2008 Euroleague Final Four

2008 Euroleague Final Four

Season	2007–08 Euroleague
Tournament details
Arena	Palacio de Deportes Madrid, Spain
Dates	May 2, – May 4, 2008
Final positions
Champions	CSKA Moscow (6th title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Third place	Montepaschi Siena
Fourth place	Baskonia
Awards and statistics
MVP	Trajan Langdon
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The 2008 Euroleague Final Four was the final phase Euroleague Final Four tournament of the Euroleague 2007–08 season, featuring four teams that survived a 14-game Regular Season, 6 games in the Top 16 phase, and a best-of-three quarterfinal. It was played on May 2 and May 4 in Madrid at the Community of Madrid Sports Palace.

As in previous years, the EuroLeague Final Four involved four games. The first day featured the two semifinal matches. The final day started with the third-place game between the semifinal losers, followed by the EuroLeague Final.

The EuroLeague champions were Russian power CSKA Moscow. They established new records for the EuroLeague era, with their sixth consecutive Final Four appearance, and third consecutive final game appearance. The title, their sixth overall, put them second in all-time European titles to Real Madrid. CSKA's Trajan Langdon was named EuroLeague Final Four MVP.

Arena[edit]

The host venue was the 15,000 capacity Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid. Opened in 2005, it stands on the site of a previous arena that was built in 1960, and destroyed by fire in 2001.

Final four[edit]

Bracket[edit]

	Semi-finals				Final
	May 2, Madrid
	Montepaschi Siena	85
					May 4, Madrid
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	92
					Maccabi Tel Aviv	77
	May 2, Madrid
					CSKA Moscow	91
	Baskonia	79
	CSKA Moscow	83
					Third place
					May 4, Madrid
					Montepaschi Siena	97
					Baskonia	93

Semifinals[edit]

Montepaschi Siena - Maccabi Tel Aviv[edit]

May 2 18:00

(Report)

Montepaschi Siena	85–92	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Scoring by quarter: 20-8, 25-25, 19-28, 21-31
Pts: McIntyre 26 Rebs: Sato 11 Asts: McIntyre 5		Pts: Garcia 19 Rebs: Morris 7 Asts: Bynum 7

Palacio de Deportes, Madrid Attendance: 13,480 Referees: Jungebrand (FIN), Hierrezuelo (ESP), Dozai (CRO)

Game Stats, 1st semi-final
Montepaschi Siena

#	Player	Min played	Points				Rebounds			Other Statistics			Blocks		Fouls
			FT	2FG	3FG	TOT	Off	Def	TOT	Assists	Steals	Turnovers	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv
4	Simone Berti	DNP
5	Terrell McIntyre	29:36	6/6	1/1	6/14	26	2	2	4	5	1	1	-	-	3	6
6	Vlado Ilievski	15:53	-	1/4	1/4	5	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	1
8	Benjamin Eze	11:14	-	1/2	-	2	1	1	2	-	1	2	-	1	3	-
9	Marco Carraretto	06:47	-	-	0/2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
10	Romain Sato	37:36	10/10	2/7	1/4	17	4	7	11	-	3	-	-	1	3	7
11	Bootsy Thornton	32:48	1/2	3/4	1/7	10	1	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	3	3
12	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	24:50	3/4	7/11	0/4	17	1	1	2	-	1	3	-	1	5	5
13	Rimas Kaukėnas	DNP
14	Tomas Ress	DNP
16	Drake Diener	10:11	-	-	1/6	3	2	1	3	1	1	-	-	-	4	1
19	Hector Romero	02:53	-	0/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	/ Shaun Stonerook	28:12	-	1/2	1/4	5	1	5	6	1	3	1	1	-	4	2
	TEAM	200:00	20/22	16/32	11/45	85	15	21	36	10	10	7	1	4	25	25

Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters

Maccabi Tel Aviv

#	Player	Min played	Points				Rebounds			Other Statistics			Blocks		Fouls
			FT	2FG	3FG	TOT	Off	Def	TOT	Assists	Steals	Turnovers	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv
4	Will Bynum	21:58	4/5	3/7	1/3	13	1	3	4	7	-	1	-	-	3	4
5	Marcus Fizer	DNP
6	/ Derrick Sharp	23:42	6/6	1/1	3/4	17	1	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	3	2
7	Nikola Vujčić	14:38	0/1	1/6	-	2	3	1	4	1	1	3	-	1	4	4
8	Lior Eliyahu	16:42	-	4/5	-	8	-	6	6	2	-	-	1	-	2	1
9	Terence Morris	25:23	-	5/7	1/2	13	1	6	7	1	2	2	-	-	1	2
10	Tal Burstein	05:49	-	-	0/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
11	Omri Casspi	04:29	-	0/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
12	Alex Garcia	26:42	9/10	2/3	2/4	19	-	3	3	1	-	2	-	-	4	7
13	/ David Blu	25:52	-	1/3	3/5	11	1	3	4	1	-	2	2	-	4	2
14	Vonteego Cummings	04:29	-	-	0/1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Esteban Batista	05:34	0/2	1/3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	2
21	Yotam Halperin	24:42	-	2/2	1/2	7	1	1	2	4	1	2	-	-	1	-
22	Gal Mekel	DNP
33	Regev Fanan	DNP
	TEAM	200:00	19/24	20/38	11/22	92	12	28	40	17	4	15	4	1	26	24

Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters

Baskonia – CSKA Moscow[edit]

Baskonia v CSKA Moscow

May 2	Baskonia	79–83	CSKA Moscow	Palacio de Deportes, Madrid
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 20-20, 19-13, 17-24, 23-26
	Pts: Rakočević 19 Rebs: McDonald, Prigioni 6 Asts: Prigioni 3	Report	Pts: Šiškauskas, Andersen 16 Rebs: Smodiš 6 Asts: JR Holden 3	Attendance: 13,480 Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Koukoulekidis (GRE), Ankarali (TUR)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 8 Igor Rakočević 19 1 1 SG 10 Zoran Planinić 17 1 4 SF 12 Mirza Teletović 13 1 0 PF 33 Pete Mickeal 5 1 0 C 45 Will McDonald 9 6 0 Reserves: G 5 Pablo Prigioni 3 6 3 G 6 Ander García DNP G/F 9 Sergi Vidal 3 1 0 PF 11 Lucho Fernández DNP SF 13 Simas Jasaitis DNP F 15 James Singleton 0 0 0 PF 20 Martín Buesa DNP C 21 Tiago Splitter 17 3 1 C 30 Gabe Muoneke DNP Head coach: Neven Spahija

Baskonia CSKA Moscow

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 J.R. Holden 15 1 3 SG 21 Trajan Langdon 9 3 1 SF 9 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 16 2 1 PF 8 Matjaž Smodiš 14 6 0 C 13 David Andersen 16 4 1 Reserves: F 4 Theo Papaloukas 10 4 0 G 6 Nikos Zisis 0 1 0 G 11 Zakhar Pashutin DNP C 15 Artem Zabelin DNP PF 20 Andrey Vorontsevich DNP F/C 22 Marcus Goree 3 2 0 G 23 Alexey Shved DNP C 24 Tomas Van Den Spiegel 0 0 0 F 31 Victor Khryapa 0 0 0 Head coach: Ettore Messina

Third Place game[edit]

May 4 19:00

(Report)

Montepaschi Siena	97–93 (OT)	Baskonia OT
Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 17-22, 23-20, 18-18, Overtime: 18-14
Pts: Lavrinovič 19 Rebs: Sato, Stonerook 9 Asts: McIntyre 12		Pts: Mickeal 16 Rebs: Mickeal 10 Asts: Prigioni 11

Palacio de Deportes, Madrid Attendance: 13,480 Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Ryzhyk (UKR), Gontas (GRE)

Game Stats, 3rd place game
Montepaschi Siena

#	Player	Min played	Points				Rebounds			Other Statistics			Blocks		Fouls
			FT	2FG	3FG	TOT	Off	Def	TOT	Assists	Steals	Turnovers	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv
4	Simone Berti	DNP
5	Terrell McIntyre	31:31	8/8	1/3	2/6	16	1	3	4	12	-	3	-	-	2	4
6	Vlado Ilievski	19:34	-	3/4	-	6	1	2	3	1	-	1	-	-	2	2
8	Benjamin Eze	12:35	-	2/3	-	4	1	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	4	-
9	Marco Carraretto	14:53	-	2/6	0/1	4	2	-	2	1	-	1	-	-	2	-
10	Romain Sato	37:11	4/4	4/13	1/3	15	2	7	9	1	5	1	1	1	3	5
11	Bootsy Thornton	18:42	4/5	5/6	0/2	14	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	5	5
12	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	32:23	6/8	5/7	1/2	19	2	5	7	1	1	5	2	-	2	6
13	Rimantas Kaukėnas	DNP
14	Tomas Ress	05:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	1
16	Drake Diener	14:15	1/2	-	2/7	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1
19	Hector Romero	02:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
20	/ Shaun Stonerook	35:28	2/4	2/3	2/5	12	1	8	9	1	2	-	-	-	4	4
	TEAM	225:00	25/31	24/45	8/26	97	10	30	40	18	10	14	4	1	27	28

Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters

Baskonia

#	Player	Min played	Points				Rebounds			Other Statistics			Blocks		Fouls
			FT	2FG	3FG	TOT	Off	Def	TOT	Assists	Steals	Turnovers	Fv	Ag	Cm	Rv
5	Pablo Prigioni	25:48	2/2	-	1/5	5	-	3	3	11	3	4	-	-	4	2
6	Ander García	DNP
8	Igor Rakočević	28:15	5/7	1/5	1/5	10	2	2	4	2	1	1	-	-	4	3
9	Sergi Vidal	19:59	-	0/1	1/4	3	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	2	1
10	Zoran Planinić	20:18	2/4	0/4	1/1	5	-	3	3	2	-	-	-	1	2	2
11	Lucho Fernández	DNP
12	Mirza Teletović	26:25	0/2	1/2	4/5	14	1	1	2	1	1	2	-	1	4	1
13	Simas Jasaitis	04:46	-	1/2	1/1	5	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
15	James Singleton	22:22	3/3	2/3	2/2	13	3	3	6	-	-	1	-	-	4	3
20	Martín Buesa	DNP
21	Tiago Splitter	21:52	3/4	6/12	-	15	1	1	2	2	-	5	1	-	3	3
30	Gabe Muoneke	DNP
33	Pete Mickeal	37:00	6/7	5/13	-	16	1	9	10	-	2	2	-	1	3	6
45	Will McDonald	18:15	3/4	2/3	-	7	2	4	6	-	-	1	-	-	1	6
	TEAM	225:00	24/33	18/45	11/23	93	11	31	42	20	7	17	1	4	28	27

Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters

Championship game[edit]

Maccabi Tel Aviv v CSKA Moscow

May 4, 2008	Maccabi Tel Aviv	77–91	CSKA Moscow	Palacio de Deportes, Madrid
21:00 CET	Scoring by quarter: 21-22, 20-20, 16-21, 20-28
	Pts: Bynum 23 Rebs: Morris, Batista 7 Asts: Bynum 4 PIR: Bynum 22	Boxscore	Pts: Langdon 21 Rebs: Smodiš 8 Asts: Papaloukas 4 PIR: Langdon 33	Attendance: 13,480 Referees: Koukoulekidis, Hierrezuelo, Dozai

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 4 Will Bynum 23 2 4 SG 21 Yotam Halperin 9 1 1 SF 11 Omri Casspi 9 1 0 PF 9 Terence Morris 13 7 0 C 7 Nikola Vujčić 2 5 1 Reserves: PF 5 Marcus Fizer DNP PG 6 Derrick Sharp 0 0 0 PF 8 Lior Eliyahu 0 0 0 G/F 10 Tal Burstein DNP G 12 Alex Garcia 2 5 2 F 13 David Bluthenthal 5 1 0 G 14 Vonteego Cummings 0 0 0 PF 15 Esteban Batista 14 7 1 G 22 Gal Mekel DNP G 33 Regev Fanan DNP Head coach: Zvi Sherf

Maccabi CSKA Moscow

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 10 J.R. Holden 14 1 3 SG 21 Trajan Langdon 21 7 1 SF 9 Ramūnas Šiškauskas 13 4 2 PF 8 Matjaž Smodiš 13 8 3 C 13 David Andersen 13 5 1 Reserves: F 4 Theo Papaloukas 12 2 4 G 6 Nikos Zisis 0 0 0 C 7 Anatoly Kashirov DNP G 11 Zakhar Pashutin DNP C 15 Artem Zabelin DNP PF 20 Andrey Vorontsevich DNP F/C 22 Marcus Goree 2 2 0 G 23 Alexey Shved DNP C 24 Tomas Van Den Spiegel 3 1 0 F 31 Victor Khryapa 0 1 0 Head coach: Ettore Messina

Awards[edit]

Euroleague Final Four MVP[edit]

• Trajan Langdon ( CSKA Moscow)

Euroleague Finals Top Scorer[edit]

• Will Bynum ( Maccabi Tel Aviv)

External links[edit]

• EuroLeague