It is always difficult to predict in sport, but more so when there are such disparate interests in a match like this. A Madrid that looks to the Final Four, with nothing at stake once it secured second place on the Obradoiro court, against a UCAM Murcia that is at stake for a large part of its aspirations to enter the playoffs. Sito Alonso’s men don’t know if they will find a rival who isn’t very involved in the match or who is very fluid and successful, uninhibited, while preparing for Belgrade.
“We have to show our best level, regardless of whether everyone is thinking about the Final Four”Laso says. Gran Canaria, the other great candidate along with UCAM for the last ticket to the playoff, is confident that this will be the case, although precisely the islanders (one more victory than the Murcian team, but the average lost) will be the last rival of the whites in this regular phase, five days before the Euroleague semifinal against Barça. Rudy is recovered in a Real without losses, beyond the situation of Thompkins and Heurtel, without minutes for more than a month. UCAM, which shone in the Cup, has lost some steam: it comes from falling against Joventut, the third setback in the last four days. Now he faces a huge challenge: he has never won on the Madrid pitch. “It’s the best time because it’s now or never”the bet Sito Alonso.