EuroLeague: What is “played” in the last matches – The sure ones and those who… run

THE Euroleague enters the final stretch of the regular season with the last five games. There are many pending issues and few things have been clarified, with him Olympic and the Panathinaikos to fight for the best possible ranking with hopes of an advantage but also the risk of even being led to the play ins.

The confident Real and the… destruction below

The only certainty is that the Real will be first in the regular season, while Villerban and Alba will be last. The European champions are +3 from second Barcelona and they have the tie, which combined with their good schedule makes it impossible not to finish at the top.

From there on out, however, it gets…panic. Positions 2 to 9 are open. THE Barcelona with 20-9 she is second but has a much more difficult schedule than third Monaco (19-10) which has four matches at home and none against a top ten team, while also maintaining the advantage in a tie with the “Blaugrana”. Therefore, the Monegasques look like favorites for second place.

Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and Fenerbahce they are tied at 18-11 and although they do not have an easy schedule, they clearly have the first reason to be in positions 3-6, that is, with a direct presence in the playoffs. On the contrary, Virtus Bologna which is 17-12 with a schedule that looks like it will be difficult to beat the top three teams. In fact, it lags in a tie with Olympiakos and Fener, while the same will probably happen with Panathinaikos, who had beaten the Italians with +14 in the OAKA.

There is some hope for the six Baskoniabut mainly the Maccabi (together at 16-13), with the Israelis having a much more passable schedule than the Basques and also tied with Panathinaikos (but not with Olympiakos or Fener).

For the last hope

For the tenth place, which leads to play in with the… obligation for two away wins in order to play with Real in the first round of the playoffs, the next seven teams in the ranking fight – neither more nor less. THE Partisan has difficult matches but four of them at home, the Valencia she has two playable matches at her “home” but maybe they won’t be enough for her, h Bayern and Milan they have perhaps the toughest schedule, while theirs is slightly more manageable Effects and Zalgiriswith Red Star having just… mathematical hopes.

Detailed schedule of the 16 teams (ignoring the last Villeurbanne and Alba) until the end:

Real Madrid (23-6): Alba out, Partizan out, Red Star in, Baskonia in, Zalgiris out

Barcelona (20-9): Fenerbahce away, Panathinaikos away, Bayern away, Maccabi home, Villerban away

Monaco (19-10): Milan home, Valencia home, Villerban away, Zalgiris home, Bayern home

Olympiacos (18-11): Efes away, Villerban home, Partizan away, Red Star away, Fenerbahce home

Panathinaikos (18-11): Red Star away, Barcelona home, Virtus Bologna away, Bayern away, Alba home

Fenerbahce (18-11): Barcelona home, Milan away, Alba home, Efes home, Olympiacos away

Virtus Bologna (17-12): Zalgiris away, Red Star away, Panathinaikos home, Milan away, Baskonia home

Baskonia (16-13): Partizan out, Zalgiris out, Efes in, Real out, Virtus Bologna out

Maccabi Tel Aviv (16-13): Villerban in, Bayern away, Valencia in, Barcelona away, Milan away

Partisan (13-16): Baskonia home, Real home, Olympiacos home, Alba away, Valencia home

Valencia (13-16): Bayern home, Monaco away, Maccabi away, Villerban home, Partizan away

Bayern (13-16): Valencia away, Maccabi home, Barcelona home, Panathinaikos home, Monaco away

Armani Milano (12-17): Monaco away, Fenerbahce home, Zalgiris away, Virtus Bologna home, Maccabi away

Anatolou Efes (12-17): Olympiacos home, Alba home, Baskonia away, Fenerbahce away, Red Star home

Zalgiris Kaunas (11-18): Virtus Bologna Home, Baskonia Home, Armani Milano Home, Monaco Away, Real Madrid Home

Red Star (10-19): Panathinaikos home, Virtus Bologna away, Real Madrid away, Olympiacos home, Efes away