 The official logo was revealed in February 2014.[1] | |
| Season | 2013–14 Euroleague |
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| Tournament details | |
| Arena | Mediolanum Forum Milan, Italy |
| Dates | 16 May 2014 (2014-05-16) – 18 May 2014 (2014-05-18) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv (6th title) |
| Runners-up |  Real Madrid |
| Third place | FC Barcelona |
| Fourth place |  CSKA Moscow |
| Awards and statistics | |
| MVP |  Tyrese Rice |
| Topscorer(s) |  Sergio Rodríguez, 42[2] |
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The2014 Euroleague Final Four was the concludingEuroLeague Final Four tournament of the2013–14 Euroleague basketball season. It was held from 16 to 18 May 2014. All of the games were played at theMediolanum Forum, inMilan.Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv upsetCSKA Moscow, 68–67, in the first semifinal, whileReal Madrid dominatedFC Barcelona, 100–62, in the second semifinal. In thefinal, Maccabi upset highly favored Real, by a score of 98–86, in the tournament's firstovertime final since 1969. The win gave Maccabi their sixthEuroLeague title.
| Semifinals 16 May | Championship game 18 May | |||||
| CSKA Moscow | 67 | |||||
| Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv | 68 | |||||
| Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv | 98 | |||||
| Real Madrid | 86 | |||||
| FC Barcelona | 62 | |||||
| Real Madrid | 100 | |||||
| Third place game | ||||||
| CSKA Moscow | 78 | |||||
| FC Barcelona | 93 | |||||
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 guardTyrese 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, andSonny Weems missed a contested three pointer at the buzzer. Maccabi'sDavid Blu led all scorers with 15 points.[3]
vMaccabi Electra Tel Aviv| 16 May 2014 | CSKA Moscow | 67–68 | Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv | Mediolanum Forum,Milan | |
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| 18:00 | Scoring by quarter:19–16,19–14,17–15, 12–23 | ||||
| Pts:Kaun 14 Rebs:Khryapa 10 Asts:Weems 6 | Report | Pts:Blu 15 Rebs:Smith 9 Asts:Ohayon 4 | Attendance: 11,843 Referees: Sasa Pukl (SLO), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Borys Ryzhyk (UKR) | ||
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.[3]
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'sSergio Rodríguez led all-scorers with 21 points, followed by teammateNikola Mirotić, who scored 19. Three other Real players scored more than 10 points.[3]
vReal Madrid| 16 May 2014 | FC Barcelona | 62–100 | Real Madrid | Mediolanum Forum, Milan | |
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| 21:00 CET | Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 17–25, 11–28, 14–27 | ||||
| Pts:Tomić 16 Rebs:Tomić 8 Asts:Huertas 6 | Report | Pts:Rodríguez 21 Rebs:Llull,Slaughter 5 Asts:Rodríguez 6 | Attendance: 11,843 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Ilija Belošević (SRB), Robert Lottermoser (GER) | ||
Juan Carlos Navarro of FC Barcelona, became the EuroLeague's all-time leader inthree-point field goals made, after hitting three three-point field goals during the game.[4]
vCSKA Moscow| 18 May 2014 | FC Barcelona | 93–78 | CSKA Moscow | Mediolanum Forum, Milan | |
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| 17:00 (CET) | Scoring by quarter: 21–24,29–23,19–17,24–14 | ||||
| Pts:Navarro 20 Rebs:Dorsey 12 Asts:Huertas 7 | Report | Pts:Kaun 12 Rebs:Khryapa 4 Asts:Khryapa 7 | Attendance: 11,843 (Tentative) Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Fernando Rocha (POR),Rüştü Nuran (TUR) | ||
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.[5] However, Maccabi Tel Aviv fought back with a series of fast breaks, and trailed by just two points, at half time.[5][6]
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.[5] However, Real hit four consecutive free throws, fromSergio Rodríguez andIoannis Bourousis, to tie the game.[6] Tyrese Rice missed a three pointer at the buzzer, that would have given Maccabi the win.[5] Instead, the final went to overtime, for the first time since 1969.[6] Rice dominated in overtime, scoring 14, as Maccabi pulled away, for a 98–86 win.[5] In total, Rice scored 21 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter and overtime.[6] Rodriguez led Real with 21 points.[6]
The win gave Maccabi their sixth league title.[5] For Real Madrid, it was the second consecutive year in which they lost in the final game.[6]
vMaccabi Electra Tel Aviv| 18 May 2014 | Real Madrid | 86–98(OT) | Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv | Mediolanum Forum,Milan | |
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| 20:00 (CET) | Scoring by quarter:16–15,19–18, 20–20, 18–20, Overtime: 13–25 | ||||
| Pts:Rodríguez 21 Rebs:Bourousis 9 Asts:Llull 8 | Report | Pts:Rice 26 Rebs:Tyus 11 Asts:Hickman 8 | Attendance: 11,843 Referees: Christos Christodoulou (GRE), Sasa Pukl (SLO), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB) | ||
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Maccabi's surprise win led to wild celebrations, as the club's fans filledTel Aviv'sRabin Square. Israeli PresidentShimon 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."[6] Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu, also offered his personal congratulations.[6]
Spanish fans expressed their frustration onTwitter. An estimated 18,000 such tweets containedanti-Semitic language, prompting a lawsuit by local Jewish communities, and an official apology by the league.[7][8]
