The expected confrontation between Luka Doncic and his beloved Real Madrid takes form. Slovenian will experience a special day in October 10, 2023 at the WiZink Center, the parquet on which his sports career was launched, the exact date of the match between the white club and the Dallas Mavericks in the middle of the pre-season of the best basketball league in the world. A dream match in which DC honors one of its last heroes and the “Prodigal Son”.
Although the United Arab Emirates initially seemed the venue for the clash, Madrid and the WiZink Center will witness a reunion between Doncic and the Whites, according to several Texas franchise “insiders”. A pavilion with a capacity of about 17,500 spectators, with a tight schedule and which will witness another special duel that has not been repeated since October 3, 2016. On that occasion, Real Madrid defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder after extra time (137-142). Doncic, who was wearing the white jersey, scored three points. Her final hatching had not yet arrived.
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When it happened, the story is well known. League and Euroleague champion in his final year, Euroleague and Final Four MVP, and Endesa League MVP. for total From 216 games, he scored 1922 points, 905 rebounds and 705 assists. The white hero and a mass phenomenon.
Because although he said goodbye in that final of Endesa League vs Baskonia At the Buesa Arena in Vitoria, Doncic made no secret of his love for Real Madrid. From going back to the WiZink Center for former teammates’ matches, going through the usual photos of watching team matches, to cute messages on social networks. “Hala Madrid and nothing else,” he said after winning the Champions League at Anfield Road.
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Doncic’s landing in Madrid made him one of the NBA’s elite and after a tournament still positions him as one of the greatest basketball players in the world. His 61 points against the New York Knicks represent, at the moment, the mighty gem of the finest offensive talent to come out of the ‘Old Continent’. He came home on October 10th.