Most important factors that will decide every EuroLeague playoff series / News - Basketnews.com

BasketNews expert Augustas Suliauskas focuses on the upcoming EuroLeague playoff series, analyzing key factors that might decide the whole series.

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The most-awaited time in European basketball is here - the only 3 weeks in the whole calendar year when we get to see the best European teams battling it out in the best-of-five series.

Winning a series is tough. The general belief is that the stronger team usually prevails, but it's not always like that.

Sometimes, it's about finding the other team's weaknesses and asking them if they can solve this problem now. If they don't do it in 5 games, their season is over.

That's precisely why the playoffs are beautiful. Which team can find more problems, and which can solve those faster?

I re-watched every regular season game between the quarterfinal opponents, and the critical points are clear. Let's walk through each of the four matchups.

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