The Euroleague speaks with a Spanish accent. One more season, the great teams of the ACB have starred in an impressive start to the tournament, with Real Madrid, Barça and Baskonia as second, third and fourth classified, only surpassed by Turkish Fenerbahçe, although the four teams have the same victories, like Monaco. A friction that will become greater this afternoon (7:00 p.m., DAZN) in a Fernando Buesa to the flag. The Basques, the great revelation of the Euroleague, host Chus Mateo’s men who, once the initial doubts have been overcome, are in enviable shape.
The whites have 13 victories in the last 15 games, with Walter Tavares dominating as always (leader in blocks in the competition, 2.6 per game) and some Call me Musa y Mario Hezonja that each time they take more stripes in attack, all well founded on the temper of the old guard, perennial and inexhaustible.
It will not be easy for Madrid, who will face an equally launched Baskonia. The people from Vitoria, with a very good eye on the transfer market, have built a very powerful squad and fly both in Spain and in Europe, with 10 consecutive wins. In addition to the American base Darius Thompson, the spearhead of the team led by Joan Peñarroya is, without a doubt, Markus Howard.
The man from New Jersey, after being considered one of the great university products of the decade (he averaged almost 28 points in the NCAA) and a brief stint in the NBA, has become the undisputed leader of Baskonia, despite the fact that he joined the team last August. His impact has been so high that he is already in the club’s history books: on December 11 he broke the record for three-pointers for the Basque team after endorsing Gran Canaria with nine in an ACB match.
A religious man (he prays and reads the Bible in depth before games) with the soul of a sniper who today puts the most shiny shield on the continent to the test. Tomorrow, turn for the Barçawho will face the Red Star (19.00 h, DAZN). Those from the Serbian capital still do not know if they will be able to count on their new star, the ex-Madridista Facundo Campazzo, as the point guard has not yet received authorization from the Euroleague to play.
