As if he had sticks in his wheels, as if he was moving forward with a backpack of doubts on his back.

It is the third consecutive victory for Real Madrid, although there were not many signs in the WiZink that he has come out of his doldrums.

Lacking spark, again more erratic than recommended, only his defensive seriousness, his overwhelming mastery of the rebound and the limited opposition from ASVEL prevented another scare.

And, of course,

Rudy Fernandez

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Because, finally, it was the Balearic Islands who brought Madrid out of their astonishment.

The one who decided that he was already well out of trouble.

He forgot all his team's previous mistakes and hit three straight 3-pointers before it was too late.

Then there was no trace of the hesitation, not even in the final score.

But all of the above had once again highlighted the offensive mental block that Madrid has been suffering.

This time, the gangrene of the mistake reached the free throws.

Physical problems had left a very short external rotation (without Alocén, Causeur, Taylor or Abalde).

ASVEL, which already has few chances of qualifying for the quarterfinals -even without the Russian teams in the table-, got into the battle without making too much noise, without fear of failing, with little to lose in the Palace.

It had been a crude first half, with an unbearable pace, in which Real Madrid failed to break Parker's group too much.

Offensively Heurtel barely generated, six assists in a breath, supplying the centers, who this time had centimeters and daring in front: the giant Fall, the pearl Wenbanyama and Kostas, the third of the four Antetokounmpo.

Then Rudy gave the first of the shakes to the night, but the feeling was of little comfort in one of those games that a priori are counted as certain victories.

The defense and the rebound (52 to 32 ended the thing there) were the white pillar, but vertigo was lacking.

The worst sensations came after the break, when Lighty, with his triples, even managed to get his team ahead (41-42).

Laso had already handed over the keys to the address to Llull, ahead of Williams-Goss.

"Defense, run, defense, run!", the technician despaired in the dead time.

And, when the night was the most confusing, Rudy appeared again, who was going to finish with a great game: 17 points, five rebounds and four assists.

With three run triples, he stretched the scoreboard again (59-49) right at the beginning of the final act.

It was a timely awakening, because, then yes, ASVEL said enough is enough.

Veterans to the rescue again.

If last week in extra time against Armani it was Llull, now it was Rudy's turn.

Eternal winners, bras of everything else.

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