Of a suffocating calendar with exaggerated wear, the Madrid It has passed, after the elimination in the Euroleague, to count ahead four weeks of pure preparation And quite tranquility until facing Monday June 2 The beginning of playoff of the Endesa League. A luxury with current competition formats. Until then, work and improve, and wait for Deck e Ibaka They recover from their injuries, because in the classification it is All fish sold.
White will be leaders mathematical only with One more victory (They have Breogán and Manresa outside, Granada at home and will close the regular phase on Friday, May 30 in Zaragoza). And if they lost everything I would be worth it with A defeat of the Tenerife Lagoon in the three duels that subtract the islands (in Lleida, on the track of Valencia and in Manresa). An exciting fight is not intuited by the leadership, but there are other incentives, two great streaks at stake.
Victories in a row in a season
Madrid does not fall into ACB since the past December 22 In La Fonteta and Chain 18 consecutive victories13 of them in the second round. Only a team has managed to finish undefeated a second phase: Madrid of Lolo Sainz con Corbalán y Fernando Martín As referents in the 1984-85 campaign, although there were only 14 meetings. That same team has the record (shared) of consecutive triumphs in the ACB in a single course with 27the same 27 that chained the merengue squad in 2013-14, in the third year of Laso era, but then won in the first 27 days. The current Madrid of Chus Matthew It is four games to complete the second round and I could add 28 victories followed if you also won the quarterly and semifinal playoff without giving a duel and imposed in the first of the final.
-Andrés Happy and the reaction in the Euroleague
Madrid began the season with important players away from its optimal level and with a very poor contribution of their signings. With the months they looked Ibaka and Garuba, and now Andrés Happy It is one of the most important pieces of the template. It has not been the case of Rathan-Mayes And it is evident that A great advantage generator is missing in the perimeter; But the change has been notorious with the lunar of the Cup final against the Unicaja In February and the three stumbling blocks, just before, in front of the Monaco, Efes y Fenerbahce. Despite this streak in the Euroleague, from day 16 (which he arrived with 9 losses in 15 games) at 34 the balance is 14-5, the second best of the competition in that section, Just a triumph behind Olympiacos. In those four months the current league streak has also been raised.
More than 400 days undefeated in the palace
A very high number of consecutive triumphs that grows even more if we have only the local meetings in the palace (now Movistar Arena). The last white league stroke at home arrived on March 31 last year against the Baxi Manresaa date of which 400 days have been completed this Monday. Since then, 25 victories without failure (9 of last season and 16 of the current one), to one of the best Madrid brand (between December 26, 2015 and February 2017 with Laso on the bench) and eight from the absolute record which established the Barça of Xavi Pascual Between January 2009 and June 2010 with 33 successes chained at home for 523 days.
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