Real Madrid reacts and retaliates against the champion Efes

Knocking down the European champion with hardly any sweat was Real Madrid's best response to the first doubts about

's project .

A clear and energetic reaction, because there is none better than the one that comes from everyone together, to what happened on Sunday in Zaragoza.

With a fantastic offensive display and with all their pieces focused, the Whites avenged themselves in the last continental final against an overly indolent Anadolu Efes at the WiZink.

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's Efes

cares more about the endings than the beginnings, that he does not get nervous or show all his cards at the dawn of the competition.

It already happened to him last year (a victory in the first six duels), from less to more until his second consecutive title.

And so he is also advancing now, in his particular reinvention, waiting for

and fitting in his new and ambitious pieces (

...).

Del Palacio was going to come out well sunk in the standings with seven games already played...

Because very soon it was found that the defeat in Zaragoza against the bottom team, due to the score and the forms, had chosen in this group that Chus Mateo tries to make his own.

That defensive laziness is not an option for Real Madrid, even if the schedule is hell.

He started at full throttle, with

stage and with the European champion soon losing his way.

Llull's 'Tangerine'

White's dominance of the rebound was an abuse and at the beginning of the second quarter they were already leading by 12 (35-23), against the Turkish passerby.

With an erratic

, Madrid easily hurt him in his attempts to rejoin.

He was going to be a constant.

He went into the break with 54 points, with all the participants having scored and a trademark three-pointer, from almost midfield, by

at the buzzer.

The distance was stretched on the return leg (60-45), with an Efes without much faith in the comeback.

He was not a heavenly Madrid either, still with defensive gaps and disconnections, but the facilities in the opposite rim made life very easy for him.

The same team that in the final in Belgrade, six months ago, left him 57 points.

But, when it seemed that everything was breaking down, with an impressive alley-oop behind

's back , Real Madrid fell asleep, not having a Yabusele player come back from the break.

A run of 1-12 with the activation of Micic, who hit his first three-pointer after six attempts and the sudden white break in offense, 15 points in the third act (69-63).

Zizic

, far superior to

in the paint, got a little closer to Ataman's men, to everyone's astonishment.

But the attempt at rebellion was soon stopped by Real Madrid, with

taking responsibility for the chest, showing the importance of him for a group of which he was the leader in the successful last season finale.

Efes could no longer bear this new pull, surrendered despite the strange ending, where

only the incomprehensible arbitration decisions stood in the way of the

Finally, five white players above 10 points, no stars, much involved.

The best way to avoid potholes.

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