What’s at stake on the final day of ACB
dThe teams that had something at stake in Friday’s matches of the 33rd round of the Endesa League missed only Real Madrid, UCAM Murcia and Dreamland Gran Canaria. The rest of the participating teams complied and in some cases received treasure such as Unicajawhich regains control of the classification, or Breoghanwhich glorified constancy.
The penultimate day cleared up some things but confused others before the final day of Sunday. Many things remain to be decided, such as the final guidelines.the relegation place, the position that will remain in the title playoffs and even the battle for fourth place, which is very important as it represents the home court factor in the quarter-finals.
Leadership under threat
The leadership of the Endesa League has changed again. Unicaja managed to win in Palau with a score of 91-92.with a basket eight seconds away Kendrick Perry. By this he kept his dream of competing for first place, but soon after the defeat Real Madrid at Valencia, 99–93.again leaves the people of Malaga ahead.
He Madrid was there for 29 days. in first position, while Unicaja has four. If it ends up like this in ’34, then of course it will be the last one and they will win the regular league.
On the last day White gets Baskonia risks its life to reach the playoffs, while Unicaja will host Zunder Palencia in its final ACB match. Carpena could be a party… for Unicaja, of course.
Go to court factor
WITH Unicaja and Real Madrid. fight for first place and Barça Third, no matter what you do, you will still have to recognize the fourth team with the home court factor in the quarterfinals.
Valencia, after defeating Real, depends only on itself. If he wins in Andorra he will be fourthbut if they lose, they will have to wait for what Dreamland Gran Canaria, Lenovo Tenerife and UCAM Murcia do, which could still equal the 21 wins achieved by Taronja. Three, by the way, fell on this day 33. The formation of pairs for the playoff qualifiers depends on their results.
To enter the top 8
For several weeks now, The eighth passenger in the playoffs is the confrontation between BAXI Manresa and Baskonia.. Victories and defeats were divided until the end of the day with a difference of one victory for the Catalans, knowing that the tie in victories was in favor of the Basques.
Baskonia was resolved before UCAM Murcia complex obligation and BAXI Manresa They have already beaten Bilbao, so everything will have to be decided in 40 minutes of basketball.
Those from Ivanovich They will have to visit WiZink against Madrid, who should win, and wait to see what happens in Karpen. In a match against Murcia injured Marcus Howard It will be necessary to see if he is ready to play in Madrid. His loss will be major.
Manresa travels to Tenerife to meet Lenovo, which is full of injuries. The Islanders still have options moving up the position. in the standings, but are on a downward trajectory. And there’s a lot at stake for Manresa.
Abyss of Descent
The duo remained on the short list of teams that were in danger of relegation. Although three competitors were victorious on this day, Rio Breogán He is no longer among those who risk their lives on the last day.
The people of Lugo won MoraBank Andorra and won 11 victoriesenough to play another year in the Endesa League, as in a hypothetical triple draw between the two Monbus Obradoiro and Coviran Granada, Breogan will be safe. And also Granada, who also won on average with Obradoiro if both teams have an equal number of wins.
The reasons for the departure are obvious. If he wins Obradoiro and Granada lose, the Galician team remains. If Granada wins and Obradoiro loses, the Andalusian team will be saved.