Second act in Monaco and Madrid for the Euroleague playoffs

Equalization or… break again? Tonight is the second games in the series Monaco-Maccabi Tel Aviv and Real Madrid-Partizan for the Euroleague playoffs.

At 21:05 (Novasports 4) Monaco will try to make it 1-1 against Maccabi, who with the break he made on Tuesday (67-79) stole home advantage and has the “cushion” of Tel Aviv, where this year he has lost only twice having better performance at home. The hosts hope to put behind them a dismal 4/26 three-point shooting in Game 1 and expect a lot more from Mike James and Eli Okobo who shot 5/12 and 4/13 respectively in the opener.

At 21:45 (Novasports Prime) Real wants to recover from the … slap they received with Partizan’s three-point victory by Kevin Pander in Game 1 (87-89). The “queen” has Eddie Tavares in doubt with a knee problem, but also Sergio Yule who was in the starting lineup yesterday but was not used since he is not at 100%. Zeljko Obradovic’s side are well aware that the job is not done and will look to put even more pressure on Real before the series moves to Belgrade next week.