Real Madrid and Unicaja open fire (21: 15h) In the first assault of the semifinals of the playoff of the Endesa League. The series, which brings together two of the best teams of the season, predicts strong emotions, and is raised as a revalidation for the white box.
Chus Matthew And his players pointed the two duels of the regular phase of the ACB (90-77 and 105-107), but in the two finals in which there were titles at stake, The trophies flew to the capital of the Costa del Sol.
Unicaja pointed in Murcia the Endesa Super Cup by 80-90, a triumph that they repeated in Gran Canaria in the last Copa del Rey by 93-79. Kameron Taylor He won the 'MVP' in the inaugural tournament of the season, while Kendrick Perry He was the best player of the final in Canarian territory. The Americans are two of Ibon Navarro's great weapons, and start the series with the hope of giving a final joy to the whites.
Despite the bad memory that the white club has against Unicaja, Real Madrid wants to lengthen its good moment in Endesa League. They pass for a moment in a very sweet way, since they treasure 24 consecutive victories in ACB and 27 in the palace in the league competition.
Edy Tavares signed double figures in the first game against Baskonia / ACB Photo – Juan Pelegrín
In the quarterfinals, they defeated Baskonia by the fast track: 82-76 In the Movistar Arena with double figures of Edy Tavares (16 points and 13 rebounds), and triumph in the Buesa for 103-112 con 19 goals from Sergio Llull.
White ended the regular season with an impressive balance of 30 wins and four only defeats. Numbers that place him as favorite to revalidate title, But with the pressure of having to get it so as not to close the season blank. All this with uncertainty with the future of Chus Mateo, who could be living his last games at the head of the team.
Ibon Navarro is a unicaja leader / EFE
“They vary little their template, they have a knowledge of what they want enviable, they are doing things with a lot of criteria and very well. That is giving them a result,” commented in the previous Mateo. “We are going to get well, although they are unpredictable matches, Especially the first, and we are going to see the approach that they have at the level of team structure, what players we can arrange and we will see how it goes, “explained Navarrese.
The party arrives hours after the signing of Dylan Osetkowski by Partizán. Once the sanction was without effect, the American interior has decided to follow his career in Belgrade, since under the orders of Zeljko Obradovic he will play the next edition of the Euroleague.
