2024 ACB Playoffs

Spanish basketball postseason tournament
2024 ACB Playoffs
Tournament details
Country Spain
Dates15 May–17 June 2024
Teams8
Defending championsBarça
Tournament statistics
Matches played4
Attendance31,317 (7,829 per match)
All statistics correct as of 18 May 2024.
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The 2024 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2024 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, are the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2023–24 season, which began on 23 September 2023. The playoffs started on May 15 and will end on June 17 at the latest.[1][2]

Barça is the defending champion.

Format

At 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.[3]

The bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. The quarterfinals are best-of-three series; the team that wins two games 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 wins three games 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.[2][3]

Playoff qualifying

On March 24, 2024, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.[4]

Seed Team Record Clinched
Playoff berth Seeded team Top seed
1 Unicaja 28–6 April 7[5] April 20 May 12[6]
2 Real Madrid 28–6 March 24[4] April 14[7]
3 Barça 23–11 April 20[8] May 5[9]
4 Valencia Basket 21–13 May 4[10] May 12[11]
5 UCAM Murcia 21–13 May 5[12]
6 Lenovo Tenerife 21–13 May 5[13]
7 Dreamland Gran Canaria 20–14 April 27[14]
8 Baxi Manresa 19–15 May 12[15]

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                      
1 Unicaja 87 1
8 Baxi Manresa 79 0
 
 
4 Valencia Basket 86 0
5 UCAM Murcia 96 1
 
 
2 Real Madrid 105 73 2
7 Dreamland Gran Canaria 70 71 0
2 Real Madrid
 
3 Barça 96 1
6 Lenovo Tenerife 86 0

Quarterfinals

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Unicaja v Baxi Manresa

Unicaja v Baxi Manresa
16 May 2024 Unicaja 87–79
(Series: 1–0)
Baxi Manresa Málaga
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 16–16, 18–16, 35–23
Pts: Kalinoski 11
Rebs: Kravish 6
Asts: Kalinoski 7
PIR: Ejim, Kalinoski 17
Boxscore Pts: Robinson 15
Rebs: Robinson 9
Asts: three players 4
PIR: Oriola 23
Arena: Martín Carpena
Attendance: 10,443
Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Martín Caballero, Francisco Araña
Baxi Manresa v Unicaja
21 May 2024 Baxi Manresa vs. Unicaja Manresa
20:30
Boxscore Arena: Nou Congost
Unicaja v Baxi Manresa
25 May 2024 Unicaja vs. Baxi Manresa Málaga
18:00
Boxscore Arena: Martín Carpena
Regular season series
Unicaja won 2–0 in the regular season series
2 December 2023
Boxscore
Unicaja 91–77 Baxi Manresa
7 April 2024
Boxscore
Baxi Manresa 77–88 Unicaja

This is the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning two out of the first four meetings.

Previous playoff series
Tied 2–2 in all-time playoff series

Real Madrid v Dreamland Gran Canaria

Real Madrid v Dreamland Gran Canaria
15 May 2024 Real Madrid 105–70
(Series: 1–0)
Dreamland Gran Canaria Madrid
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 19–13, 31–15, 28–17
Pts: Musa 26
Rebs: Campazzo, Poirier 5
Asts: Campazzo 7
PIR: Musa 28
Boxscore Pts: Shurna 12
Rebs: four players 4
Asts: Bassas 5
PIR: Salvó 19
Arena: WiZink Center
Attendance: 7,516
Referees: Fernando Calatrava, Carlos Cortés, Alberto Sánchez Sixto
Dreamland Gran Canaria v Real Madrid
17 May 2024 Dreamland Gran Canaria 71–73
(Series: 0–2)
Real Madrid Las Palmas
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 15–18, 25–17, 13–13
Pts: Shurna 19
Rebs: Salvó 8
Asts: Bassas 4
PIR: Shurna 18
Boxscore Pts: Tavares 13
Rebs: Tavares 8
Asts: Campazzo 5
PIR: Tavares 20
Arena: Gran Canaria Arena
Attendance: 6,382
Referees: Carlos Peruga, Javier Torres, Vicente Martínez
Regular season series
Tied 1–1 in the regular season series
10 December 2023
Boxscore
Real Madrid 97–71 Dreamland Gran Canaria

This is the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous five meetings.

Previous playoff series
Madrid leads 5–0 in all-time playoff series

Barça v Lenovo Tenerife

Barça v Lenovo Tenerife
19 May 2024 Barça 96–86
(Series: 1–0)
Lenovo Tenerife Barcelona
12:30 Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 22–30, 22–26, 24–14
Pts: Parker 23
Rebs: Parra 7
Asts: Rubio 10
PIR: Parker 26
Boxscore Pts: Guy 34
Rebs: Guerra 9
Asts: Huertas 10
PIR: Guy 29
Arena: Palau Blaugrana
Attendance: 6,033
Referees: Benjamín Jiménez, Luis Miguel Castillo, Yasmina Alcaraz
Barça v Lenovo Tenerife
26 May 2024 Barça vs. Lenovo Tenerife Barcelona
12:30
Boxscore Arena: Palau Blaugrana
Regular season series
Barça won 2–0 in the regular season series
12 November 2023
Boxscore
Barça 94–83 Lenovo Tenerife

This will be the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Barça winning the previous meeting.

Previous playoff series
Barça leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series

Valencia Basket v UCAM Murcia

Valencia Basket v UCAM Murcia
18 May 2024 Valencia Basket 86–96
(Series: 0–1)
UCAM Murcia Valencia
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 25–27, 19–17, 29–31
Pts: Davies 19
Rebs: Davies 10
Asts: Jones 8
PIR: Davies 24
Boxscore Pts: Radebaugh 24
Rebs: Diagne 11
Asts: Caupain, Sant-Roos 5
PIR: Radebaugh 30
Arena: La Fonteta
Attendance: 6,976
Referees: Óscar Perea, Sergio Manuel, Arnau Padrós
Regular season series
Valencia won 2–0 in the regular season series
10 December 2023
Boxscore
UCAM Murcia 77–85 Valencia Basket
24 March 2024
Boxscore
Valencia Basket 83–82 UCAM Murcia

This will be the first meeting in the playoffs between Valencia Basket and UCAM Murcia.

Semifinals

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

Unicaja/Manresa v Valencia/Murcia

Real Madrid v Barça/Tenerife

Finals

All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
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7, 8 or 9 June 2024 vs.
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9, 10 or 11 June 2024 vs.
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12 or 13 June 2024 vs.
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14 or 15 June 2024 vs.
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16 or 17 June 2024 vs.

References

  1. ^ "¿Cómo será el Playoff Liga Endesa? | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 3 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Calendario del Playoff 2024 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Normas internas" (PDF). www.acb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b "El Real Madrid, al Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Unicaja, al Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 7 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Unicaja 93 - Zunder Palencia 69 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Deck vuelve a decidir con un triple en los últimos segundos". www.realmadrid.com (in Spanish). 14 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  8. ^ "El Barça ya es equipo de Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 20 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Las cuentas del Playoff (2) | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 5 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Valencia B, 5º clasificado Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 4 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  11. ^ "MoraBanc Andorra-Valencia BC (99-71 | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  12. ^ "UCAM Murcia, equipo de Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 5 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Lenovo Tenerife, a Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 5 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Dreamland GC es equipo de Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 27 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  15. ^ "BAXI Manresa, al Playoff | ACB.COM". www.acb.com (in Spanish). 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

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