[Sport] Deck disarms Valencia and puts a Madrid that did not miss Tavares in the semis

[#Steeven.™]

The Copa del Rey continues to be a box of surprises. On the eve of Real Madrid-Valencia, everyone agreed to point out Tavares as the most unbalancing factor. And we all make mistakes. The white giant went to the bench after committing the first foul at 29 seconds, and when he returned to the court, at 15 seconds he made the second and returned to the bench. But his team, far from sinking, collapsed. Although it seems incredible, he dominated the rebound, he fine-tuned his shots and everyone took a step forward, especially a huge Deck (23), to get the move to the semifinals on track (85-74).

The game's script was blown up in the first minute and it was Madrid who best rewrote it to transform what pointed to tragedy into an almost epic tale. He bit in defense, Alocén distributed the game (5 assists in the first act) and the triples of Thompkins (21) and Carroll (10) shot his team (19-9 min 7). But it was Deck, a wild colt, who best embodied the Madrid nerve. He ate Kalinic first and Hermannsson later and Madrid flew (38-22, min 16) with the disheveled Argentine.

Valencia had only scored five baskets in play and lived on free throws (10/10). It resurfaced (coincidence or not) after the departure of Llull, with Madrid thicker. Marinkovic and Kalinic woke up their team with a 2-9 (40-33, min 18), but the triples of Llull and Rudy, huge as always in defense, reactivated the whites (49-39, min 20).

After the break, Tavares returned to the game, put the lock on defense and Carroll and Deck seemed to sentence (59-38, min 14). But Valencia, who had 1/14 triples, resurfaced with three three-point plays, two by Prepelic and one by Van Rossom, who scored three more baskets to bring the taronjas back to life with a 0-15 run (59- 53, min 28). And with Tavares, who leads the +/- of the League with +11, on the court. Seeing is believing.

The Madrid giant and Deck, their waste of energy and aggressiveness all night long, woke up the whites again, who this time did fasten the victory (76-62, min 33) while Valencia ruminated on defeat. Only Van Rossonm (14) was at a great level. The ex-Madridista Prepelic (13 points but with 10/11 triples) disappointed, and also his torres, Dubljevic (6) and Tobey (8), who did not take advantage of the fact that Tavares only played 44 seconds in the first half. Labeyrie (2 + 7), one of the pillars of him this season, was not even seen.

Real Madrid closed many mouths as a team, they showed that they are bigger than their giant and this Saturday they will fight against Lenovo Tenerife (4:00 p.m.) for a place in the final.