Columns, recaps and the week ahead — across the NBA, EuroLeague and every league we cover.

Eight games on Saturday and Sunday close the Liga ACB regular season. Real Madrid lead 26-3 at the top of the table, and the playoff seeding for spots two through eight is still moving.

Eighteen Bundesliga games across the week with Bayern clear at the top and the chase pack at Alba Berlin, Bamberg, and Bonn fighting for second through sixth.

The continental bracket reaches its semifinal stage with Monaco-Olympiacos, Hapoel Tel Aviv-Real Madrid, Zalgiris-Fenerbahce, and Panathinaikos-Valencia all decided across Tuesday and Wednesday.

Seven Lega A games on Sunday May 10 close the regular season. Virtus Bologna lead at 21-5, Brescia chase at 20-6, and the bracket below is still moving.

All four conference semifinals tip Tuesday and Wednesday. Here is the matchup-by-matchup read on Knicks-76ers, Thunder-Lakers, Cavaliers-Pistons, and Timberwolves-Spurs.

Eight games to watch May 5-10: Knicks-Sixers, Thunder-Lakers, two EuroLeague semis, and a Lega A round that decides the playoff field.

What we learned from the weekend that just was: Round 1's final games, the EuroLeague playoff squeeze, and the Lega A regular-season finish line.