By Aris Barkas/ barkas@eurohoops.net
After the games of Barcelona and Real Madrid, seven more matches concluded the 34th and last game day of Liga Endesa’s regular season. Caja Laboral made a statement by winning Bilbao (100-70) and the two teams will meet again in the play offs quarterfinals.
The third team from Basque country that will be in the play offs is Lagun Aro GCB, that finished in the fifth place and will duel in the quarterfinals with Valencia. The Eurocup finalist finished in the fourth place after beating Valladolid (76-59), the last team in the standings that will be relegated in Adeco Oro league. The same applies to Asefa Estudiantes after the home loss against Murcia (86-80). Finally, as it was expected Unicaja Malaga missed the play offs, finished in the 9th place, but it don’t seem to worry about its Euroleague A Licence.
The play offs series are the following:
Barcelona (1) – Alicante (8)
Valencia (4) – Lagun Aro (5)
Real Madrid (2) – Banca Civica Sevilla (7)
Caja Laboral (3) – Gesrap Bilbao (6)