Real Madrid does not raise its head: disastrous final blackout to lose in Tel Aviv

A terrible collapse, another worrying defeat, a Real Madrid of psychoanalysis.

Like Tuesday in Istanbul, in Tel Aviv the victory slipped from his hands in a disastrous outcome.

Even worse this time, when he was dominating the scoreboard and the sensations against Maccabi and, suddenly, overwhelmed by the atmosphere, the rival's strength and his own lack of ideas, he suddenly stopped not scoring in the last six minutes and signing his fifth consecutive defeat as a visitor in the Euroleague.

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The sheer impotence of a team today overwhelmed, that not even on its best days manages to smile.

Madrid missed its last 12 shots, each one being the worst selected.

He ruined all the previous good work and watched the rival's aggressiveness and comeback, led by the electric

.

A final 10-0 like a jug of cold water to any hint of rebirth, a blow of lack of personality, no matter how much

pointed to arbitration.

was

the paradigm of what Madrid is today.

Capable of the best and the worst, impossible to hand over the reins of the team.

He had just starred in a horrible performance in Istanbul, adding more doubts about his figure, missing 17 of the last 20 triples attempted after the Cup. One of those misunderstood geniuses, always with an asterisk.

But a genius after all.

Because he woke up almost on the brink of rest in a very high-tempo battle and lost the ball, as if that wasn't with him.

But then, like ice in hell, he decided that he was fine.

He grabbed the Maccabi by the chest, he looked for a great ally like

and, suddenly, it seemed to decant the battle.

But the Frenchman is a permanent shock, a test of life for the hearts of the coaches.

His star went out and that's how Madrid died, their 10th defeat in the last 16 games.

After the enormous effort without reward on Tuesday in Istanbul, Madrid went to another fierce stage and against a historical rival that the exclusion of the Russian teams has benefited more than anyone: from being far from the playoffs to being seventh.

And Maccabi offered him another very tough battle, a test of character for a hit group.

But Laso's men did not wrinkle, riding that wave of competitiveness they found against Efes.

Driven first by Yabusele's triples, a type of great dawn, 14 of the first 21 white points were signed by him, although he would not score again.

And Madrid survived the blackout of some of its pieces.

Llull, Thompkins and Heurtel appeared in the duel with inappropriate errors, as if their pace was different from the rest.

At least the Spaniard, who on Sunday had missed 11 triples against Manresa and who didn't even play against Larkin and Micic on Tuesday, was warming up.

A three-pointer from him and two consecutive baskets from Hanga left the visitors with an advantage at the break (41-44), despite Nunnally's good first half and the damage they did to him with the offensive rebound.

Jalen Reynolds gloated in front of the white towers and Wilbekin and Evans danced on the perimeter.

But Deck and white pride responded, in a match that at times seemed like a madhouse.

Who lowered his hand?

He had to be a guy as cool as he was unnerving.

That strange element called Heurtel.

He signed 11 points almost on the run, three triples like fireworks, and a master pass to Deck to put the maximum white (57-66).

In that section, an assist from behind by Yabusele to Poirier (signed eight consecutive points), like a pearl in the middle of hell.

Everything seemed on track, impossible to intuit the final blackout.

Heurtel missed, Deck missed, Hanga missed, Llull missed and, in the last desperate throw, Yabusele missed.

There was some controversial action, of course.

But it was Real Madrid itself that shot itself in the foot.

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