The finish of the regular season could not be more exciting as most of the play-off seeds are still unknown and 3 teams are still in the race for the 8th place, a showdown for Saturday-evening is guaranteed.
Game on Friday:
20:45 Sparta – Racing
Games on Saturday:
20:30 Heffingen – Etzella
20:30 Telstar – T71
20:30 Contern – Musel Pikes
20:30 Amicale – Basket Esch
20:30 Résidence – Arantia
Race for the first place
Leader Résidence and second placed team Sparta can still finish the regular season first and earn home-court advantage for every play-off-series. Résidence can clinch the number one seed with a win against Arantia or with a loss by Sparta on Friday-evening. Sparta needs a win on Friday and a loss by Résidence on Saturday to finish first. Sparta will finish the season second with a loss on Friday or a win by Résidence, Etzella could catch them in points but Sparta earns the tie-breaker (direct comparison).
Places 3 – 6 are open
Places 3 to 6 will be decided between Etzella, Heffingen, Basket Esch and Arantia. Etzella is currently 3rd and has good cards to stay in this place as the team can only drop in the standings if it loses to Heffingen by more than 18 points! (The first game ended 92:75 for Etzella). On the other hand, Heffingen could potentially reach the 3rd place in the standings with a clear victory. A 3-team tie between Heffingen, Basket Esch and Arantia is also a possibility. In this 3-team tie, Esch is ranked first, Heffingen second and Arantia third.
Place 7 is locked
Amicale Steinsel is sitting in 7th spot with a 10:11 record, they are the only team locked in at one spot before game day 22. This means the team of coach Etienne Louvrier will play against Résidence or Sparta in the first play-off round.
Thrilling finish for place 8
The most enteratining question is who will finish 8th and make the play-offs and which 2 teams will go to the relegation group to play against Racing and Telstar.
Who qualifies for the 8th spot when?
Musel Pikes
–> The Musel Pikes will reach the 8th place with a win over Contern!
AB Contern
–> AB Contern reaches the 8th place with a win over the Musel Pikes and a loss by T71 at the same time.
T71 Dudelange
–> T71 reaches the 8th place with a win over Telstar and a win by Contern over the Musel Pikes!
The situation shows that the Musel Pikes are having the best chances of reaching the 8th place because the team has the qualification in its own hands while Contern and T71 need a win and help. All is set for a final showdown on the last game day!
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