Valencia Basket and Real Madrid represent the ACB in the Euroliga playoffs, starting this week and leading to the Athens Final Four from May 22 to 24. Both Spanish teams hold home-court advantage in their series against Panathinaikos and Hapoel Tel Aviv. Barça Basket failed to qualify after losing to AS Monaco in the play-in.
Euroliga playoffs begin on Tuesday, April 28, to decide the four teams for the Athens Final Four. Valencia Basket, second in the regular season with 25 wins and 13 losses, faces Ergin Ataman's Panathinaikos. The taronja side features Jean Montero, Best Emerging Star, and Pedro Martínez, Coach of the Season.
Panathinaikos, recent champions, boasts Juancho Hernangómez, Mathias Lessort, Kendrick Nunn, Cedi Osman, and Nigel Hayes-Davis, MVP of the last Final Four. Kostas Sloukas is sidelined by injury. The series starts Tuesday, April 28 at 20:45 in Valencia on #Vamos Movistar+, followed by another on Thursday, April 30 at the same time and venue. Games three and four are May 6 and 8 at 20:15 in Greece, with a potential fifth in Valencia.
Real Madrid, third in the regular season, takes on sixth-placed Hapoel Tel Aviv under Sergio Scariolo. The whites requested fans for home games, approved under strict protocol: only identified season-ticket holders and accredited transfers, no ticket sales or visiting fans. Hapoel features Vasilije Micic, Elijah Bryant, and Antonio Blakeney.
The series opens Wednesday, April 29 at 20:45 in Madrid on M+ Movistar+, with the second on May 1 at the same time. Third and fourth games are May 5 at 18:00 and May 7 at 20:00 in Sofia, Bulgaria, with a potential fifth in Madrid.
