Euroleague Playoff Picture Becomes Clearer: Barça Locks in Fourth Place

Solved half of the last day of the Euroleague the unknowns that existed are being cleared up, especially with regard to the teams that will play the Playoffs with home field advantage. There, the Barça He will be fourth, with no options to fight for second and third place, which they already have.

Suffering more than necessary, the PAO and Monaco They resolved their two duels at home against rivals who had nothing at stake and were about to change things. Especially Bayernwho lost by more than 20 in the Principality to finish making Mike James’ team suffer. The final 89-85 leaves Monaco third, improving last year’s fourth place. The Monegasques will not know their rival in the quarterfinals until this Friday.

Panathinaikos also won, 84-75, to an ALBA that resisted until the end. The Greeks, who have had five consecutive wins in the Euroleague, They have finished the regular League traveling by rocket and they are one of the fittest teams in the competition. They will not know their rival until next Tuesday.

With these two results, the match between ASVEL and Barça this Friday (9:00 p.m.) It will be nothing more than a procedure for both of us. The Blaugranas will be fourth and will know the team they will play against in the Playoffs shortly before the end of their match. Olympiacos – Fenerbahce will be tremendous because fifth and sixth place will depend on that match. Whoever wins will be Barça’s rival, the loser, sixth, will face Monaco.

On the lower side, the victory of Anadolu Efes, which crushed Red Star in Istanbul, 100-55, adds value to the victory in the Kitchen – Baskonia. The winner will be eighth, with two opportunities in the Play-In and the hypothetical second game at home. But the loser will go from having been eighth to being tenth. Both teams lose the tiebreaker with Efes and tenth place forces you to play two games in the Play-In and both away from home. Madrid’s rival will emerge from these qualifying rounds, which will not be known until next Friday, almost a week.

The victory of Anadolu also affects Partizan and Armani Milan that with it they were left without options to fight for a place in the Play-In. The Italians, however, fell in Belgrade against Maccabi, 92-86.

2024-04-11 20:31:46
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