Reigning champ Real Madrid can become the first team to qualify for the Final Four by prevailing at Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, which needs to win twice this week at Buesa Arena to force a decider.
Los Blancos target a playoff sweep at Baskonia
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Baskonia has to find a way of stopping a Real offense which has run riot in the opening two games, scoring 90 and 101 points led by the playmaking of Facu Campazzo with averages of 17 points and 5 assists, with just 1 turnover, in the series so far.
If the game becomes another shootout, Baskonia will again lean heavily on the long-range shooting of Markus Howard, who was held to below average scores of 15 and 12 points in the first two games.
But Real can also easily dominate inside, as it showed in Game 2 with Vincent Poirier, Walter Tavares and Guerschon Yabusele combining for 36 points, 21 rebounds and blocked shots in Game 2. So Dusko Ivanovic’s team will need to play a complete game – led by the all-round threat of Codi Miller-McIntyre and the rebounding of Tadas Sedekerskis – to keep the series alive.
