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The moment we’ve all been waiting for is here. The 2022 EuroLeague Final Four is set to start in Belgrade. Barcelona, Olympiacos, Anadolu Efes, and Real Madrid will be battling for the prestigious EuroLeague trophy.

A lot has been said and written about the Final Four. What I want to add is an analytics view for Barcelona’s game against Real Madrid.

Regular season leaders Barcelona had a stressful series against Bayern Munich, with coach Trinchieri managing to lock down stars Nick Calathes and MVP Nikola Mirotic.

Spanish rivals Real Madrid, on the other hand, swept Maccabi. Many players performed better than they did during the regular season: Sergio Llull, Causeur, Hanga, Poirier, and Williams-Goss all stepped up.

Real Madrid is the team with the best defensive rating in the whole EuroLeague season. Offensively they have been just above average.

Barcelona has been amazing at both ends of the court. The Spanish side was the only team besides Olympiacos within the top four teams in the league – 3rd in offense and 4th in defense.

Barcelona is 1st in terms of offensive eG% among the whole league. Real Madrid is just 6th.

In terms of defensive eG%, Barcelona is 1st and Real Madrid is 2nd. Could this turn out to be a defensive battle?

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