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2008 Euroleague Final Four

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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.

2008 Euroleague Final Four
Season2007–08 Euroleague
Tournament details
ArenaPalacio de Deportes
Madrid, Spain
DatesMay 2, – May 4, 2008
Final positions
ChampionsRussia CSKA Moscow (6th title)
Runners-upIsrael Maccabi Tel Aviv
Third placeItaly Montepaschi Siena
Fourth placeSpain Baskonia
Awards and statistics
MVPUnited States Trajan Langdon
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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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
May 2, Madrid
 
 
  Montepaschi Siena 85
 
May 4, Madrid
 
  Maccabi Tel Aviv92
 
  Maccabi Tel Aviv 77
 
May 2, Madrid
 
  CSKA Moscow 91
 
  Baskonia 79
 
 
  CSKA Moscow83
 
Third place
 
 
May 4, Madrid
 
 
  Montepaschi Siena 97
 
 
  Baskonia 93

Semifinals edit

Montepaschi Siena - Maccabi Tel Aviv edit

May 2
18:00
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

# 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

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
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

# 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

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

Euroleague Finals Top Scorer edit

External links edit

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