The Real Madrid triumphed over Unicaja 89-87 in their debut in the Liga Endesa with a contradictory offensive performance. They shot 26 three-pointers with only six successful (23.1%), but scored 89 points and generated 116.4 points for every hundred possessions. The key lay in an attack based on rhythm, penetration, and offensive rebounding.
The Matchday 2 of the Liga Endesa arrives filled with uncertainty regarding physical condition. Tyler Kalinoski, Tomas Dimsa, and Kur Kuath are the main doubts, while several teams finalize recoveries and others confirm debuts of last-minute signings.
The EuroLeague concludes its first double week with a third round spread over Thursday and Friday. A total of ten matches are scheduled across both dates, with all four Spanish teams participating and two of them seeking their first victory of the season.
The Euroleague returns just five days after its kickoff with a round 2 full of decisive matches. The four Spanish representatives —Valencia, Baskonia, Real Madrid, and Barcelona— play on the same Tuesday, with the derby between Valencia and Baskonia as the highlight and a Barcelona team visiting Dubai without its three new interior players.
Real Madrid, the Super Cup champion six days ago, faces its first game of the 2026-27 Euroleague against Dubai Basketball at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai on Thursday, September 24 at 18:00 (Movistar Plus+). An immediate rematch after the semifinal in Abu Dhabi, where the whites won in overtime before claiming the title against Olympiacos.
The Euroleague 2026-27 kicks off at the Palau Blaugrana with one of the highlights of the opening day. On Thursday, September 24, at 20:30, Barça will face Anadolu Efes in a clash between two clubs with a history of Final Fours, both having almost completely rebuilt their rosters after a season to forget.
The Baskonia of Paolo Galbiati opens the 2026-27 Euroleague on Thursday, September 24th at 20:30 in the Fernando Buesa Arena against Olympiacos, the reigning champion of Europe. The team from Vitoria arrives weakened in the paint after the injury of Alex Len, leaving Kenneth Faried as the only available natural five.
The Valencia Basket travels to Istanbul on Friday, September 25, to face Besiktas in the opening round of the Euroleague. The orange team, which reached the Final Four last season, is up against a rival that returns to the top European competition after twelve years of absence and has been very active in the transfer market.
The last two champions of the EuroLeague face off in the first semifinal of the SuperCup in Abu Dhabi. Olympiacos, the reigning champion, and Fenerbahce, the champion in 2025, arrive with radically different market strategies after a summer of profound changes.
The men's team returns to competition this Friday at 21:00 at the Príncipe Felipe in Zaragoza to face Portugal in the debut of the second qualifying phase for the 2027 World Cup in Qatar. The match marks the international debut of Aday Mara and Baba Miller.
Keys, date, and times of the grand final for the European title: can Sergio Scariolo's team add its 12th championship?