It had to be like that, with the historic exhibition of a guy in a moment of unstoppable sweetness, how this Real Madrid Euroleague champion broke after 11 consecutive victories. The Palace surrendered to Kyle Guy, a sniper to fall in love, seven triples in the second half, 30 points so that Joventut does not get off the cloud, the revelation of these playoffs that steals the court factor from the whites. [83-93: Narrative and statistics]

It all started on the last play of the first half. Until that impasse, Madrid, whether it was Hanga, whether it was Llull, or whether it was Williams-Goss, had tied up that diabolical guard who in the quarterfinals had destroyed Baskonia with 13 triples in two games. But, on the horn Guy found inspiration and was no longer going to release it to the despair of a rival totally unbalanced by his threat. "We have entered to leave Guy, it has been difficult to stop," admitted the evidence Chus Mateo. His Madrid, without zeal in defense, more relaxed than usual and in several sections very unfortunate, complicates a series in which a priori started as a clear favorite.

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Kyle Guy, the 'sniper' who lived with anxiety

  • Writing: LUCAS SÁEZ-BRAVO Madrid

Kyle Guy, the 'sniper' who lived with anxiety

However, still installed in his magical month of May, in that wave that took him to the conquest of Europe in Kaunas, Madrid dawned powerful (13-3), with the routines that make him a crusher of rivals. But, as if the weekend off had cut the rhythm, Mateo's team suddenly found themselves with a contestant Joventut, who knew how to survive despite the little success in those dawns of Kyle Guy, his offensive beacon.

So, boosted by Tomic and with five triples in the second act, the visitors confirmed their rebellion in these playoffs in which they have removed all the complexes of a season in which they reached the cup semifinals and those of the Eurocup, a club increasingly close to reconciling with its lustrous history. It was precisely a genius of Guy on the horn, his first triple of the night, which dismissed the first half with a green-black advantage (39-42). Madrid had been shipwrecked from the perimeter (3 of 17).

And on the way back, the storm continued, because Guy was already on fire, four three-pointers, plus another unusual one from Tomic, plus points from Joel Parra... A party, the Penya, flying over the WiZink (47-59), 'forcing' Madrid to the heroic.

That it was not going to work this time, despite the fact that at the beginning of the final act it seemed that between Hezonja, El Chacho and Musa they played a rebuttal. There the key were the points of pure talent of Andrés Feliz, in a Joventut that had lost Parra by an involuntary elbow of his partner Ellenson that left his eye destroyed.

A basket by the Puerto Rican point guard with less than three minutes left made Penya definitely dream, who in the finish line found the gunman Guy to complete his master class in the WiZink. Eight three-pointers, five assists, 30 points, a scandal.

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