold answer of Messina.

Again.

Everything accelerated in an unheard-of way, nor did any of the teams have time to commit fouls.

Delaney took the reins, Heurtel brought out his sparks of genius, until that heart-stopping ending in which only a genius could win.

In the match of the resurrection, to be confirmed in what is to come, Madrid went to 92 points against one of the best defenses in Europe.

He recovered a much fuller version of Williams-Goss, Yabusele and Deck and, above all, he knew how to escape his ghosts to knock down the team that was already hot on his heels in the Euroleague standings.

And, above all, Llull.

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