Valencia Basket and Cazoo Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, which are among the teams tied with 13-12 records, are second and fourth, respectively, in terms of toughest strength of schedule. Both Valencia (55.0%) and Baskonia (52.5%) must still face four of the current top five teams in the standings. Valencia will play the fewest home games, three, of any team over the final stretch, while Baskonia will cover the third-most kilometers (15,823) for its remaining road games.
Fenerbahce is in fourth place with a 15-9 record, but will have it tougher than its opponents in the race for a top-four finish and home-court advantage in the playoffs. It must still face two top-three teams, has only two games remaining against teams with losing records, and does not face any team in the bottom five. In addition to a difficult strength of schedule (54.3%), head coach Dimitris Itoudis's men will also rack up 14,467 kilometers on their remaining road trips, more than all but three other teams.
Another 13-12 team, Maccabi, also has a rough finish ahead. It will face three more top-five teams and its opponents winning percentage is 51.6%. Moreover, it will travel 18,977 for its remaining four road games, second only to Real. The good news for Maccabi is that three of its last five games are against teams with losing records and three of its last four are at home.
