In the 86 NBA the final was won by the fearsome Boston Celtics to the rhythm of a great Bird, excellently seconded by McHale, surpassing Houston Rockets led by their twin towers Olajuwon & Sampson, by 4-2
In the ACB of 86 the two eternal rivals, Real Madrid against Barcelona, came face to face and the whites won their third consecutive league 2-0. The ACB in its third year of life only knew one champion, Real Madrid
After the first two rounds were classified the same as the previous year with the exception of a Zalgiris Kaunas led by the great Arvidas Sabonis. In addition the Lithuanians entered the competition with strength because they were able to reach the grand final but this is later
In 1986, the cup was held in Barcelona, at the Palau, where Real Madrid held their second consecutive cup, beating Joventut (87-79) in the final, which had just beaten Barcelona in the semi-finals
In 1986 the Cup Winners’ Cup final was played by Barcelona and Scavolini in the city of Caserta. The Italians were playing in their country, but they could do little against a Barcelona team that proved to be superior (101-86)
In 1986 the Korac was an Italian thing. It was a very evenly matched final, where Roma won both games by a narrow margin, where the chorus of the Romans overcame the attack of a more ill-advised Oscar Schmidt
In the summer of 1985 the EuroBasket was held in Stuttgart, where the Soviet Union, after the boycott suffered a year earlier in Los Angeles, swept Czechoslovakia in the final by 120-89
In the NBA of 1985 the final of the previous year was repeated, but this time with a different winner, with the Angeles Lakers beating the Boston Celtics 4-2. Despite the good work of McHale and Bird, in the end the Magic-Worthy-Abdul-Jabbar trident won with solvency
The ACB of 85 returns to win the league Real Madrid, beating in the final this time to Joventut Badalona by a tight (2-1). Villacampa led the green-black but in the end gave in to Jackson and Fernando Martin
In the preliminary phase, teams such as Panathinaikos, Limoges and Efes Pilsen were left by the wayside. There are only six places in the regular league and everyone wants to be there. Petrovic’s Cibona burst with force in the European Cup and a big one like Real Madrid returns to show its best version to be in the top
The 1985 Cup was held in Badalona, where Real Madrid beat Joventut in the final (90-76). The whites won in a solvent way what was their first cup of the ACB era, Joventut never had a real chance to win
