King’s Cup beads. Due to the different postponements, the situation for the Copa del Rey has been difficult to decipher for a few weeks, but with the recovery of certain matches the panorama seems simpler. 7 teams come together in just 2 victories, some teams with games to recover and 5 tickets for the appointment in Granada to assign. Cup Beads
So is the classification for the 7 teams involved in the fight for the Copa del Rey, with Real Madrid, Barça and Joventut already with their tickets mathematically:
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Objective 10 wins: No team will be left out of the Copa del Rey if it reaches 10 wins
We analyze the situation of the different teams one by one:
UCAM Murcia (9-6)
Average: +96
Matches to play: vsTEN (January 23, 12:30 p.m.) and @ZAR (January 26, 8:30 p.m.)
The Murcians are suffering from an outbreak of Covid-19 in recent times but their victory in the last match played against Gran Canaria has left them in an enviable position to be able to be in the Cup. If they don’t squander their average of +96 , even if they don’t win any of the two games they have left, they could be in the Copa del Rey, but they depend on themselves to be seeded (if they win both games and unless Valencia does too and achieves +45 more than them or beating Joventut). One more victory would put them in a mathematical way.
Valencia Basket (9-6)
Average: +52
Matches to play: vsGCA (January 22, 8:45 p.m.) and @TEN (January 30, 8:00 p.m.)
The taronjas added an important victory against Unicaja Málaga after falling to the Río Breogán and are in a favorable position to get into the Cup if they manage to overcome the outbreak that prevented them from playing this weekend against Barça. One more victory will make them be in the Copa del Rey. With their +52 they would benefit from numerous draws with the teams below them in the table except for those that can occur with the Breogán River (+58) although they would need one more win to avoid trouble. To be seeded, it would be enough for them to win the remaining two games as long as UCAM Murcia does not do the same or that they manage to win by 45 points or more than the Murcians do, in addition to seeing what would happen to Joventut and their 10 -5.
BAXI Manresa (9-6)
Average: +4
Games to play: vsOBR (January 19, 9:30 p.m.) and @AND (January 22, 6:00 p.m.)
The victory at the Palau was a key victory in BAXI Manresa’s aspirations to reach the Copa del Rey. With its short average (+4), the Manresa team would be disadvantaged in most of the draws that can occur, so to ensure its presence among the top 8, it must win one more game. If he stays at 9 wins, knowing that either Breogán or Baskonia (they face each other) are going to reach 9, it would depend on Lenovo Tenerife not reaching that figure, improving the average or Gran Canaria not making a 2-0 and considerably improved his -37.
Lenovo Tenerife (8-6)
Average: +16
Games to play: @UCAM (January 23, 12:30 p.m.), @BUR (January 27, 8:30 p.m.) and vsVBC (January 30, 8:00 p.m.)
They are going to be very important weeks for Lenovo Tenerife, which in just 15 days is going to play its pass to the next round of the BCL and its presence in the Copa del Rey. The team from Tenerife has already come out of an outbreak of Covid-19 that has affected most of its squad and now they will have to fight to win 2 of the 3 games that remain to be able to be in the Copa del Rey. If he only wins one of the 3 games and ends with a 9-8, his weak average could undermine him, especially in a tie with Río Breogán (+58) and we’ll see what would happen with Bitci Baskonia (+9). It could, yes, beat BAXI Manresa if the Manresans lose the 2 they have left. But the goal of Vidorreta’s men is clear: to win 2 more games. And watch out, if all 3 win, since two of their rivals are UCAM Murcia and Valencia Basket, they will be seeded.
Breogán River (8-7)
Average: +58
Games to play: vsBAS (January 19, 7:00 p.m.) and @OBR (January 23, 8:00 p.m.)
Both Río Breogán and Bitci Baskonia (next team to be analysed) depend on themselves to be in the Copa del Rey if they win the two remaining games, but they will face next Wednesday’s game between them as a final. The winner will know that by winning the other game he will be in the top 8 and the loser will need another kind of combinations to get into it. If Río Breogán scores 1-1, they will have to try to assert their +58 to overcome one of the teams that does not reach 10 wins (Lenovo Tenerife if it scores 1-2, BAXI Manresa/Valencia Basket if they lose both or Bitci Baskonia if it makes 1-1).
Battle of the Basque Country (8-7)
Average: +9
Matches to play: @BREO (January 19, 7:00 p.m.) and vsBUR (January 23, 5:00 p.m.)
The situation of Bitci Baskonia is more delicate because, although winning the 2 they will be in the Copa del Rey, with a 1-1 they could not make their average count to beat other teams with whom they can tie at 9 wins unless they improve it in these meetings (starting with the Breogán River, next Wednesday’s rival). If it stays at 9 wins, they would need Lenovo Tenerife to only win one of the remaining 3 (and recover +7 on average or lose all of them) or BAXI Manresa to lose the remaining two.
Gran Canaria (7-8)
Average: -37
Games to play: @VBC (January 22, 8:45 p.m.), vsOBR (January 29, 8:45 p.m.)
Postponed:
The situation of Gran Canaria is the most compromised of all those that are going to be presented here since, with its average and not being able to reach 10 wins, it depends on others to be able to have options. If he wins both games and does not significantly improve his -37, he would need the loser of Río Breogán – Bitci Baskonia to lose his other match and Lenovo Tenerife to lose the remaining 3 (or lose 2 and blow up his average). If he is able to put his average in positive, he could have some option to overtake BAXI Manresa if they lose 2. With just a win they would have some mathematical option but unrealistic in results and average (win by 50 and lose by 1 the other match) .
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