About to get the month of June, most sports competitions are finishing. But in the case of basketball, now is when the peak time of the course comes: the play-offs. And in the case of the Endesa League, there is a day to close the regular season and give way to the eight teams that will fight for the title.
The eight teams that will play the play-off are already defined and two of the quarterfinal series are already known: Madrid-Baskonia and Unicaja-Barça. But with four positions to decide, the last day will have just decided the pairings:
Friday 30 at 9:00 p.m.
The ACB play-off box will be decided Friday 30 at 9:00 p.m. with the four games dispute. At that time, Baxi Manresa-La Laguna Tenerife, Valencia Basket-Río Breogán, Unicaja-Joventut Badalona and Dreamland Gran Canaria-Ucam Murcia will be played.
On the one hand, Tenerife and Valencia play second place. The Canaries carrying advantage and with a victory would make sure they are secondswhile with a Valencian defeat and victory, those of Pedro Martínez would overcome them in the classification.
On the other, the Joventut and the Gran Canaria dispute to be sixth. The penya starts with advantage, with a difference in the average of 32 pointsbut with equality in the balance, a Catalan defeat and Victoria Canaria would put those of Jaka Lakovic ahead.
Barça can condition
On the rest of the day, Barça's game can be charged. The Barca team visits the Bilbao Basket track on Friday 30 at 6:30 p.m.. With the duties done, if those of Peñarroya lost, a victory of the Penya would already guarantee the sixth place. And, in a triple draw, Gran Canaria would lose themselves to both Catalans.
The Barça meeting will be one of the four that will be played in that time slot. At the same time, the Covirán Granada-Morabanc Andorra, the Casademont Zaragoza-Real Madrid and the Leyma Coruña-Baskonia.
Of course, the day will start a day before, On Thursday 29 at 20:30 with a Catalan derby. After certifying its permanence, Bàsquet Girona will receive in Fontajau to Hípos Lleida, with both celebrating its continuity one more season in the ACB.
