The 2017 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2017 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, was the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2016–17 season, which began September 30, 2016. The playoffs started on 20 May 2017,[1] and ended on 16 June 2017 with the Finals.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Country | Spain |
| Dates | 20 May – 16 June 2017 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Defending champions | Real Madrid |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Valencia Basket (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Real Madrid |
| Semifinalists | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Attendance | 194,201 (8,444 per match) |
Real Madrid was the defending champion, but lost the title to Valencia Basket in the finals, who won its first league ever.
Format
editAt the end of the regular season, the eight teams with the most wins qualify for the playoffs. The seedings are based on each team's record.
The bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. The quarterfinals are best-of-three series; the team that has two wins advances to the next round. This round is in a 1–1–1 format. From the semifinals onward, the rounds are best-of-five series; the team that has three wins advances to the next round. These rounds, including the Finals, are in a 2–2–1 format. Home court advantage in any round belong to the higher-seeded team.
Playoff qualifying
editOn 9 April 2017, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.[2]
| Seed | Team | Record | Clinched | |||
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| Playoff berth | Seeded team | Top seed | ||||
| 1 | Real Madrid | 25–7 | 9 April[2] | 4 May[3] | 11 May | |
| 2 | Baskonia | 23–9 | 14 April[4] | 14 May | – | |
| 3 | Valencia Basket | 23–9 | 16 April[5] | 4 May[3] | – | |
| 4 | Unicaja | 22–10 | 19 April[6] | 14 May | – | |
| 5 | Iberostar Tenerife | 22–10 | 16 April[7] | – | – | |
| 6 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 22–10 | 23 April[8] | – | – | |
| 7 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 21–11 | 23 April[9] | – | – | |
| 8 | MoraBanc Andorra | 16–16 | 10 May[10] | – | – | |
Bracket
editTeams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, and the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Real Madrid | 107 | 77 | 95 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 MoraBanc Andorra | 76 | 89 | 84 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Real Madrid | 71 | 101 | 76 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Unicaja | 68 | 72 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 Unicaja | 79 | 67 | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 Iberostar Tenerife | 65 | 73 | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Real Madrid | 87 | 79 | 64 | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Valencia Basket | 81 | 86 | 81 | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Baskonia | 71 | 79 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 Herbalife Gran Canaria | 59 | 94 | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Baskonia | 82 | 90 | 69 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Valencia Basket | 83 | 70 | 75 | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 Valencia Basket | 83 | 79 | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 FC Barcelona Lassa | 61 | 91 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||||
Quarterfinals
edit- All times were in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
| 24 May 2017 | Real Madrid | 107–76 (Series: 1–0) |
MoraBanc Andorra | Madrid |
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 27–19, 29–18, 26–20 | |||
| Pts: Carroll 16 Rebs: Randolph 7 Asts: Llull 15 PIR: Reyes 20 |
Boxscore | Pts: Shermadini 21 Rebs: Stević 7 Asts: Albicy 5 PIR: Shermadini 25 |
Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 8,076 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Óscar Perea, Rubén Sánchez Mohedas |
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| 26 May 2017 | MoraBanc Andorra | 89–77 (Series: 1–1) |
Real Madrid | Andorra la Vella |
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| 20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 19–23, 34–20, 20–18 | |||
| Pts: Shermadini 19 Rebs: Shermadini 11 Asts: Albicy 8 PIR: Shermadini 25 |
Boxscore | Pts: Carroll, Nocioni 15 Rebs: Ayón 12 Asts: Llull 4 PIR: Ayón, Nocioni 16 |
Arena: Poliesportiu d'Andorra Attendance: 4,470 Referees: Benjamín Jiménez, José Ramón García Ortiz, Jacobo Rial |
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| 28 May 2017 | Real Madrid | 95–84 (Series: 2–1) |
MoraBanc Andorra | Madrid |
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| 19:15 | Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 19–21, 23–27, 26–18 | |||
| Pts: Llull 19 Rebs: Ayón 9 Asts: Fernández 5 PIR: Ayón 25 |
Boxscore | Pts: Shermadini 21 Rebs: Antetokounmpo, Shermadini 6 Asts: Albicy 7 PIR: Shermadini 22 |
Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 8,109 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Carlos Cortés, Fernando Calatrava |
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| Madrid won 2–0 in the regular season series |
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This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Real Madrid and MoraBanc Andorra.
| 20 May 2017 | Baskonia | 71–59 (Series: 1–0) |
Herbalife Gran Canaria | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 17–7, 17–21, 12–10, 25–21 | |||
| Pts: Hanga 17 Rebs: Hanga 8 Asts: Laprovíttola 7 PIR: Hanga 26 |
Boxscore | Pts: Aguilar 12 Rebs: O'Neale 11 Asts: McCalebb 5 PIR: Aguilar 19 |
Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 12,183 Referees: Antonio Conde, Carlos Cortés, Martín Caballero |
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| 25 May 2017 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 94–79 (Series: 1–1) |
Baskonia | Las Palmas |
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| 22:00 | Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 22–15, 22–21, 23–26 | |||
| Pts: O'Neale 20 Rebs: Aguilar, Planinić 7 Asts: Oliver 4 PIR: Báez 31 |
Boxscore | Pts: Larkin 17 Rebs: Diop 5 Asts: Larkin 4 PIR: Diop 18 |
Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 6,132 Referees: José Antonio Martín Bertrán, Fernando Calatrava, Jordi Aliaga |
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| 28 May 2017 | Baskonia | 73–71 (Series: 2–1) |
Herbalife Gran Canaria | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
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| 17:00 | Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 19–16, 17–18, 17–14 | |||
| Pts: Tillie 14 Rebs: Hanga 8 Asts: Beaubois, Laprovíttola 4 PIR: Voigtmann 18 |
Boxscore | Pts: Báez 18 Rebs: Báez, O'Neale 5 Asts: Báez 5 PIR: Báez 29 |
Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 10,638 Referees: Benjamín Jiménez, Carlos Peruga, Vicente Bultó |
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| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
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This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Baskonia winning three of the four meetings.
| Baskonia leads 3–1 in all-time playoff series |
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| 20 May 2017 | Valencia Basket | 83–61 (Series: 1–0) |
FC Barcelona Lassa | Valencia |
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| 18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 26–11, 22–15, 20–20 | |||
| Pts: Dubljević 16 Rebs: Sikma 9 Asts: San Emeterio 7 PIR: Sikma 17 |
Boxscore | Pts: Rice 14 Rebs: Tomić 6 Asts: Renfroe, Rice 3 PIR: Rice 11 |
Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 8,200 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Sergio Manuel, Rafael Serrano |
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| 25 May 2017 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 91–79 (Series: 1–1) |
Valencia Basket | Barcelona |
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| 20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 26–22, 26–13, 21–27, 18–17 | |||
| Pts: Renfroe 16 Rebs: Claver, Tomić 7 Asts: Perperoglou, Tomić 4 PIR: Renfroe 21 |
Boxscore | Pts: Sastre 17 Rebs: four players 3 Asts: Martínez 7 PIR: Martínez 23 |
Arena: Palau Blaugrana Attendance: 4,036 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Francisco José Araña, Jorge Martínez Fernández |
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| 27 May 2017 | Valencia Basket | 67–64 (Series: 2–1) |
FC Barcelona Lassa | Valencia |
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| 18:00 | Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 12–12, 18–21, 18–17 | |||
| Pts: San Emeterio 13 Rebs: Dubljević 15 Asts: Diot 6 PIR: San Emeterio 21 |
Boxscore | Pts: Rice 18 Rebs: Oleson, Perperoglou 7 Asts: Koponen, Tomić 3 PIR: Tomić 20 |
Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 8,400 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Antonio Conde, Luis Miguel Castillo |
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| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
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This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with FC Barcelona Lassa winning the previous four meetings.
| Barcelona leads 4–0 in all-time playoff series |
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| 21 May 2017 | Unicaja | 79–65 (Series: 1–0) |
Iberostar Tenerife | Málaga |
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| 12:30 | Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 25–17, 13–20, 22–11 | |||
| Pts: Eyenga 21 Rebs: Omić 8 Asts: Díaz 6 PIR: Eyenga 22 |
Boxscore | Pts: Kirksay 16 Rebs: Kirksay 6 Asts: San Miguel 5 PIR: Doornekamp 16 |
Arena: Martín Carpena Attendance: 7,883 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Luis Miguel Castillo, Andrés Fernández |
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| 26 May 2017 | Iberostar Tenerife | 73–67 (Series: 1–1) |
Unicaja | San Cristóbal de La Laguna |
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| 22:00 | Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 19–15, 20–18, 14–22 | |||
| Pts: Richotti 14 Rebs: Doornekamp 8 Asts: Richotti 5 PIR: Richotti 20 |
Boxscore | Pts: Smith 13 Rebs: Díez 7 Asts: Díaz 3 PIR: Díez 14 |
Arena: Santiago Martín Attendance: 5,144 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Vicente Bultó, Juan de Dios Oyón |
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| 28 May 2017 | Unicaja | 71–61 (Series: 2–1) |
Iberostar Tenerife | Málaga |
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| 21:30 | Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 19–16, 16–15, 20–20 | |||
| Pts: Nedović 15 Rebs: Omić 9 Asts: Smith 4 PIR: Suárez 20 |
Boxscore | Pts: Bogris 12 Rebs: Doornekamp 9 Asts: Richotti, White 5 PIR: Doornekamp 16 |
Arena: Martín Carpena Attendance: 7,387 Referees: José Antonio Martín Bertrán, Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Sergio Manuel |
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| Unicaja won 2–0 in the regular season series |
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This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Unicaja and Iberostar Tenerife.
Semifinals
edit- All times were in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
| 31 May 2017 | Real Madrid | 71–68 (Series: 1–0) |
Unicaja | Madrid |
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 18–18, 14–16, 19–18 | |||
| Pts: Llull 28 Rebs: Ayón, Mačiulis 6 Asts: Llull 6 PIR: Llull 27 |
Boxscore | Pts: Nedović 18 Rebs: Díez 7 Asts: Smith 6 PIR: Nedović 18 |
Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 9,039 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Vicente Bultó, Óscar Perea |
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| 2 June 2017 | Real Madrid | 101–72 (Series: 2–0) |
Unicaja | Madrid |
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 30–10, 22–16, 22–23 | |||
| Pts: Carroll 29 Rebs: Dončić 5 Asts: Dončić 6 PIR: Carroll 25 |
Boxscore | Pts: Fogg 12 Rebs: Díez 6 Asts: Smith 3 PIR: three players 7 |
Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 9,407 Referees: Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Benjamín Jiménez, Jordi Aliaga |
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| 4 June 2017 | Unicaja | 73–76 (Series: 0–3) |
Real Madrid | Málaga |
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| 18:30 | Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 19–20, 19–20, 21–25 | |||
| Pts: Nedović 14 Rebs: Brooks 11 Asts: Díaz, Fogg 4 PIR: Díaz 16 |
Boxscore | Pts: Randolph 13 Rebs: Ayón, Dončić 7 Asts: Llull 9 PIR: Ayón 17 |
Arena: Martín Carpena Attendance: 10,264 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Carlos Peruga, Fernando Calatrava |
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| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
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This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning two of the three meetings
| Madrid leads 2–1 in all-time playoff series |
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| 30 May 2017 | Baskonia | 82–83 (Series: 0–1) |
Valencia Basket | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 19–12, 23–25, 18–25 | |||
| Pts: Larkin 17 Rebs: four players 4 Asts: Larkin 8 PIR: Larkin 25 |
Boxscore | Pts: San Emeterio 24 Rebs: San Emeterio 7 Asts: Diot 5 PIR: San Emeterio 31 |
Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 9,312 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Antonio Conde, Luis Miguel Castillo |
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| 1 June 2017 | Baskonia | 90–70 (Series: 1–1) |
Valencia Basket | Vitoria-Gasteiz |
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 25–25, 20–16, 24–13 | |||
| Pts: Ledo 24 Rebs: Diop 8 Asts: Larkin 6 PIR: Hanga 29 |
Boxscore | Pts: Sato 18 Rebs: Sato 7 Asts: Diot 6 PIR: Sato 28 |
Arena: Fernando Buesa Arena Attendance: 9,671 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Carlos Peruga, Francisco José Araña |
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| 3 June 2017 | Valencia Basket | 75–69 (Series: 2–1) |
Baskonia | Valencia |
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| 19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 11–23, 27–16, 14–16 | |||
| Pts: Diot 16 Rebs: Dubljević 6 Asts: Diot 5 PIR: Diot 18 |
Boxscore | Pts: Larkin 16 Rebs: Diop 6 Asts: Larkin 5 PIR: Shengelia 13 |
Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 8,500 Referees: José Antonio Martín Bertrán, Carlos Cortés, Sergio Manuel |
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| 5 June 2017 | Valencia Basket | 85–77 (Series: 3–1) |
Baskonia | Valencia |
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 20–15, 19–20, 23–25 | |||
| Pts: San Emeterio 19 Rebs: Dubljević 7 Asts: Diot 10 PIR: San Emeterio 29 |
Boxscore | Pts: Larkin 19 Rebs: Shengelia 8 Asts: Ledo 5 PIR: Ledo 21 |
Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Benjamin Jiménez, Fernando Calatrava |
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| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
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This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Baskonia winning the previous three meetings.
| Baskonia leads 3–0 in all-time playoff series |
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Finals
edit- All times were in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
| 9 June 2017 | Real Madrid | 87–81 (Series: 1–0) |
Valencia Basket | Madrid |
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 22–22, 22–16, 22–22 | |||
| Pts: Llull 20 Rebs: Ayón. Reyes 6 Asts: Llull 4 PIR: Llull 22 |
Boxscore | Pts: Dubljević 19 Rebs: Dubljević 5 Asts: Diot 9 PIR: Dubljević, Sikma 20 |
Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 10,717 Referees: José Antonio Martín Bertrán, Antonio Conde, Carlos Peruga |
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| 11 June 2017 | Real Madrid | 79–86 (Series: 1–1) |
Valencia Basket | Madrid |
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| 18:30 | Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 19–15, 23–18, 15–25 | |||
| Pts: Llull 22 Rebs: Randolph 6 Asts: Llull 6 PIR: Llull, Reyes 17 |
Boxscore | Pts: Dubljević 20 Rebs: Dubljević 9 Asts: three players 4 PIR: Dubljević 22 |
Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 11,133 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Sergio Manuel |
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| 14 June 2017 | Valencia Basket | 81–64 (Series: 2–1) |
Real Madrid | Valencia |
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 25–19, 23–16, 22–13 | |||
| Pts: Thomas 16 Rebs: Dubljević, Sikma 6 Asts: Sikma 5 PIR: Dubljević 21 |
Boxscore | Pts: Llull 16 Rebs: Ayón, Dončić 8 Asts: Fernández 3 PIR: Ayón, Dončić 20 |
Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Benjamín Jiménez |
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| 16 June 2017 | Valencia Basket | 87–76 (Series: 3–1) |
Real Madrid | Valencia |
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| 20:30 | Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 29–11, 19–25, 20–20 | |||
| Pts: Sastre 19 Rebs: Dubljević 9 Asts: Sikma 4 PIR: Sastre 19 |
Boxscore | Pts: Llull 23 Rebs: Ayón 7 Asts: Llull 7 PIR: Llull 31 |
Arena: Fuente de San Luis Attendance: 8,500 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Antonio Conde, Carlos Peruga |
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| Madrid won 2–0 in the regular season series |
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This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous four meetings.
| Madrid leads 4–0 in all-time playoff series |
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References
edit- ^ "Calendario de fechas de la temporada 2016-17" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 22 July 2017. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ a b "El Real Madrid ya es matemáticamente de Playoff de la Liga Endesa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Real Madrid y Valencia Basket ya son cabezas de serie en el Playoff" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "El Baskonia ya es matemáticamente de Playoff de la Liga Endesa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "El Valencia Basket asegura matemáticamente su presencia en el Playoff" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Unicaja ya es equipo de Playoff Liga Endesa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 19 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "El Iberostar Tenerife ya es matemáticamente de Playoff de la Liga Endesa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "El FC Barcelona Lassa ya es equipo de Playoff Liga Endesa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "El Herbalife Gran Canaria ya está en el Playoff de la Liga Endesa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "El MoraBanc Andorra regresa al Playoff de la Liga Endesa" (in Spanish). ACB.com. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2017.