2014 Euroleague Final Four

Basketball tournament Euroleague Final Four 2014 2013–14 Euroleague 2014 Euroleague Final Four logo.png The official logo was revealed in February 2014.http://www.euroleague.net/news/i/133092 Final Four logo, Fan Zone, EA7 Emporio Armani partnership revealed in Milan! Euroleague.net 2014-02-27 2014-07-17 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum ESP 20px Sergio Rodríguez, 42Statistics Final Four 2013-14 2014 05 16 y – 2014 05 18 y ISR Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv (6th title) ESP Real Madrid ESP FC Barcelona RUS CSKA Moscow EuroLeague Final Four MVP MNE 20px Tyrese Rice 2013 2015 The 2014 Euroleague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2013–14 Euroleague basketball season. It was held from 16 to 18 May 2014. All of the games were played at the Mediolanum Forum, in Milan. Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv upset CSKA Moscow, 68–67, in the first semifinal, while Real Madrid dominated FC Barcelona, 100–62, in the second semifinal. In the final, Maccabi upset highly favored Real, by a score of 98–86, in the tournament's first overtime final since 1969. The win gave Maccabi their sixth EuroLeague title. 250px|thumbnail|right|The Mediolanum Forum set up for the EuroLeague Final Four Bracket Semifinals16 May Championship game18 May Third place game RUS CSKA Moscow 67 ISR Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 68 ESP FC Barcelona 62 ESP Real Madrid 100 ISR Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 98 ESP Real Madrid 86 RUS CSKA Moscow 78 ESP FC Barcelona 93 Semifinals All times are CEST (UTC+2). CSKA Moscow vs. Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv CSKA Moscow entered their semi-final match up against Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv, having won both regular season meetings. It looked like Moscow would make it 3–0 on the year, when they took a 55–40 lead, late in the third quarter. However, led by guard Tyrese Rice, and support from a large majority of the fans in attendance, Maccabi launch a fourth quarter comeback. Rice's steal and layup, with 5 seconds to play, gave Maccabi a 68–67 lead, and Sonny Weems missed a contested three pointer at the buzzer. Maccabi's David Blu led all scorers with 15 points. expanded #eee 16 May 2014 18:00 Report CSKA Moscow RUS 67 68 19–16 19–14 17–15 12–23 ISR Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv Kaun 14 Khryapa 10 Weems 6 Blu 15 Smith 9 Ohayon 4 Mediolanum Forum, Milan 11,843 Sasa Pukl (SLO), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR) FC Barcelona vs. Real Madrid Real Madrid entered the Final Four as the clear favorite, having recorded the highest point differential in both group (plus 237) and Final 16 play (plus 143). Between the two stages, they held a 24–4 overall record. After FC Barcelona got off to a 12–4 start, the semifinal game was all Real Madrid. Real scored 14 3-pointers, and played at a blistering pace, to beat their Spanish rivals for the fifth time in six games on the year. Real's Sergio Rodríguez led all-scorers with 21 points, followed by teammate Nikola Mirotić, who scored 19. Three other Real players scored more than 10 points.Real Madrid, Europe's dominant force, soar into Euroleague final Reuters The National 17 May 2014 https://www.thenationalnews.com/sport/real-madrid-europe-s-dominant-force-soar-into-euroleague-final-1.285262/ 20 May 2014 expanded #eee 16 May 2014 21:00 CET Report FC Barcelona ESP 62 100 20–20 17–25 11–28 14–27 ESP Real Madrid Tomić 16 Tomić 8 Huertas 6 Rodríguez 21 Llull, Slaughter 5 Rodríguez 6 Mediolanum Forum, Milan 11,843 Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Robert Lottermoser (GER) Third-place game Juan Carlos Navarro of FC Barcelona, became the EuroLeague's all-time leader in three-point field goals made, after hitting three three-point field goals during the game.Navarro makes history as Barcelona claims third place expanded #eee 18 May 2014 17:00 (CET) Report FC Barcelona ESP 93 78 21–24 29–23 19–17 24–14 RUS CSKA Moscow Navarro 20 Dorsey 12 Huertas 7 Kaun 12 Khryapa 4 Khryapa 7 Mediolanum Forum, Milan 11,843 (Tentative) Robert Lottermoser (GER), Fernando Rocha (POR), Rüştü Nuran (TUR) Championship game Before the game, Real Madrid was heavily favored, as they sought a league-record ninth title. Real got off to a good start, taking an 11-point lead in the first half, behind a 19–2 run. However, Maccabi Tel Aviv fought back with a series of fast breaks, and trailed by just two points, at half time. It looked as if Maccabi would come out on top, after a back-and-forth second half, that gave them a four-point lead, with under a minute to play. However, Real hit four consecutive free throws, from Sergio Rodríguez and Ioannis Bourousis, to tie the game. Tyrese Rice missed a three pointer at the buzzer, that would have given Maccabi the win. Instead, the final went to overtime, for the first time since 1969. Rice dominated in overtime, scoring 14, as Maccabi pulled away, for a 98–86 win. In total, Rice scored 21 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter and overtime.Maccabi beats Real Madrid 98-86 to win Euroleague AP Washington Post 18 May 2014 https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/maccabi-beats-real-madrid-98-86-to-win-euroleague/2014/05/18/b1add484-dece-11e3-9442-54189bf1a809_story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140525092821/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/maccabi-beats-real-madrid-98-86-to-win-euroleague/2014/05/18/b1add484-dece-11e3-9442-54189bf1a809_story.html dead 25 May 2014 20 May 2014 Rodriguez led Real with 21 points. The win gave Maccabi their sixth league title.Maccabi stun Real to win fifth Euroleague title EuroSport 19 May 2014 http://au.eurosport.com/basketball/maccabi-stun-real-to-win-fifth-euroleague-title_sto4253623/story.shtml 20 May 2014 For Real Madrid, it was the second consecutive year in which they lost in the final game. collapsed #ffffd0 18 May 2014 20:00 (CET) Report ISR Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv 98 86 16–15 19–18 20–20 18–20 13–25 Real Madrid ESP Rodríguez 21 Bourousis 9 Llull 8 Rice 26 Tyus 11 Hickman 8 Mediolanum Forum, Milan 11,843 Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB) _rmb1314home _adidasonwhite FFFFFF 808080 Real Madrid _thinyellowsides _yellowsides 0000aa 0000aa Maccabi yes yes yes grey PG 23 ESP Sergio Llull 0 2 8 SG 5 ESP Rudy Fernández Rudy Fernández (basketball) 15 8 4 SF 21 USA Tremmell Darden 7 7 0 PF 11 ESP Nikola Mirotić 12 7 1 C 30 GRE Ioannis Bourousis 12 9 0 yes yes yes F 9 ESP Felipe Reyes 12 6 0 F 11 ESP Dani Díez 0 0 0 G 13 ESP Sergio Rodríguez 21 2 2 G 20 AZE Jaycee Carroll 5 1 0 F 44 USA Marcus Slaughter 2 0 0 C 50 TUN Salah Mejri 0 1 0 ESP Pablo Laso Rules The games was played under official FIBA rules. border|250px Mediolanum Forum 2013–14 Euroleague ChampionsISR 100px Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv6th Title yes yes yes #0000aa PG 12 ISR Yogev Ohayon 4 5 1 SG 7 GEO Ricky Hickman 18 6 3 SF 6 USA Devin Smith Devin Smith (basketball) 15 7 0 PF 10 ISR Guy Pnini 0 2 2 C 21 GRE Sofoklis Schortsanitis 9 3 1 yes yes yes G 4 MNE Tyrese Rice 26 4 2 G 8 AUS Joe Ingles 0 1 0 C 9 ISR Alex Tyus 12 11 0 F 13 ISR David Blu 14 4 1 C 14 ISR Ben Altit yes F 15 ISR Sylven Landesberg yes C 11 Croatia Andrija Žižić yes ISR David Blatt Team captains (C): ESP Felipe Reyes (Real Madrid and ISR Guy Pnini (Maccabi Tel Aviv) Reaction Maccabi's surprise win led to wild celebrations, as the club's fans filled Tel Aviv's Rabin Square. Israeli President Shimon Peres, called to congratulate the team, saying "I watched the whole game, and nearly had a heart attack. You are heroes, and have brought incredible pride to the state of Israel." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, also offered his personal congratulations. Spanish fans expressed their frustration on Twitter. An estimated 18,000 such tweets contained antisemitic language, prompting a lawsuit by local Jewish communities, and an official apology by the league.Maccabi Tel Aviv Euroleague win spurs Spanish anti-Semitic tweets 20 May 2014 JNS http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2014/5/20/maccabi-tel-aviv-euroleague-win-spurs-anti-semitic-tweets-and-lawsuit-in-spain 20 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140521035121/http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2014/5/20/maccabi-tel-aviv-euroleague-win-spurs-anti-semitic-tweets-and-lawsuit-in-spain 21 May 2014 dead dmy-allEuroleague Basketball condemns racist, discriminatory comments Euroleague 20 May 2014 http://www.euroleague.net/euroleague-basketball/news/i/137611/6330 20 May 2014 References External links Official Site Final Four 2013-14 Category:2013–14 in Israeli basketball Category:2013–14 in Russian basketball Category:2013–14 in Spanish basketball Category:2013–14 in Italian basketball 2013 Euroleague Final Four 2013 Euroleague Final Four