The expected confrontation between Luka Doncic and his beloved Real Madrid takes shape. The Slovenian will experience a special day on October 10, 2023 at the WiZink Center, the parquet on which his sports career took off, the date selected for the clash between the white club and the Dallas Mavericks in the middle of the preseason of the franchises of the best basketball league in the world. A dream match and in which the capital will honor one of its last heroes and ‘prodigal son’.
Although at first the United Arab Emirates seemed to be the place designated for the confrontation, Madrid and the WiZink Center will experience the reunion between Doncic and the white team, according to various ‘insiders’ of the Texan franchise. A pavilion for some 17,500 spectators, with a tight schedule and that will experience another special duel that has not been repeated since October 3, 2016. On that occasion, the Madrid knocked out the Oklahoma City Thunder after extra time (137-142). Doncic, wearing the white jersey, scored three points. The definitive hatching of him had not yet arrived.
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When it happened, the story is well known. League and Euroleague champion in his last year, MVP of the Euroleague and its Final Four, and MVP of the Endesa League. For a total of 216 games in which he set records of 1,922 points, 905 rebounds and 705 assists. White hero and a mass phenomenon.
Because although he said goodbye in that final of the Endesa League against Baskonia at the Buesa Arena in Vitoria, Doncic never hides his love for Real Madrid. From returning to the WiZink Center for the matches of his former teammates, going through the usual photos watching team matches, to the great messages on social networks. “Hala Madrid and nothing else,” he said after the Champions League win at Anfield Road.
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Doncic will land in Madrid enshrined in the elite of the NBA and after a course that continues to place him as one of the great basketball players in the world. His 61 points against the New York Knicks are, for the moment, the great jewel of the most spectacular offensive talent to come out of the ‘Old Continent’. He returns home on October 10.
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