Madrid clung to the legend of the indomitable, Sergio Llull, and caressed the Eleventh, but the block lacked offensive resources, at least one more basket (57-58). Only with defense it is difficult to sneak into the list of winners. We saw it against an Anadolu Efes that already knew that repeating leaves a mark on Europe. And that is what he did, the best by far when the pandemic was suspended, the best a year ago in Cologne and the best again now in Belgrade. The first time a team has chained two crowns since Olympiacos in 2013. Turkish dynasty.
Atamán did not break his word: “If we go to the Final Four, we win it.” Said and done, again fists to the wind. He got worried at the beginning of the course, they lost a lot and what is worse, his team, out of the top eight, did not find the sensations of yesteryear. He has recovered them in a squad depleted by injuries and age, in which Vasilije Micic is once again crowned MVP of the final phase (22 points and all the weight of starting the plays), although the guy who has given him glory was not short, although he was playful, in his own way. The German Tibor Pleiss, 2.19, former Baskonia, Barça and Valencia, a giant with a prodigious hand. The one that took out Armani Milan in the quarterfinals and Madrid in a perfect second half, which he rounded off with 17 of his 19 goals (he added 7 rebounds for a PIR of 24).