With a 2-2-1 format, only in nine semifinal qualifiers, of the 64 played so far, have they started with a 0-1 partial of the series
In six of them, the team that struck first ended up winning (66.7%)
32 seasons, of the 37 that have experienced the Endesa League Playoff, have played the semifinals with the 2-2-1 format. That means a total of 64 playoffs, of which only nine lived in the first game the victory of the team that started the series with the home court factor against (0-1) as Joventut achieved with a superb performance by Kyle Guy
If we look at the precedents, that team that struck first has all the ballots to end up taking the victory at the end of the seriesgiven that six of those nine that experienced a 0-1 ended with a victory for the team that started winning (66.7%).
The most recent precedent dates from the 2016-2017 season, when Valencia Basket surprised Baskonia at home and sentenced in La Fonteta with a 1-3. The taronja team, after this victory, He also ended up winning the Final Playoff against Real Madrid, just like in the semifinalswith the court factor against.
After an initial 0-1, there has been a 0-3 opportunity (11.1%), four times a 1-3 (44.5%)2-3 (11.1%) and three times a 3-2 (33.3%).
Kyle Guy messes it up again
The great protagonist of these play-offs is Kyle Guy who has signed another great game nailing 8 triples against Real Madrid. He equals the fourth best mark in a Playoff game… When he had already made the second against Cazoo Baskonia.
Just Drazen Petrovic and he have managed to sign two games of at least 8 triples in the Endesa League Playoff.