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Žalgiris, who led most of the match but fell apart at the last minute, landed at the Israel club 81:88 and for the first time since December has a negative balance of wins and losses in the Euroleague – 15-16.
After a painful failure, fans of the Žalgiris and Kaunas team have already agreed that their team will not play in the Euroleague quarter-finals this year.
This is what will happen unless the scenario arises, even more incredible than in 2018-2019. the end of the regular season, when “Žalgiris” jumped to the quarterfinals six times in a row.
Zalgiris, who finished 11th in the Euroleague, have already given up hope of catching six teams in three rounds: Barcelona with at least 19 wins, CSKA in Moscow, Anadolu Efes in Istanbul, Olympia in Milan, Bayern in Munich and Fenerbach in Istanbul ”. .
| one. | “Barcelona” | 23-8 |
| two. | CSKA | 20-10 |
| 3. | “Anadolu Efes” | 20-11 |
| Four. | “Olympiad” | 19-12 |
| 5. | “Bayern” | 19-12 |
| 6. | Fenerbahce | 19-12 |
| 7. | “True” | 18-13 |
| 8. | “Zenit” | 17-13 |
| 9. | „Baskonia“ | 17-14 |
| 10. | “Valencia” | 17-14 |
| eleven. | Žalgiris | 15-16 |
The “Žalgiris” cannot beat Real Madrid who, although they have 18 victories, that is, three more than Kaunas, have beaten the Lithuanian champion on both occasions and will no longer finish below the men of M. Schiller. It’s true that for Žalgiris’ incredible survival scenario to come true, Real needs to win at least one more time and not rack up the same number of victories as the residents of Kaunas.
Excluding the seven teams, there is only one place left in the Euroleague quarterfinals, which is actually claimed by three teams: Zenit from Saint Petersburg, Baskonia from Vitoria and Valencia.
They all have 17 wins, but the Russian club still has four games to play and the Spanish teams three games to play.
Schedules of the teams that fight for the playoffs
- Madrido „Real“: Anadolu Efes (at home), Olympiakos (at home), Fenerbahche (away);
- Sankt Peterburg “Zenit”: CSKA (at home), ASVEL (at home), Maccabi (at home), Panathinaikos (at home);
- Vitoria-Baskonia: Panathinaikos (away), Anadolu Efes (home), Valencia (away);
- “Valencia”: Olympiakos (at home), ALBA (on the move), Baskonia (at home);
- Kaunas “Žalgiris”: ALBA (at home), Bayern (on the move), Panathinaikos (at home).
For the magical scenario of “Žalgiris” to become a reality, the residents of Kaunas cannot accumulate victories equally with teams against whom they do not have a mutual advantage.
This means that both Zenit, whom Žalgiris stumbled against on both occasions, and Valencia, whom Žalgiris beat by 1 point but lost by 11, must no longer win a match.
The only team against which “Žalgiris” has a mutual advantage is “Baskonia”: M. Schiller’s soldiers won 92:73 at home and the Basques lost 68:81. This means that “Žalgiris” can accumulate victories equally with them and, in that case, stay higher.
In the Kauna survival scenario, it is also necessary for Baskonia to win no less than Valencia, against whom they will play on the last day of the season.
If the Basques lose the two remaining games and Zenit and Valencia stumble in the rest of their games, Žalgiris will have to do what he can: defeat ALBA in Berlin, Bayern in Munich and Panathinaikos in Athens.
However, such a scenario can fail if any of the five teams involved do not play as they should.
If this happens, “Žalgiris” for the first time since 2016-2017. The season will be without the Euroleague quarter-final series.
Conditions of the incredible survival scenario “Žalgiris”
- Žalgiris wins against ALBA, Bayern and Panathinaikos;
- At least a real victory;
- The four defeats of Zenit;
- The three defeats of Valencia;
- Baskonia’s victory over Valencia and defeats against Panathinaikos and Anadolu Efes.
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