# 2021 ACB Playoffs

The 2021 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2021 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, was the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2020–21 season, which began on 19 September 2020. The playoffs started on May 31 after the EuroLeague Final Four, which was played on May 28–30, and ended on June 15 before the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, which will be played on June 29–July 4.
TD Systems Baskonia was the defending champion which got knocked out by Valencia Basket in the quarterfinals. Barça claimed their 16th ACB title and their 19th Spanish title, ending a 7-year drought, by downing archrivals Real Madrid in Game 2 of the Finals. Barça swept the series and completed its first Spanish double (League and Cup titles) since 2011.

## Format

On May 4, 2021, ACB delayed the regular season ending calendar one week to play the postponed matches. With Barça's already qualified to the EuroLeague Final Four in Cologne, the playoffs will be played in best-of-three, instead of best-of-five as usual. Only if there had been no Spanish representation in the Final Four, the finals would have been played to best-of-five.
At the end of the regular season, the eight teams with the most wins qualified for the playoffs. The seedings were based on each team's record. The bracket was fixed; there was no reseeding. All rounds were best-of-three series; the series ended when one team won two games, and that team advanced to the next round. All rounds, including the Finals, were in a 1–1–1 format. Home court advantage went to the team with the better regular season record, and, if needed, ties were broken based on head-to-head record.

## Playoff qualifying

On March 16, 2021, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.
| Seed | Team | Record | Clinched | Clinched | Clinched |
| Seed | Team | Record | Playoff berth | Seeded team | Top seed |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 34–2 | March 16 | April 8 | May 20 |
| 2 | Barça | 32–4 | March 23 | April 14 | – |
| 3 | Lenovo Tenerife | 27–9 | April 4 | April 21 | – |
| 4 | Valencia Basket | 24–12 | April 25 | May 22 | – |
| 5 | TD Systems Baskonia | 23–13 | April 14 | – | – |
| 6 | Hereda San Pablo Burgos | 22–14 | April 28 | – | – |
| 7 | Joventut | 20–16 | May 11 | – | – |
| 8 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 18–18 | May 23 | – | – |

## Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding, the numbers to the right indicate the result of games including result in bold of the team that won in that game, and the numbers furthest to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 103 | 81 | – | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 79 | 75 | – | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 79 | 75 | – | 0 | 1 | Real Madrid | 81 | 67 | 80 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Valencia Basket | 70 | 85 | 77 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Valencia Basket | 87 | 65 | 78 | 2 | 4 | Valencia Basket | 70 | 85 | 77 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 5 | TD Systems Baskonia | 86 | 76 | 73 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | TD Systems Baskonia | 86 | 76 | 73 | 1 | | | | | | | 1 | Real Madrid | 75 | 73 | – | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Barça | 89 | 92 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Barça | 84 | 63 | 94 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Barça | 89 | 92 | – | 2 |
| 7 | Joventut | 74 | 72 | 73 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Joventut | 74 | 72 | 73 | 1 | 2 | Barça | 112 | 68 | 89 | 2 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | Lenovo Tenerife | 69 | 80 | 72 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Lenovo Tenerife | 86 | 92 | – | 2 | 3 | Lenovo Tenerife | 69 | 80 | 72 | 1 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Hereda San Pablo Burgos | 78 | 68 | – | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals

    All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

### Real Madrid v Herbalife Gran Canaria

Madrid won 2–0 in the regular season series :
11 October 2020
Boxscore
Herbalife Gran Canaria
65–90
Real Madrid
Gran Canaria Arena, Las Palmas
31 January 2021
Boxscore
Real Madrid
81–80
Herbalife Gran Canaria
WiZink Center, Madrid :
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous three meetings.
Madrid leads 3–0 in all-time playoff series :
2000
Real Madrid Teka
3–0
Canarias Telecom
2000 Quarterfinals
2015
Real Madrid
2–0
Herbalife Gran Canaria
2015 Quarterfinals
2018
Real Madrid
3–0
Herbalife Gran Canaria
2018 Semifinals :

### Barça v Joventut

Barça won 2–0 in the regular season series :
20 December 2020
Boxscore
Barça
88–74
Joventut
Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
28 February 2021
Boxscore
Joventut
62–80
Barça
Palau Municipal d'Esports, Badalona :
This was the 13th playoff meeting between these two teams, with Barça winning nine of the first 12 meetings.
Barça leads 9–3 in all-time playoff series :
1985
FC Barcelona
1–2
Ron Negrita Joventut
1985 Semifinals
1986
FC Barcelona
2–1
Ron Negrita Joventut
1986 Semifinals
1987
FC Barcelona
3–1
Ron Negrita Joventut
1987 Finals
1988
FC Barcelona
3–2
Ram Joventut
1988 Semifinals
1990
FC Barcelona
3–0
Ram Joventut Badalona
1990 Finals
1991
Montigalá Joventut
3–1
FC Barcelona
1991 Finals
1993
Marbella Joventut
3–2
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1993 Semifinals
1994
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
3–2
7Up Joventut
1994 Semifinals
1998
Festina Joventut
1–3
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1998 Quarterfinals
2008
DKV Joventut
0–2
AXA FC Barcelona
2008 Semifinals
2015
FC Barcelona
2–0
FIATC Joventut
2015 Quarterfinals
2019
Barça Lassa
2–0
Divina Seguros Joventut
2019 Quarterfinals :

### Lenovo Tenerife v Hereda San Pablo Burgos

Tenerife won 2–0 in the regular season series :
12 December 2020
Boxscore
Iberostar Tenerife
85–79
Hereda San Pablo Burgos
Santiago Martín, San Cristóbal de La Laguna
8 April 2021
Boxscore
Hereda San Pablo Burgos
86–98
Lenovo Tenerife
Coliseum Burgos, Burgos :
This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Lenovo Tenerife and Hereda San Pablo Burgos.

### Valencia Basket v TD Systems Baskonia

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series :
20 September 2020
Boxscore
TD Systems Baskonia
76–73
Valencia Basket
Buesa Arena, Vitoria-Gasteiz
24 January 2021
Boxscore
Valencia Basket
83–61
TD Systems Baskonia
La Fonteta, Valencia :
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with TD Systems Baskonia winning three of the first four meetings.
Baskonia leads 3–1 in all-time playoff series :
1991
Taugrés
2–0
Pamesa Valencia
1991 First round
2002
TAU Cerámica
3–1
Pamesa Valencia
2002 Quarterfinals
2008
TAU Cerámica
2–1
Pamesa Valencia
2008 Quarterfinals
2017
Baskonia
1–3
Valencia Basket
2017 Semifinals :

## Semifinals

    All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)

### Real Madrid v Valencia Basket

Tied 1–1 in the regular season series :
1 November 2020
Boxscore
Valencia Basket
78–86
Real Madrid
La Fonteta, Valencia
9 May 2021
Boxscore
Real Madrid
69–79
Valencia Basket
WiZink Center, Madrid :
This was the seventh playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning five of the first six meetings.
Madrid leads 5–1 in all-time playoff series :
1998
Real Madrid Teka
3–1
Pamesa Valencia
1998 Quarterfinals
2007
Real Madrid
3–1
Pamesa Valencia
2007 Quarterfinals
2015
Real Madrid
3–1
Valencia Basket
2015 Semifinals
2016
Real Madrid
3–1
Valencia Basket
2016 Semifinals
2017
Real Madrid
1–3
Valencia Basket
2017 Finals
2019
Real Madrid
3–0
Valencia Basket
2019 Semifinals :

### Barça v Lenovo Tenerife

Barça won 2–0 in the regular season series :
1 November 2020
Boxscore
Barça
81–74
Iberostar Tenerife
Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
22 May 2021
Boxscore
Lenovo Tenerife
72–96
Barça
Santiago Martín, San Cristóbal de La Laguna :
This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Barça and Lenovo Tenerife.

## Finals

    All times are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Tied 1–1 in the regular season series :
27 December 2020
Boxscore
Real Madrid
82–87
Barça
WiZink Center, Madrid
11 April 2021
Boxscore
Barça
85–87
Real Madrid
Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona :
This was the 20th playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning 10 of the first 19 meetings.
Madrid leads 10–9 in all-time playoff series :
1984
Real Madrid
2–1
FC Barcelona
1984 Finals
1986
Real Madrid
2–0
FC Barcelona
1986 Finals
1987
FC Barcelona
3–1
Real Madrid
1987 Semifinals
1988
FC Barcelona
3–2
Real Madrid
1988 Finals
1989
FC Barcelona
3–2
Real Madrid
1989 Finals
1992
Real Madrid Asegurator
2–0
FC Barcelona
1992 Quarterfinals
1994
Real Madrid Teka
3–0
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1994 Finals
1995
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
3–2
Real Madrid Teka
1995 Semifinals
1997
Real Madrid Teka
2–3
FC Barcelona Banca Catalana
1997 Finals
2000
FC Barcelona
2–3
Real Madrid Teka
2000 Finals
2001
FC Barcelona
3–0
Real Madrid
2001 Finals
2006
Winterthur FC Barcelona
3–1
Real Madrid
2006 Quarterfinals
2007
Real Madrid
3–1
Winterthur FC Barcelona
2007 Finals
2012
FC Barcelona Regal
3–2
Real Madrid
2012 Finals
2013
Real Madrid
3–2
FC Barcelona Regal
2013 Finals
2014
Real Madrid
1–3
FC Barcelona
2014 Finals
2015
Real Madrid
3–0
FC Barcelona
2015 Finals
2016
FC Barcelona Lassa
1–3
Real Madrid
2016 Finals
2019
Real Madrid
3–1
Barça Lassa
2019 Finals :