He granca coach, Jaka Lakovic, could not have been clearer in his latest public appearances. Both in the previous and in the post-match after the hard defeat against the Real Madrid on Sunday, played down the possibility of finishing the regular season as a sixth or seventh seed. Not because of the importance of finishing the course as high as possible, which translates into a higher number of income for the Claretian entity, but because of the category of the rival that will touch the Claretians in the quarterfinals of the Endesa League Playoff. With Barça out of the equation by securing first place on the last day, the possible rivals of the yellows are the other two Spanish representatives fixed in the Euroleague: Real Madrid or Baskonia.
In the absence of a date to shelve the regular phase, in which Gran Canaria will play on Wednesday of next week at the BAXI Manresa court of Pedro Martínez (7:30 p.m.), the island squad is sixth in the table, which that would pair him with Real Madrid, currently third.
The yellows, sixth level with Joventut, would play right now with the white team
Bad crossing, no doubt. The white box is the team that has defeated the team with greater authority. Crab this season in his two clashes. In the first round, Jaka Lakovic’s men fell heavily in their visit to the WiZink Center (105-85). Things were not going better for the yellows in the second. Last Sunday at the Arena, Chus Mateo’s men, who will face Barça on Friday for a place in the Euroleague final (7:00 p.m.), applied the roller again against a Gran Canaria that managed to be competitive for a quarter and a half. The acceleration of the meringues, who did not show any signs of playing their third game in a week, completely broke the match to end up crushing the locals (67-95). A total of 16 Claretian victories in the 68 direct clashes with Madrid give an idea of the magnitude of the task of eliminating the madridistas in that series of Playoff quarterfinals.
The people of Vitoria, more ‘earthly’
The results of the 34th and last day can change the positions, either because Real Madrid surpasses Baskonia in the standings or because Granca falls to seventh place in the event of losing to an already saved BAXI Manresa and depending on what Penya does. against Covirán Granada, who is fighting to avoid relegation.
That seventh place, if it comes to the end and if the positions of those above do not change, I would pair Jaka Lakovic’s team with the third great, Joan Peñarroya’s Cazoo Baskonia, which stands out this season for being the best attack in the ACB with triple records more typical of the NBA than of basketball on the Old Continent,
The team from Vitoria is another of the teams that has beaten the islanders in their two league matches this season, becoming one of the three teams that have managed to storm the Arena this season, along with Madrid itself and Lenovo Tenerife. On the eleventh day, the Basque squad overwhelmed Granca in front of their fans (68-96).
However, in the recent match of the second round played at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria, just a few days after the Claretian triumph in the Eurocup, the yellows managed to compete face to face with Joan Peñarroya’s team, who suffered to become finally with the victory in extra time (101-97).
So, given the small a priori difference between Real Madrid and Baskonia in terms of potential, it invites you to speculate on the most convenient result for Gran Canaria on the BAXI Manresa track on Wednesday of next week, to finish sixth. or seventh; the same ones that Joventut will foreseeably do.
2023-05-15 19:49:01
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