Euroleague: First act in the “devil’s week” with great derbies in Tel Aviv and Istanbul

The action in the Euroleague continues with undiminished interest with the remaining four matches on Tuesday for the 31st matchday to judge a lot in view of the octave.

The program opens in Tel Aviv, where the Maccabi welcomes her Virtus Bologna (19:00 Novasports Start). The People’s team is in excellent condition counting four consecutive victories and is in 6th place with a 17-13 record. On the other hand the Italian team wants to maintain its mathematical hopes to enter the eight and ignores the victory for two matches and is in 13th place with a 13-17 record.

At 20:30 (Novasports Prime) the European champion Effects welcomes her Armani Milan to Constantinople. Ergin Ataman’s team, after two successive defeats by Partizan and Alba, relegated to 10th place of the standings now having a record 14-16 and is in danger of being out of the playoffs. On the other hand, the disappointing Armani this season, is exactly at the same level as Efes, having won the last two matches, against Fener and Bayern.

In Iberia and specifically in Spain the Baskonia crosses swords with her Alba Berlin (21:30 Novasports 2). The Basques are marginally within the top eight with a record 15-15 however, they count three consecutive defeats against Monaco, Maccabi and Red Star. On the other side, the Germans are now competing in the Euroleague for their prestige as the 17th place it doesn’t allow them to dream. However, the two back-to-back winning results have provided a psychological boost.

In the last game of the evening, the shaped They were partisansgives a life and death match with her Barcelona at “Stark Arena” in Belgrade (21:30 Novasports 3). His team Zelimir Obradovic and Ioannis Papapetrou after both series wins against Efes and Partizan, remained alive for its entry into the playoffs, having a record 17-13. On the other side, the “blaugrana” want a win to ensure the home advantage in the playoffs with the victories against Red Star and Panathinaikos considered pivotal. The ensemble of Sarounas Jasikevicius is located at 3rd place of the record scoring 20-10.