In a battle between legendary sports rivals, FC Barcelona took a decisive step to reach the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs by downing Real Madrid 76-81 at WiZink Center on Thursday. Barcelona improved to 21-8 in the standings and would mathematically punch its playoffs tickets if either Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul or Zalgiris Kaunas lose on Friday. Meanwhile, Real dropped to 17-12 but remains in the playoffs zone.