Turkish teams vs Greek teams

 

On the beside the previous evening of the longest, most extraordinary general season ever, the initial two pairings for the 2016-2017 Turkish Airlines Euroleague playoffs are presently certain.

One of those affirmed best-of-five arrangement will be fourth-put Panathinaikos Superfoods (19-11) versus fifth-put Fenerbahçe (18-12).

Obviously, that implies that Fenerbahçe head mentor Zeljko Obradovic will confront the club he prompted five Euroleague titles, denoting his first playoffs matchup ever against Panathinaikos.

Anadolu Efes (17-12) have as of now secured 6th place and will coordinate in the playoffs against third-put Olympiacos. Those two clubs have been down the playoff street together some time recently, going to amusement five in 2013 preceding Olympiacos won while in transit to its second Euroleague title consecutively.

In the mean time, Euroleague scoring lord Juan Carlos Navarro of FC Barcelona Lassa added another plume to his top when he scored the 4,000th purpose of his distinguished Euroleague profession.

Navarro did as such in the second from last quarter of his group's last session of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague season at the Ülker Sports Arena in Istanbul against Fenerbahçe in Round 30 of the normal season.

The scoring extraordinary hit a blur away jumper with 5:45 staying in the second from last quarter to stem a four-minute scoring dry spell for Barcelona, which in the long run lost the amusement, 68-65, after additional time.

The 36-year-old Navarro long back solidified his status as a Barcelona legend, the club he has played every one of the 16 periods of his Euroleague profession with.

The 4,000-point development is quite recently the most recent in a not insignificant rundown of honors and accomplishments Navarro has caught over his vocation. Navarro is a two-time Euroleague champion, the 2008-2009 Euroleague MVP and the 2010 Euroleague Final Four MVP.

He has played in seven Euroleague Final Fours and has been named to the All-Euroleague First Team a record five times notwithstanding a couple of All-Euroleague Second Team gestures. He has additionally helped Barcelona to eight Spanish League crowns, six Spanish Copa del Reys and the 1999 Korac Cup. Navarro was an individual from the considerable Spanish national group that won the 2006 big showdown and gold decorations at EuroBasket 2009 and 2011. He likewise has two Olympic silver awards, an Olympic bronze decoration, two EuroBasket silvers and one EuroBasket bronze.