Summary: Hapoel Tel Aviv - Venice 80:90 (Sport1)
The regular season in the EuroLeague came to an end tonight (Friday) with a big drama at the end of which Zhelgiris Kovna, in whose city the Final Four will take place this year, qualified for the quarterfinals.
At the end of the 34th cycle, the series were finally determined, which will open on April 25:
Olympiakos (1) - Fenerbahce (8)
Barcelona (2) - Zalgiris Kovna (7)
Real Madrid (3) - Partizan Belgrade (6)
Monaco (4) - Maccabi Tel Aviv (5)
Monaco and Mike James ended the regular season with a loss (Photo: GettyImages, Roberto Finizio)
Anadolu Eps - Monaco 72:87
Both teams came to the meeting with nothing to play for, after the Turks lost a chance to advance to the playoffs while the French secured fourth place.
The outgoing European champion ended the season with a nice home victory, which shouldn't indicate too much about Monaco ahead of their quarter-final series against Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Tibor Place excelled in the winning ranks with 21 points and 12 rebounds, Vasilija Micic (6 rebounds and 6 assists) and Elijah Bryant scored 12 each.
Yoan Macondo stood out on the other side, with 16 and 8 rebounds.
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Zalgiris qualified for the playoffs at the end of a thriller.
Birotis (Photo: GettyImages, CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP)
Bayern Munich - Zalgiris 83:80
The Lithuanians led for almost the entire game, but were unable to open a significant gap and in the last minute they already started to feel how the ticket to the playoffs was slipping from their hands, when Andreas Obst went on a private 0:8 run for Bayern and reduced the difference from nine points to only one.
However, Edgars Olnovas withstood pressure from the line, the Bavarians missed the last attack and Zalgiris celebrated a fourth straight win to send them into the quarter-finals, where they hope to surprise their former coach Saronas Jasikvicius to qualify for the home Final Four.
Following this result, the one who was eliminated was Basconia, who at the end of the first round was still leading the table.
Barcelona - Valencia 71:85
The Catalans took advantage of Real Madrid's loss at the hands of Eliyahu last night to overtake their sworn rival on the way to second place, when the two will meet this coming Sunday in the El Clasico in the Spanish League (7:30 p.m., Sport4).
Barcelona cruised against an opponent that had nothing to play for, with Nikola Mirotic leading the scoring with 18 points, Alex Abrins added 15 and Jan Wesley contributed 13. Zalgiris awaits in the next stage, as mentioned.
A big comeback and victory for Partizan Belgrade Wim Madar before the playoffs (Photo: GettyImages, Emanuele Cremaschi)
Partizan Belgrade - Panathinaikos 81:83
It wasn't supposed to be so difficult against the second-to-last ranked team, but at the end of the evening, the team of Željko Oberdović and Yam Meder achieved their ninth victory from the last 11 home games, thanks to a comeback from minus 18 points.
Panathinaikos led 20:38 in the second quarter, and eight minutes to the end was ahead 60:71, but the Serbs went on a 0:12 run that completed the turnaround, and James Nunley scored the three-pointer with half a minute to go that restored the advantage to Partizan and also determined the final result.
Dante Exum starred with 18 points, Kevin Panter added 17 and Madar, who started with five and played only 4:50 minutes, finished with 2 points.
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