By Kostas Giataganas/ info@eurohoops.net
Anadolu Efes and FC Barcelona Lassa will square off on Wednesday at Istanbul for a spot in the 2019 EuroLeague Final Four. The last game of the current postseason will be the tenth Game 5 of Europe’s premier competition during the past ten years. Eurohoops takes a stroll down the memory lane and reminds that the home side won all of the nine previous Game 5 contests.
2008/2009
Barcelona – Tau Ceramica 78-62
Barcelona started off with the home-court advantage, but lost it and Game 1 and regained it in Game 4. Xavi Pascual’s side finished off Tau Ceramica in Game 5 with a 78-62 victory. Juan Carlos Navarro and Ersan Ilyasova dropped 19 points apiece leading their team to the Berlin Final Four.