He Barça won (85-71) on the last day of the regular phase of the Euroleague in it Palau Blaugrana to Valencia Basket with which he ends up in second place and will meet in the quarterfinals, the best of five games and with a field advantage, with the Zalgiris Kaunasthe team that won the last round of the regular season on the pitch of the Bayern de Munich (80-83) and thus rose to seventh place. This season, Barça lost by one point on their visit to Kaunas (73-72) and has won in the Por the Blaugrana clearly (93-74).
For his part, he Real Madrid is third classified in the regular phase and, after the triumph of the Partisan at home before him Panathinaikos (83-81), will come across, with home court advantage, the Serbian team that Zeljko Obradovic.
Another tie decided after the results of this last day is the one that will face the Olympiakosleader of the regular phase, with the Fenerbahce Istanbulwho in the end finished in eighth place after falling on this last day on the Red Star track.
Relive Barça’s victory over Valencia Basket in the Euroleague
The fourth round is the one that will be played by the AS Monaco, fourth in the table, which will have the ‘field factor’ in its favour, against Maccabi Tel Avivquinto.
It should also be noted that the victory of the Zalgiri on the Bayern pitch supposes that the Cazoo Baskonia has been definitively left out of the fight for the title.
The quarterfinals will be played from April 25 and are the step prior to the Final Four, which will be played from May 19 to 21 at the Zalgiris Arena in Kaunas (Lithuania).
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Schedules of the quarterfinals of the Euroleague basketball:
– FIRST MATCHES:
. Tuesday April 25:
8.15pm Monaco v Maccabi Tel Aviv
20.45. Real Madrid-Partizán
. Wednesday April 26:
20.00. Barça-Zalgiris
20.45 Olympiacos-Fenerbahce
– SECOND MATCHES:
. Thursday April 27:
20.15. Monaco-Maccabi Tel Aviv
20.45. Real Madrid-Partizán
. Friday April 28:
20.00. Barça-Zalgiris
20.30 Olympiacos-Fenerbahce
– THIRD PARTIES:
. Tuesday May 2:
20.05. Maccabi Tel Aviv-Monaco
20.30. Partizan-Real Madrid
. Wednesday May 3:
19.00. Zalgiris-Barça
19.45 Fenerbahce-Olympiacos
– FOURTH MATCHES:
. Thursday May 4:
20.05. Maccabi Tel Aviv-Monaco
20.30. Partizan-Real Madrid
. Friday May 5:
19.00. Zalgiris-Barça
19.45 Fenerbahce-Olympiacos
– FIFTH MATCHES (MAY 9-10):
Olympiacos-Fenerbahce
Monaco-Maccabi Tel Aviv
Real Madrid-Partizán
Barça-Zalgiris.