2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto
# 2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto

The 2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was the 82nd edition of the Spanish King's Basketball Cup, won by FC Barcelona Lassa against former 4-time reigning champions Real Madrid. The competition is managed by the ACB and was held in Las Palmas, in the Gran Canaria Arena in February 2018.

All times are in Western European Time (UTC±00:00).

## Qualified teams

The seven first qualified after the first half of the 2017–18 ACB regular season qualified to the tournament. As Herbalife Gran Canaria, host team, not finished between the seven first teams, the eighth qualified did not enter in the Copa del Rey.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Seeding |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 17 | 16 | 1 | 1565 | 1346 | +219 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 2 | Valencia Basket | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1426 | 1295 | +131 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 3 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1528 | 1385 | +143 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 4 | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 17 | 11 | 6 | 1311 | 1358 | −47 | Qualified as seeded teams |
| 5 | Unicaja | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1376 | 1258 | +118 | |
| 6 | Baskonia | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1412 | 1364 | +48 | |
| 7 | Iberostar Tenerife | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1308 | 1271 | +37 | |
| 9 | Herbalife Gran Canaria (H) | 17 | 9 | 8 | 1443 | 1426 | +17 | |

## Draw

The 2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was drawn on 23 January 2018 at approximately 11:30 and was broadcast live on YouTube and on TV in many countries. The seeded teams were paired in the quarterfinals with the non-seeded teams. There were not any restrictions for the draw of the semifinals. As in recent seasons, the first qualified team plays its quarterfinal game on Thursday.

## Threat of strike

In the previous week of the Cup, the Basketball Players Association (ABP) called for a strike on 14 February, thus trying to stop the Cup if the ACB do not accept their requirements, in the negotiation of the new collective agreement, including the subsidy of €315,000 from the league to the players' trade union.

After the trade union's proposal, several clubs refused to follow the strike. However, many players are supporting the Players' Association by social networks. Finally, on 13 February, ACB and ABP agreed terms and the Cup would be played normally.

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 February | 15 February | | | |
| Valencia Basket | 72 | | | |
| Valencia Basket | 72 | 17 February | 17 February | | |
| Iberostar Tenerife | 79 | 17 February | 17 February | |
| Iberostar Tenerife | 79 | Iberostar Tenerife | 59 | |
| 15 February | 15 February | | Iberostar Tenerife | 59 | |
| 15 February | 15 February | Real Madrid | 77 | |
| Real Madrid | 89 | Real Madrid | 77 | |
| Real Madrid | 89 | | | | 18 February | 18 February |
| Unicaja | 84 | | | | 18 February | 18 February |
| Unicaja | 84 | | | | Real Madrid | 90 |
| 16 February | 16 February | | | | | Real Madrid | 90 |
| 16 February | 16 February | | | | FC Barcelona Lassa | 92 |
| Herbalife Gran Canaria | 107 | | | | FC Barcelona Lassa | 92 |
| Herbalife Gran Canaria | 107 | 17 February | 17 February | | | |
| Montakit Fuenlabrada | 92 | 17 February | 17 February | | | |
| Montakit Fuenlabrada | 92 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 74 | | | |
| 16 February | 16 February | | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 74 | | | |
| 16 February | 16 February | FC Barcelona Lassa | 87 | |
| FC Barcelona Lassa | 94 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 87 | |
| Baskonia | 90 | | | |

## Quarterfinals

### Valencia Basket vs. Iberostar Tenerife

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 00 | Will Thomas | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 6 | Alberto Abalde | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| G | 17 | Rafa Martínez | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 21 | Tibor Pleiß | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| F | 42 | Aaron Doornekamp | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 3 | Josep Puerto | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 5 | Sergi García | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C | 14 | Bojan Dubljević | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| F | 19 | Fernando San Emeterio | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| F | 30 | Joan Sastre | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| G | 32 | Erick Green | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 51 | Tryggvi Hlinason | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Txus Vidorreta ||||||
| Valencia Basket | Iberostar Tenerife |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| G | 00 | Rodrigo San Miguel | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| C | 13 | Mike Tobey | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| G | 20 | Mateusz Ponitka | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 21 | Tim Abromaitis | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| F | 77 | Kostas Vasileiadis | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 6 | Tobias Borg | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 7 | Mamadou Niang | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 10 | Ferrán Bassas | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| C | 17 | Fran Vázquez | 12 | 6 | 0 |
| F | 25 | Rosco Allen | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| F | 33 | Javier Beirán | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| G | 34 | Davin White | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Fotios Katsikaris ||||||

### Real Madrid vs. Unicaja

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G | 1 | Fabien Causeur | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| G | 7 | Luka Dončić | 11 | 5 | 5 |
| G | 11 | Facundo Campazzo | 18 | 3 | 7 |
| F | 33 | Trey Thompkins | 14 | 4 | 0 |
| F | 44 | Jeffery Taylor | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 2 | Chasson Randle | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 3 | Anthony Randolph | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| F | 5 | Rudy Fernández | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| F | 8 | Jonas Mačiulis | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 9 | Felipe Reyes | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 20 | Jaycee Carroll | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 22 | Edy Tavares | 8 | 9 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Pablo Laso ||||||
| Real Madrid | Unicaja |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| G | 3 | Ray McCallum | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| F | 11 | Dani Díez | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| G | 16 | Nemanja Nedović | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| F | 23 | Jeff Brooks | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 40 | James Augustine | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| C | 2 | Viny Okouo | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 9 | Alberto Díaz | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| G | 10 | Sasu Salin | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| G | 12 | Dragan Milosavljević | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 17 | Giorgi Shermadini | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| F | 21 | Adam Waczyński | 15 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 43 | Carlos Suárez | 17 | 5 | 3 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Joan Plaza ||||||

### Herbalife Gran Canaria vs. Montakit Fuenlabrada

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G | 9 | Gal Mekel | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| F | 10 | Nicolás Brussino | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 12 | Ondřej Balvín | 18 | 5 | 0 |
| C | 14 | Anžejs Pasečņiks | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| F | 22 | Xavi Rabaseda | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 4 | Albert Oliver | 12 | 0 | 3 |
| F | 8 | Marcus Eriksson | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 11 | D. J. Seeley | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| F | 13 | Eulis Báez | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| G | 31 | Nikola Radičević | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| F | 34 | Pablo Aguilar | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 40 | Luke Fischer | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Luis Casimiro ||||||
| Herbalife Gran Canaria | Montakit Fuenlabrada |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| C | 0 | Gabriel Olaseni | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| G | 11 | Francisco Cruz | 20 | 4 | 8 |
| F | 13 | Rolands Šmits | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| G | 16 | Gregory Vargas | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| F | 31 | Christian Eyenga | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 2 | Marko Popović | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 4 | Ian O'Leary | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| G | 5 | Luka Rupnik | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| G | 8 | Álex Llorca | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 12 | Osas Ehigiator | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 15 | Chema González | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| G | 19 | Sergio Llorente | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Néstor García ||||||

### FC Barcelona Lassa vs. Baskonia

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| F | 9 | Ádám Hanga | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| G | 13 | Thomas Heurtel | 20 | 3 | 9 |
| F | 21 | Rakim Sanders | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 44 | Ante Tomić | 18 | 9 | 0 |
| F | 45 | Adrien Moerman | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 5 | Pau Ribas | 9 | 4 | 8 |
| G | 8 | Phil Pressey | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 11 | Juan Carlos Navarro | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| F | 14 | Sasha Vezenkov | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 18 | Pierre Oriola | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| G | 25 | Petteri Koponen | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 30 | Víctor Claver | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Svetislav Pešić ||||||
| FC Barcelona Lassa | Baskonia 0 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| F | 6 | Jānis Timma | 17 | 5 | 1 |
| F | 8 | Rinalds Mālmanis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 10 | Rodrigue Beaubois | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| G | 15 | Jayson Granger | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| C | 17 | Vincent Poirier | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 3 | Luca Vildoza | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| C | 7 | Johannes Voigtmann | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| G | 9 | Marcelinho Huertas | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| G | 11 | Matt Janning | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 12 | Ilimane Diop | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 23 | Tornike Shengelia | 30 | 5 | 1 |
| F | 29 | Patricio Garino | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Pedro Martínez ||||||

## Semifinals

### Iberostar Tenerife vs. Real Madrid

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| C | 13 | Mike Tobey | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| G | 20 | Mateusz Ponitka | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| F | 21 | Tim Abromaitis | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| F | 77 | Kostas Vasileiadis | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| G | 00 | Rodrigo San Miguel | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 6 | Tobias Borg | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 7 | Mamadou Niang | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 10 | Ferran Bassas | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| C | 17 | Fran Vázquez | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| F | 25 | Rosco Allen | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 33 | Javier Beirán | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| G | 34 | Devin White | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Fotios Katsikaris ||||||
| Iberostar Tenerife | Real Madrid |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| G | 1 | Fabien Causeur | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| G | 11 | Facundo Campazzo | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 22 | Edy Tavares | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| F | 33 | Trey Thompkins | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| F | 44 | Jeffery Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 3 | Anthony Randolph | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| F | 5 | Rudy Fernández | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| G | 7 | Luka Dončić | 17 | 7 | 5 |
| F | 8 | Jonas Mačiulis | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F | 9 | Felipe Reyes | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 14 | Gustavo Ayón | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 20 | Jaycee Carroll | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Pablo Laso ||||||

### Herbalife Gran Canaria vs. FC Barcelona Lassa

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G | 9 | Gal Mekel | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| F | 10 | Nicolás Brussino | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| C | 12 | Ondřej Balvín | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| F | 22 | Xavi Rabaseda | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| F | 34 | Pablo Aguilar | 11 | 7 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 4 | Albert Oliver | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| F | 8 | Marcus Eriksson | 25 | 6 | 0 |
| G | 11 | D. J. Seeley | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| F | 13 | Eulis Báez | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| C | 14 | Anžejs Pasečņiks | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| G | 31 | Nikola Radičević | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| C | 40 | Luke Fischer | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Luis Casimiro ||||||
| Herbalife Gran Canaria | FC Barcelona Lassa |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| G | 13 | Thomas Heurtel | 13 | 4 | 14 |
| F | 21 | Rakim Sanders | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| G | 25 | Petteri Koponen | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| C | 44 | Ante Tomić | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| F | 45 | Adrien Moerman | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 5 | Pau Ribas | 12 | 2 | 2 |
| G | 8 | Phil Pressey | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 9 | Ádám Hanga | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| G | 11 | Juan Carlos Navarro | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| F | 14 | Sasha Vezenkov | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 18 | Pierre Oriola | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| F | 30 | Víctor Claver | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Svetislav Pešić ||||||

## Final

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| G | 11 | Facundo Campazzo | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| G | 7 | Luka Dončić | 14 | 5 | 3 |
| G | 1 | Fabien Causeur | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| F | 33 | Trey Thompkins | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 22 | Edy Tavares | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 3 | Anthony Randolph | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 5 | Rudy Fernández | 14 | 4 | 1 |
| F | 8 | Jonas Mačiulis | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 9 | Felipe Reyes | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 14 | Gustavo Ayón | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| G | 20 | Jaycee Carroll | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| F | 44 | Jeffery Taylor | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Pablo Laso ||||||
| Real Madrid 0 | FC Barcelona Lassa |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| G | 13 | Thomas Heurtel | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| F | 9 | Adam Hanga | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| F | 21 | Rakim Sanders | 12 | 4 | 0 |
| F | 45 | Adrien Moerman | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| C | 44 | Ante Tomić | 17 | 5 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 5 | Pau Ribas | 21 | 4 | 2 |
| G | 8 | Phil Pressey | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 11 | Juan Carlos Navarro | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| F | 14 | Sasha Vezenkov | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 18 | Pierre Oriola | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| G | 25 | Petteri Koponen | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| F | 30 | Víctor Claver | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Svetislav Pešić ||||||
