Injuries do not stop the streak of a Real Madrid in which Tavares is already history: top blocker in the ACB

It was the morning of Edy Tavares. Well deserved, a bath of recognition for a center who marked, marks and will mark the history of Real Madrid and Spanish basketball. A unique giant. And he is also part of the legend with a block record that was only a matter of time for him. Recoletas Salud San Pablo Burgos was the exceptional witness of the milestone, defeated in the Palace, but worthy until it was able to withstand the whites.

It is the eleventh career victory for Pedro Martínez's team, undefeated leader in the Endesa League (6-0). It was not the most brilliant, nor did it exceed a hundred, but it did show the character of someone who knows how to overcome obstacles. In this case, the blow of injuries, the agony of the schedule and a rough start to the game, in which Porfi Fisac's men took them out of tune.

The very intense European week (one more), not only took a physical toll on Real Madrid in the form of injuries (Maledon knee sprain and Jantunen's fascia tear). Pedro Martínez later acknowledged that Campazzo also has physical problems. He also seemed mentally exhausted at the dawn of the game against a Burgos team with the lesson well learned. Their changing defenses and intensity left the whites with 14 points and no three-pointers in the opening act, with a deranged and erratic Andrés Feliz at the controls.

The German Sengfelder put on his boots and Madrid did not recognize itself. It was the two least common of their squad, the Frenchman Olivier Sarr and the Ukrainian (raised in León), Schulga, who inaugurated the triple count. But there came another moment of bad play, of mistakes and even a few fouls. Only the final stretch, with a 15-2 run just before the break (and finally the first triple from Luwawu-Cabarrot, a guy who often has a hard time getting going), put Madrid ahead (39-31).

By then Edy Tavares - who at the moment is barely having any physical respite this season, after the injury from the previous one that left him out of the entire decisive stretch - was doing his thing. He soon equaled the all-time record of Tavares of the ACB. A mark, Fran Vázquez's 768, which in the second half he was going to beat a shot by Koprivica (the game was stopped and he was honored, with his wife and two children on the court). The amazing thing about the Cape Verdean is the urgency with which he achieved it: it was his 408th game in the Endesa League.