The Barcelona club beat Burgos’ San Pablo in the semi-finals with a score of 98:84 (23:17, 20:24, 29:17, 26:26).
Schmidt was allowed to take it quickly by the referee, much to the dismay of the goalkeeper who wasn’t prepared.
Nikola Mirotičs was the winner with 18 points, Kail Kuris was 16 points, but Tomas Ertel scored 14 points and 11 assists.
Vitors Benite scored 16 points for opponents.
Meanwhile, Kuruca’s Vitoria “Kirolbet Baskonia” defeated the tournament host “Valencia” in a fierce battle with 75:73 (12:17, 21:25, 23:13, 19:18).
In the ranks of “Baskonia”, Zoran Dragic was the most productive with 21 points, but Tornik Shengelia had 17 points.
Sams van Rossoms scored 14 points for the home team.
The final will take place on Tuesday, but the fight for bronze medals is not taking place in Spain.
Badalona “Joventut”, represented by Artūrs Žagars, did not win the group tournament.
Also out of the semi-finals was the champion of the previous two years and the most titled team of Spain “Real” Madrid.
The ACB season ended after the March 8 games and the champion is determined in Valencia in a 12-team mini-tournament that started last week.
The format of the season finale provides that in two groups of six teams each, after the tournament of one round, the best two units of each group are determined. The semi-finals continue on Sunday and the final on Tuesday.
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