Spanish ACB Basketball Plays Off

June 5, 2007 on 1:38 pm | In Uncategorized |

FC Barcelona vs Akasvayu Gerona

FC Barcelona’s basketball team are currently in the eight-team end season of the Spanish ACB League, and as SM went to press, after an excellent win in game one, had just been beaten 85-70 in Gerona to see the series go to 1-1.

Game three was back here at the Palau on Friday night, while Game four is in Gerona on Sunday.

If the best-of-five series goes to a final match, then that will be back here in Barcelona, in all probability at 20.45 on Thursday May 31. but you should check www.fcbarcelona.com for confirmation. Should Barcelona make it through, their semi final opposition will probably be Tau Ceramica of Vitoria, who are currently 2-0 against Unicaja Malaga. The semi final dates are May 31 or June 1 iG1) June 2 or 3 (G2) June 7 or 8 (G3), and if needed June 9 or 10 (G4) and June 12 (G5).

Again, you will need to check the web for the exact times and dates nearer the day, with the basketball federation’s web generally being your best bet.

The basketball team form part of the same setup as the football team, and play just across the car park from the Camp Nou in the Palau Blaugrana, next to the club shop and the ice rink. Tickets tend to go for around 15 euros, and as we never tire of pointing out to our readers, it really is not a bad idea to check out a bit of hoops while you are in town. The quality is about as good as you could hope to see outside of the NBA, and atmosphere sure beats the hear-a-pin-drop Camp Nou.

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