Euroleague: Panathinaikos AKTOR premieres in the Play-Ins and learns an opponent in the Playoffs

Premiere for a historical series in Euroleague.

The four teams that finished from 7th to 10th place in the regular season of the event, they will claim through the Play-In the last two tickets for their entry into Playoffs.

The first couple to be thrown into the “battle” is the one between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Baskonia. The “people’s team” is over in seventh place with a 20-14 recordwhile on the other hand the Basques they were eighth at 18-16. The match will be held in neutral Belgrade and on “Beogradska Arina». The winner will qualify for the Playoffs and face home handicap Panathinaikos AKTOR, who finished in second place. On the contrary, the loser will get a second chanceas he will play the winner of the pair of positions 9-10for the last ticket.

This year, the meetings between them were shared. Initially, Maccabi Tel Aviv had prevailed 89-81while in the second round Baskonia got the revenge, winning 92-82in Vitoria.

From then on, due to the tense situation in Israel, the mission of the “people’s group” left the country for Serbia with difficulty. In fact, a bureaucratic issue arose with him Wade Baldwin, which was eventually resolved and thus counted as normal for the matchup. Unique doubter for him Odent Katas is the John DiBartolomeo, who is suffering from shoulder problems. On the other hand, Baskonia will be out Khalifa Diopwhile his participation will be decided at the last moment Danny Death.

The other pair, resulting from the positions 9-10between the Anatolou Efes and Virtus Bologna has the character of “final”. And that’s because, the loser will say goodbye his presence in this year’s Euroleague. On the other, the winner will play the loser of the other Play-In (7-8)for a place in the Playoffs and whoever wins this match will face the champion with a home advantage Real Madrid.

The course of the two teams in the regular season finale was completely opposite. Anatolou Efes closed the regular season with a terrible demarcation, counting five consecutive victoriesfinishing ninth with 17-7. On the other hand, Virtus had the same record, but this was established after seven straight losses and that’s why it ended tenth.

In the competitive part, the champions of Turkey have no absences, while on the other hand his team Luca Banki still doesn’t count on Devonte Kecock.

The Play-In schedule:

Tuesday, 16/4

Places 7-8: Maccabi Tel Aviv-Basconia (20:00)

Places 9-10: Anatolou Efes-Virtus Bologna (21:00)

Friday, 19/4

Loser (7-8)-Winner (9-10)