Euroleague: To stay alive in the hunt for the playoffs Efes and Milan

The last week of the regular season in this year’s Euroleague continues, with three matches opening the schedule tonight 32nd matchday.

In the game whose start is earlier in time (20:30), h Effects will host in Constantinople the Virtus Bologna. The European champions are in a very difficult position in terms of qualifying for the playoffs, since they are currently in 10th place in the standings with a 14-17 record.

They beat Armani Milan 89-69 last Tuesday to keep their last hopes alive, but they only need wins against Bologna, Fenerbahce and Monaco along with other favorable results in their last three games to qualify for the playoffs. As for Virtus, after their heavy loss to Maccabi they dropped to 13-18 and are now resigned to not finishing the regular season in the top eight.

Half an hour later (21:05) her match will begin in Tel Aviv Maccabi with the Armani Milan. After their triumph over Bologna, the Israelis practically ensured their presence in the playoffs, while now they will give everything to see if they manage to get the home advantage as well. On the other hand, Armani is at 14-17 and it seems very difficult to enter the top eight.

Finally, the Barcelona will welcome to the “Palau Blaugrana” the Alba Berlin (21:30). In third place with a 21-10 record, the Catalans will enter the playoffs with home advantage. They are coming off a three-game winning streak in the EuroLeague and tonight they will face Alba, who last Tuesday battled it out, but ended up losing 93-87 at home to Baskonia. Thus, she stayed at the bottom of the standings, while she has not been able to celebrate a victory in any of the 8 most recent meetings with her tonight’s opponent.