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With the EuroLeague's regular season over, it is time for playoffs predictions. Basketnews have arranged multiple notable past and present EuroLeague players to give their own opinions about the upcoming matchups.

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First of them - Zalgiris Kaunas center Joffrey Lauvergne. He shared his predictions with the European audience and provided one unexpected winner.

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The Quarterfinals

FC Bayern Munich vs. FC Barcelona. Munich had a great season again, but I believe FC Barcelona is much stronger. I predict 3-1 for Barcelona.

Real Madrid vs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv. Real are now playing, like everybody knows, a little worse than they are used to. Maccabi have been good recently. Wow, this one is tough.

You know what? I will put Maccabi through. Real are not at their best, and I would like to see Maccabi in the Final Four again. Maccabi 3-2.

AX Armani Exchange Milan vs. Anadolu Efes Istanbul. Can you believe it? This matchup in the Playoffs is crazy. Efes are also not playing their best, but I'll still put Efes through. If they do everything right, they are just too good. They are the same team as last year, this year they're struggling a little bit more.

I still believe in them. If they want to turn the engine on, they will. They're still the best team in Europe. Efes 3-2 as well.

Olympiacos Piraeus vs. AS Monaco. Monaco are playing great. I believe the Olympiacos team has more experience, they also have a big advantage of playing in front of their home fans.

They have the home-court advantage. I predict 3-2. I believe it will go until the end, but I'm seeing Olympiacos.

The Semifinals

It's insane to have a season that is that long and play only one game. The teams prepare for the games and so on, but so much can happen in one game.

I'm going to pretend that we play the semifinal games through a couple of matches. I would say Barcelona will beat Maccabi, and Efes will beat Olympiacos.

The Finals

Nobody really wants to play these games. I will put Maccabi as the winners of the 3rd place. For the big final, let's put Barcelona. For the same reason - they had a great season, they are well-prepared to get the revenge from last year.

The final is once again Barcelona against Efes, and Barcelona now wins.

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