Defeat between flight and flight

The distance from Madrid to Kaunas by plane is 2600 km. And the one from Kaunas to Tenerife of about 4400 km. And that's this week's rating

We won in Munich, we got 9 victories and then we started the kilometer trip of the year. Here, we warned, we were not going to criticize Real Madrid whatever happened in Kaunas and later in Tenerife. Enough to fulfill the schedule and go to compete. 2 meter tall guys who spend hours on the plane and then play highly demanding matches... they're not robots. This is not Play Station.

In Kaunas we lost in the last quarter. So, not so bad. We are 1 or 2 victories behind the lead, fifth in the table, and with no news of injuries in the expedition. And now the titles are not going to be decided.

Dear readers, these trips are criminal. We can, without fear but without doing harm, talk about whether Llull has too many minutes, whether he should play the decisive actions. It is clear that he is no longer a kid, and if it were me (I have a few more years than him) the staff would have enough to get me out of bed, so imagine to start throwing decisive mandarinas. We can talk about it, but also not make blood. Another day. Munich-Kaunas-Tenerife, take a globe. This week Real Madrid must comply, go to Christmas dinner, play the couple of games against basque teams that remain, new year eve and start the count again.

The players have family, worries, joys, sadness. And too many hours by plane: let's give them a break.

I conclude with the Qatar lawyer and his opinion on the Super League. Some say that, given the character of what he wrote, it could be applied (if the judges follow this line later) on the Euroleague. I very much doubt that the Euroleague will be stoppable, and if there is somewhere to go... we should leave ACB. But if, from all this thing, we get that the nonsense of the selection windows is fixed, well, not so bad. We'll be alert.

And now... to Tenerife

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