FC Barcelona swept Turkish powerhouse team Galatasaray in three games.The first match at home had two faces. One with Carlos Arroyo in front of visitors putting things very difficult. (88-61). Barça won by a clear 84-63 with a great performance by Carlos Arroyo. The third, played in Turkey without Navarro but big plays by Marcelinho Huertas pushed Barcelona to the Final Four (75-78).
Real Madrid won the first two games of the series against Olympiacos Piraeus. In the third game Olympiacos fought back to stay in the series and won by a slim 2 points. Up next for Real Madrid is game four on April 23 away in Olympiacos, they will try to book their ticket to the Euroleague Final Four in May.
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!