2024 ACB Playoffs
The 2024 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2024 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, were the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2023–24 season, which began on 23 September 2023. The playoffs started on May 15 and ended on June 12.
Barça was the defending champion, but was eliminated in the semifinals after a 0–3 sweep by Real Madrid in a rematch of last year's finals, with Los Blancos winning a record-extending 37th title after another sweep against UCAM Murcia in the finals series.
Format
At the end of the regular season, the eight teams with the most wins qualify for the playoffs. The seedings are based on each team's record.The bracket is fixed; there is no reseeding. The quarterfinals are best-of-three series; the team that wins two games advances to the next round. This round is in a 1–1–1 format. From the semifinals onward, the rounds are best-of-five series; the team that wins three games advances to the next round. These rounds, including the Finals, are in a 2–2–1 format. Home court advantage in any round belong to the higher-seeded team.
Playoff qualifying
On March 24, 2024, Real Madrid became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.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.Source:
Quarterfinals
Unicaja">Baloncesto Málaga">Unicaja v Baxi Manresa">Bàsquet Manresa">Baxi Manresa
| Unicaja won 2–0 in the regular season series |
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning two out of the first four meetings.
| Tied 2–2 in all-time playoff series |
Real Madrid">Real Madrid Baloncesto">Real Madrid v Dreamland Gran Canaria">CB Gran Canaria">Dreamland Gran Canaria
| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous five meetings.
| Madrid leads 5–0 in all-time playoff series |
Barça">FC Barcelona Bàsquet">Barça v Lenovo Tenerife">CB Canarias">Lenovo Tenerife
| Barça won 2–0 in the regular season series |
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Barça winning the previous meeting.
| Barça leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series |
[Valencia Basket] v UCAM Murcia">UCAM Murcia CB">UCAM Murcia
| Valencia won 2–0 in the regular season series |
This was the first meeting in the playoffs between Valencia Basket and UCAM Murcia.
Semifinals
Unicaja">Baloncesto Málaga">Unicaja v UCAM Murcia">UCAM Murcia CB">UCAM Murcia
| Unicaja won 2–0 in the regular season series |
This was the first playoff meeting between Unicaja and UCAM Murcia.
Real Madrid">Real Madrid Baloncesto">Real Madrid v Barça">FC Barcelona Bàsquet">Barça
| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
This was the 23rd playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning 11 out of the first 22 meetings.
| Tied 11–11 in all-time playoff series |
Finals
| Tied 1–1 in the regular season series |
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with Real Madrid winning the previous meeting.
| Madrid leads 1–0 in all-time playoff series |