| ACB Playoffs | |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Country: | Spain |
| Dates: | 24 May–19 June 2022 |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Defending Champions: | Barça |
| Winners: | Real Madrid 14th ACB title 36th Spanish title |
| Second: | Barça |
| Semifinal1: | Joventut |
| Semifinal2: | Bitci Baskonia |
| Matches: | 21 |
| Prev Season: | 2021 |
| Next Season: | 2023 |
The 2022 ACB Playoffs, also known as 2022 Liga Endesa Playoffs for sponsorship reasons, is the postseason tournament of the ACB's 2021–22 season, which began on 18 September 2021. The playoffs started on May 24 after the EuroLeague Final Four, which was played on May 19–21, and ended on June 19. Barça was the defending champion, but lost the finals series 1–3 to Real Madrid, who won a record 36th title (14th in the ACB era), ending a 3-year drought after their last triumph in 2019.
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.
On April 10, 2022, Barça became the first team to clinch a playoff spot.[1]
| Seed | Team | Record | Clinched | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff berth | Seeded team | Top seed | ||||
| 1 | 27–7 | April 10 | April 27 | May 7[2] | ||
| 2 | 25–9 | April 23[3] | May 8[4] | – | ||
| 3 | 23–11 | April 23[5] | May 10[6] | – | ||
| 4 | 22–12 | April 23[7] | May 14[8] | – | ||
| 5 | 21–13 | April 30[9] | – | – | ||
| 6 | 20–14 | May 8[10] | – | – | ||
| 7 | 20–14 | April 24[11] | – | – | ||
| 8 | 17–17 | May 14[12] | – | – | ||
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.
All times are in Central European Summer Time
All times are in Central European Summer Time
All times are in Central European Summer Time
This was the 21st playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning 10 out of the first 20 meetings.