Real Madrid Baloncesto saved the first match ball in the series of quarters of the ACB playoffs, defeating La Laguna Tenerife 83-118. After piling up six consecutive losses in the Liga Endesa, their worst streak in history, the whites recovered all their constants to regain the home factor and force the third match, which will be played this Saturday at the Movistar Arena. The Madrid will arrive at the meeting after having beaten their top scorer in the history of the ACB playoffs, surpassing the 116 points they made against Joventut in 1984 and Estudiantes in 1985. The valuation, on occasion misleading, was not this time: 69-154. An offensive display that can serve to release the tension of the last month between Final Four, injuries, losses... The Madrid faced a dramatic game. It could have been the last of the course, the one that would leave them with a blank season that would have been a hard blow for the project. The same will happen this Saturday. This one approached it as the occasion deserved, with concentration, with a great game and with many players involved: Hezonja in command (20 points), then Maledon (16), later Lyles (13), Deck (11), Llull (12) and even Yurtseven (14 in 15 minutes), rehabilitated after the punishment of the first game, in which he did not play after the break. The Tenerifeans, after their feat in the first game, could not even dream of giving another blow that would take them to the semifinals. From the break, the game became long for them with the interior breakdowns of Shermadini and Guerra and the foul problems. Also tired and with the engine of Huertas gripped, they spent the entire second half chasing shadows. Always a second late against the excellent ball circulation of the Madrid players (21 assists). The start, with Sissoko as a starter, was equal. Doornekamp, who made his eight points in the start, and Hezonja were fighting in a scoring duel in which they would soon have help. Mainly, Mills (21) and Maledon for each team. The Canarians, also with Yebo (12) as a differential factor, were shooting better, but the whites were scratching free throws to reach the first pause at 24-21. Jaime Fernández (14), still inspired after being the hero of the first game, was throwing for the locals and Mills was making tricks. The class of Lyles was holding the Madrid, which gave the first push with Deck. A 0-9 put them 39-46 before Llull closed the first half with a shot without angle and over the buzzer (45-51). They will continue to score until they reach 100 years. Even Doornekamp and Vidorreta congratulated him. That's as far as La Laguna went. After the intermission, there was only one team: 38-67 in the second half. The Madrid's coral game made the team just effective and strong fall apart. The whites, very focused, were pressing hard behind and making the ball fly in attack. A 2-15 closed with a triple from the accurate Llull and with good contribution from Yurtseven opened the decisive rent (55-74). The last local news were two triples before closing the third act. In the last, the two teams were already thinking about the game this Saturday, which will give a ticket to the semifinal. The Madrid, to pleasure, reached a record of 118 points. A scoring catharsis after the last losses.