Tomorrow at the Bamberg is the 'end of the end'

FC Barcelona faces Lassa morning at the Palau Blaugrana (20.45) against Brose Baskets Bamberg German, on the penultimate day of the Top16, the most important game of the season, in which only you it is victory if you want to keep your options to be in the quarterfinals.

Xavi Pascual's team depends on itself to be in the next round, but victory is inevitable morning, like it should be on the last day on the track of Zalgiris Kaunas of Sarunas Jasikevicius.

All experts rated the F Group as 'death' and has lived up to its name. With two days, only CSKA Moscow is qualified for the quarter-finals; the Laboral Kutxa is one step and the next two places are five teams: Olympiakos, Khimki Moscow, FC Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Brose Bamberg, tied all six victories.

Barcelona could qualify for quarters if tomorrow expires at Bamberg by 10 points or more, if Real Madrid loses in Vitoria and Khimki does in his track to Olympiakos. Barca would be out of the playoff quarterfinals (best of five games) if you lose by four or more points and win Real Madrid and Khimki.

Barcelona lost by 74-70 in Bamberg and his career in the Top16 away from Palau has been very poor, with only one win, in extremis, on the trail of Real Madrid (86-87), but has only lost his track against Caja Laboral 78-81 after extra time.

Bamberg has a balance similar to that of Barcelona, ​​because of his track far has only added a victory in the complicated field of Olympiakos (72-77), and this causes the balance tilts in favor of tomorrow Pascual.

The leader of the Bundesliga, German team arrives at the Palau after winning three consecutive wins in the last three days before Zalgiris (75-73), Olympiakos (72-71) and Khimki (84-79).

Barcelona have doubt Juan Carlos Navarro, recovering from an elongation in the femoral biceps of his right leg, and Pascual late tomorrow decide if he can play. It also has safe low of Pau Ribas, recovering from a torn plantar fascia side of the left foot, particularly in the adductor muscle of his little finger, and Shane Lawal remains sidelined after being involved rupture of the lateral meniscus of the knee right.



The great time playing Tomas Satoransky and Justin Doellman, the shape recovery Ante Tomic and the intimidating power of Joey Dorsey and Samardo Samuels can be key factors in achieving the success that requires the team Xavi Pascual.

Andrea Brose Baskets Trinchieri is lower inside the Barcelona game, but his outside line is terrible, especially from the line of 6.75, with the Greek Nikos Zisis, the American Bradley Wanamaker and Darius Miller and Latvian Janis Strelnieks .

The first three are the directors of the German game and control the pace of the meetings, slowing the speed rival with a long, static game.

Trinchieri uses only seven men in their approach, with five holder clear formed by Brad Wanamaker basis, the 'engine' team and leading scorer (12.2 points on average); Greek Nikos Zizis escort; forward Darius Miller; Italian power forward Nicola Melli, its top rebounder (6.6 points on average), and the Croatian center Leon Radosevic, signed in November.

Latvian Janis Stelnieks is the relief of Wanamaker and German forward Daniel Theis (his second rebounder) is the replacement Melli. A young team with an average of 25 years with an average equal the Barcelona defense (78.6 points scored per game), while Barcelona's attack is higher (80.3 points vs. 77.5).

FC Barcelona coach Lassa, Xavi Pascual, stressed today that the meeting tomorrow against Brose Baskets Bamberg require them " a lot" because its rivals have been about to win more than one road game and ensured they will play "the end of the finals."

"It 's a new end, Iwould rather than a final. After the last three home games, Real Madrid , Olympiakos and CSKA lose do not know if it will be decisive, but the importance of victory is high and hope to achieve the environment we are having our fans in the Euroleague , "he assured.

"We have a few games playing all or nothing, especially in home games. Losing home tomorrow could represent losing the ability to move forward. A defeat could be definitive, but the team is ready to live this kind of situations" he added the coach.

On the potential of Bamberg he has warned. "Teams do not make the names of the club's players do templates and they play as a big team, with a lot of skill, good tactical game, good strategy and different things like their big men can shoot from three points. "

"They are very hard on defense, have good game creation as evidenced by the fact that they have six wins and six defeats like us", he has completed the technical.

On the possibilities of classification it has indicated that the teams are tied, as they depend on the results tomorrow and Friday.

"If you win -HA resumido- possibilities will open in a good percentage and losing the will close with a bad percentage."

"We depend solely on us, like some other team. Almost always considered that we are favorites in Palau, but when you start playing you do zero and Bamberg we will demand the same as Olympiakos, CSKA and Real Madrid ", he warned.