25/26 European basketball discussion: Euroleague/BBL/ACB/LegaA/LNB/TBL..

[Distraction]

Yesterday, Beşiktaş suffered a heavy defeat against Bahçeşehir Koleji, and the series is now tied 1-1. Bahçeşehir Koleji has the advantage, but I think we'll beat them away from home.

In fact Beşiktaş are a better team than Bahçeşehir Koleji this season. We have seen it in regular season and Eurocup both. That's why I'm also expecting Beşiktaş to win the series.

I'm expecting to watch a Fenerbahçe - Beşiktaş series in the final stage. I think Beşiktaş would create a much bigger competition against them in comparison with Anadolu Efes.

[Stavri]

Fenerbahçe have won both of 2 games in the series so far. However I can't say I'm satisfied with our performance that much. The reason is our not being consistent during a match.

We just messed up in the first halves of both games for example. Thanks to Anadolu Efes' not being capable of taking advantage of their lead we were always able to make a comeback.

But winning by only 1 point doesn't make me comfortable. Fenerbahçe need to prepare much better for next season if they want to win the Euroleague.

today’s Anadolu Efes vs Fenerbahçe match was strange. refs did a poor job managing the game imo. total of 34 fouls were called against each team. Fenerbahçe Beko shot 43 free throws, while Anadolu Efes shot 38.

[LTU_btc]

Panathinaikos made series 1:1. Olympiacos had verystrong start and it looked that they will run away without looking back, but not sure what happned to Oly in the middle of 2nd quarter. They just stopped and let Pao to take over initiative. Pao didn't wasted their chance.
Efes survived and series continues. This time they didn't even had 18 point lead, it was close game most of time.
Fun things in ACB league. 3 series goes to decisive 3rd game, only Valencia managed to go straight to the semifinal.

[meser#]

Beşiktaş lost the game 98-95 after it went into overtime. Bahçeşehir Koleji took a 2-1 lead in the series. If we lose the next game, this year will be over for Beşiktaş. I don't know if Alimpijevic will stay with the team. Beşiktaş is investing in the football team, but if they don't invest in basketball, we won't have much chance of progressing next year either.

Beşiktaş played very well in the second quarter and led at halftime, but they lost. I thought we would get a win against Bahçeşehir, but it didn't happen. I guess our story will end early this year.

In the Greek League, Panathinaikos won 68-58 and tied the series at 1-1.

[mandown]

The biggest surprise in European basketball has arrived.

Tenerife, who entered the playoffs from 8th place in the Spanish League, defeated Real Madrid 107-95 in the third game of their quarterfinal series away from home, eliminating Real Madrid.

Their opponent in the semi-finals will most likely be Barcelona. Barcelona is currently leading by 23 points in the last quarter against Murcia away from home.

I wonder what Tenerife will do against Barcelona.

I don't know who will be the champion, but Valencia will be one of the finalists.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

The biggest surprise in European basketball has arrived.

Tenerife, who entered the playoffs from 8th place in the Spanish League, defeated Real Madrid 107-95 in the third game of their quarterfinal series away from home, eliminating Real Madrid.

Their opponent in the semi-finals will most likely be Barcelona. Barcelona is currently leading by 23 points in the last quarter against Murcia away from home.

I wonder what Tenerife will do against Barcelona.

I don't know who will be the champion, but Valencia will be one of the finalists.

I watched this game for a little bit, never thought Madrid would get humbled like that in this one. This was a very strange series to say the least. First game Madrid also lost at home, then they proceed to destroy Tenerife by 35 points away just to lose the decider at home again. Could have made a lot of money on that, hahaha.
I mean 2 weeks ago they played the Euroleague final and now they fly out of the ACB in the first round losing both home games, who would have ever thought.
Pretty rare to see a number one losing against an 8, so props to Tenerife as well.

[meser#]

The biggest surprise in European basketball has arrived.

Tenerife, who entered the playoffs from 8th place in the Spanish League, defeated Real Madrid 107-95 in the third game of their quarterfinal series away from home, eliminating Real Madrid.

Their opponent in the semi-finals will most likely be Barcelona. Barcelona is currently leading by 23 points in the last quarter against Murcia away from home.

I wonder what Tenerife will do against Barcelona.

I don't know who will be the champion, but Valencia will be one of the finalists.

I watched this game for a little bit, never thought Madrid would get humbled like that in this one. This was a very strange series to say the least. First game Madrid also lost at home, then they proceed to destroy Tenerife by 35 points away just to lose the decider at home again. Could have made a lot of money on that, hahaha.
I mean 2 weeks ago they played the Euroleague final and now they fly out of the ACB in the first round losing both home games, who would have ever thought.
Pretty rare to see a number one losing against an 8, so props to Tenerife as well.

Tenerife won't get very far. Barcelona will eliminate them in the semi-finals.
Put yourselves in the shoes of the Real Madrid players. Play in the Euroleague final and then come and fight for the championship in Spain.
In the Spanish League, either Barcelona or Real Madrid wins the championship. We've seen other teams win the championship occasionally, but it's very rare.
The Real Madrid players may not have been well-concentrated.
If the team that won 3 games advanced to the next round, Real would have advanced.
I think this situation is a surprise; if they met 100 times, Real Madrid would win 99 of them.

[emrecemsan]

The biggest surprise in European basketball has arrived.

Tenerife, who entered the playoffs from 8th place in the Spanish League, defeated Real Madrid 107-95 in the third game of their quarterfinal series away from home, eliminating Real Madrid.

I really didn't understand Real Madrid there... They beat Tenerife by 35 points in Game 2 in an away game. But how did they lose to them at home by double digits right after that? 

Barcelona is their opponent in the semi finals now. Seeing the final isn't impossible for them right now. However even if Tenerife do that I don't think - most probably - Valencia would lose to them in the final.

[Joca97]

The biggest surprise in European basketball has arrived.

Tenerife, who entered the playoffs from 8th place in the Spanish League, defeated Real Madrid 107-95 in the third game of their quarterfinal series away from home, eliminating Real Madrid.

I really didn't understand Real Madrid there... They beat Tenerife by 35 points in Game 2 in an away game. But how did they lose to them at home by double digits right after that? 

Barcelona is their opponent in the semi finals now. Seeing the final isn't impossible for them right now. However even if Tenerife do that I don't think - most probably - Valencia would lose to them in the final.

Thats basketball i guess. I dont have a clue how this happened but this probobly the biggest sensation of the season in europe basketball. Real Madrid from winning everything and being the best in europe lost all title and this makes their season really tragic. After that loss in euroleague final their form went really down and they just werent the same after that. This loss really hits bad Real Madrid and i still cannot figure out how such a good team can lose against Tenerife that barely got the playoff spot

[LTU_btc]

Fenerbahche win sseries against Efes after overtime. What a game it was! From neutral perspective I reallywanted to see game 5, but now we are waiting for outcome of other semifinal

I mean 2 weeks ago they played the Euroleague final and now they fly out of the ACB in the first round losing both home games, who would have ever thought.
Pretty rare to see a number one losing against an 8, so props to Tenerife as well.

I experienced something prety much same with my team Rytas few weeks ago - after winning BCL we got humbled in LKL 1/4 just after two weeks.
Don't know, maybe Euroleague final should be last game of the season, same like in football Champions league final, but it's not going to happen.

Tenerife won't get very far. Barcelona will eliminate them in the semi-finals.

I wouldn't be so confident about Barcelona, they're not looking that confident. Offcourse, Tenerife chances is smaller there than against Real because in semifinal it's already best op 5, not best of 3 series.