Sunday’s EuroLeague season ends with only one game on the schedule, and that changes the Fantasy Challenge completely. With the third-place game removed, the final between Olympiacos and Real Madrid is the only matchup to build around, and the player pool has narrowed to names from those two clubs alone.
That matters because the shape of this final is unusual. Real Madrid is down nearly all of its centers because of injury, while the guards on both teams do not inspire much confidence. The forwards, by contrast, are in elite form. That puts the spotlight on Sasha Vezenkov and Tyler Dorsey for Olympiacos and on Real Madrid’s most reliable frontcourt options, especially in a game where size and scoring touch may decide fantasy value as much as the result itself.
Vezenkov, listed at 17.0 credits, comes into the final with the strongest ceiling on the board, but his path has not been smooth. In the semifinal against Fenerbahce, he had a first-half struggle before finding his rhythm in the third period. Olympiacos needed that surge after a game that was tight for stretches, and it was Dorsey who helped set the tone early with the 12-0 start that put Fenerbahce on the back foot. Dorsey is priced at 9.9 credits, and his role in that burst gives him a clear fantasy case if Olympiacos can control the tempo again.
The same semifinal also explained why fantasy managers are being pushed toward the forwards. The guards did not offer much trust, but the frontcourt production was strong enough to swing the game. The source says Olympiacos must win the EuroLeague title for Vezenkov to have any chance at Final Four MVP, a reminder of how central he remains to everything the team does. He has already been described as the Scoring Champion and the season MVP, with the Final Four award the only major honor still out of reach.
Real Madrid arrives with a different profile and a thinner big-man rotation. That makes the matchup harder to project, especially after its semifinal against Valencia produced mixed guard returns. Theo Maledon posted 15 PIR in 16 minutes, while Feliz delivered 17 PIR, 15 points and eight assists in 20 minutes and finished as the guard with the highest PIR on Real Madrid in that game. Those numbers help explain why Madrid’s backcourt cannot be dismissed outright, but they also underline how uneven the position has been from a fantasy standpoint.
The last time Olympiacos reached this stage, it left with a painful memory. In the 2023 Final, Dorsey was part of a side that lost the championship game, and he was pointed to as a player who needed to avoid a repeat of that heartbreak. This time, Olympiacos went through Monaco in the Playoffs before arriving at the Final Four, then leaned on Dorsey’s quick start and Vezenkov’s recovery from a slow opening half to reach Sunday with momentum. For fantasy players, that history adds pressure, but it also gives shape to the safest picks: the forwards are carrying the form, the guards are too volatile, and the final may come down to which team gets more out of its front line when the margin shrinks.
That is why the final is more than a one-game championship. For fantasy managers, it is a rare slate where the structure of the competition, the injury report and the form guide all point in the same direction. Olympiacos Vs Real Madrid is not just the title game on Sunday. It is a final built for forwards, and the smartest lineups will probably reflect that.
