Battles in basketball league playoffs are being fought all over Europe. During June, we will get champions in all the strongest leagues. Let’s take a look at the situation in the playoff in Spain, Italy, Turkey …
Real Madrid and Barca are waiting for rivals
The ACB League is considered the strongest league in Europe. Real and Barcelona are expected to play the final in Spain. The mentioned teams defeated Manres and Gran Canaria without any major problems. We will get the winners in the remaining two quarterfinals after the third game. Real Madrid is waiting for the winner of the match in which one current and one potential participant in the Euroleague meet. As expected, we will watch the third match in the duel between Valencia and Baskonia. We will see if Barcelona will play against their neighbors from Badalona. Joventut and the current winner of the Champions League, Tenerife, will decide the winner in the third game.
An exciting playoff in Turkey
In Italy, Virtus already has a 2-0 advantage against Tortona and so far there is no defeat in the playoffs. The situation is similar with Milano. The fashion city team leads 1-0 against Sassari after a convincing victory against Reggiano in the first round. We are watching two exciting playoff series in Turkey. After winning the European title, Efes managed to eliminate Karsiyaka. In the semifinals, the European champion convincingly lost the first game against Galatasaray. That match was marked by an unreal shot for three points of the visiting team. In the second match, Efes won, so the result is 1-1. In the second playoff series, Fenerbahce leads 2-1 against Darussafaka, which managed to achieve one victory on the away field. It would not be surprising at all to watch five matches in both duels.
Without too much drama in Germany’s playoff
In France, for now, we have a famous pair of semifinals. After the defeat in the first match, Asvel managed to defeat Cholet twice. In the semifinals, he will play against Dijon, who defeated Limoges twice. In the second semifinal, Orthez will play, which surprised Levallois, and their opponent will be Monaco or Strasbourg. There is no drama in Germany for now. All the teams that advanced to the next phase in the quarterfinals did not allow a single defeat. The semifinals continued in that spirit. Alba leads 2-0 against Ludwigsburg. We will see if Bayern will reach the same result against Bonn. A real miracle should happen in the Greek playoffs so that we don’t watch big derbies again. Panathinaikos and Olympiacos should have no major problems against Larisa and Promitheas.
Lithuania gets a new champion
CSKA and Zenit are fighting for the trophy in the VTB League. The team from Moscow leads 3-1, so they have only one more victory to win the title. Zalgiris will not be the champion in Lithuania after a long time. The team from Vilnius played a very bad season, and Lietkabelis this team in the semifinals. The final between the aforementioned team and Rytas is currently 1-1. In Israel, Maccabi allowed a defeat against Bnei Herzliya and is currently 1-1 in the semifinals. In the second playoff series, Hapoel Holon leads 1-0 against Hapoel Jerusalem. Crvena Zvezda leads 2-0 against Partizan in the final of the ABA league. In the BNXT league, Groningen and Mons defeated Antwerp and Leuven in the first matches. We have already the champion in Poland, where Slask Wroclaw defeated Legia Warsaw 4-1.