Defeat against Valencia opens the door to the play offs for Obradoiro

Round 26 of the Endesa League was crazy. Real Madrid were mocked by Breogán (96-72) and Barcelona in Lugo, with harsh criticism of his team of coach Sarunas Jasikevicius fell on the court of Bilbao Basket (82-80). The top three faced off at the weekend tied at the top of the table, but a failure between Real Madrid and Barca allowed the Baskonia to claim top spot in the peloton for themselves. Many years ago, the Basques were leading the ACB at this stage of the competition.

To end a strange journey, fourth-placed Tenerife also lost. The islanders were defeated by one of the last teams, Real Betis (81 76). They continue to lose oxygen, although for the time being they maintain the position for which they applied, with only one more defeat, Unicaja Málaga and Joventut. Eight failures have been accumulated in this course by Tenerife.

But Obradoiro is far from all that. This is not the war of Compostela. The group prepared by Moncho Fernández continues step by step signing an extraordinary campaign, many days away from a dangerous descent. Six defeats separate Compostela from the penultimate place. Because, With eight days left in the regular season, Obradoirismo is starting to dream with new challenges. The door to the play offs was opened for the team from the capital of Galicia.

The victory in Sara (81-79) over Murcia, the eternal enemy of Santiago fans, and the defeat of Valencia Basket in Badalona against Joventut (85-70), makes the fight for eighth place more exciting than ever. Valencia, which is currently the last team with the right to participate in the playoffs, and Breogán have 13 wins. right behind with a ratio of 12-14, Obradoiro and Bilbao Basket are tenth. A little further, Gran Canaria is at the top, with a ratio of 15-11, and Zaragoza and Murcia are below, with a ratio of 10-16.

Candidates

Although there are still eight dates left, everything indicates that there will be only one place for the play off. Four are currently candidates, one of them The work of Moncho Fernández, who broke a streak of three defeats against Murcia. The Santiagoans achieved victory against Murcia, always one of the most famous in the championship, despite the great difficulties the coach faced during the week due to injuries and discomfort of some of his players.

Again and again, Moncho Fernández, does not set medium and long-term goals. He insists it’s best to take it one game at a time, something that has borne significant fruit for the team over the years. For this reason, the coach’s question about the playoffs is something that has no answer.

In the first two days of the long month of April, Obradoiro lost in Manresa and beat Murcia at home. In the past eight days, the Compostela team achieved three victories and five defeats. Bilbao Basket, for its part, collected two full victories in April. In the last eight games, four wins and four losses. Meanwhile, Valencia Basket lost the two games they played this month. The balance in the last eight games is 4-4. The Levantines have three consecutive defeats and are not experiencing the best moments of the season.

Finally, another candidate, Breogán, who comes after knocking out the all-powerful Real Madrid in Lugo, accumulates win and loss at the beginning of the month. In the last eight days, Lugano have the same score as Valencia and Bilbao, i.e. 4-4. During that time, Breogán won at Sara but lost three of their five games at home (Real Betis, Zaragoza and Joventut).