2019 EuroLeague Final Four
# 2019 EuroLeague Final Four

The 2019 EuroLeague Final Four was the concluding EuroLeague Final Four tournament of the 2018–19 EuroLeague season, the 62nd season of Europe's premier club basketball tournament, and the 19th season since it was first organised by Euroleague Basketball. It was the 32nd Final Four of the modern EuroLeague Final Four era (1988–present), and the 34th time overall that the competition has concluded with a final four format. The Final Four was played at the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, on 17 and 19 May 2019.

## Venue

On May 15, 2018, Euroleague Basketball announced that the Final Four will be held in the Fernando Buesa Arena in Vitoria-Gasteiz. It was the first time ever the event would be hosted in Vitoria. The arena hosted the 1996 FIBA Saporta Cup Final, in which local Saski Baskonia won the title and also hosted the 2010 EuroCup Finals.

The Final Eight of the Copa del Rey (Spanish Cup) was played four times at Buesa Arena (2000, 2002, 2008 and 2013).

On 9 April 2012, at the game of Caja Laboral against Real Madrid, Fernando Buesa Arena registered the record of attendance in a basketball game of the Spanish Liga ACB with 15,504 spectators.

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| Fernando Buesa Arena | Vitoria-Gasteiz2019 EuroLeague Final Four (Europe) |
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## Background

### Real Madrid

Real Madrid failed to defend the title after finishing the regular season in the third position, with a 22–8 record, and being the first qualified team by beating Panathinaikos OPAP 3–0 in the playoffs. This was their seventh Final Four in the last nine editions and the third consecutive.

Coach Pablo Laso could have won his third title in his sixth Final Four appearance.

## Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship game | Championship game |
| - | - | - | - |
| 17 May | 17 May |
| Fenerbahçe Beko | 73 |
| Fenerbahçe Beko | 73 | 19 May | 19 May |
| Anadolu Efes | 92 | 19 May | 19 May |
| Anadolu Efes | 92 | Anadolu Efes | 83 |
| 17 May | 17 May | | Anadolu Efes | 83 |
| 17 May | 17 May | CSKA Moscow | 91 |
| CSKA Moscow | 95 | CSKA Moscow | 91 |
| Real Madrid | 90 | | |
| Real Madrid | 90 | Third place game | Third place game |
| | | 19 May | 19 May |
| | | Fenerbahçe Beko | 75 |
| | | Real Madrid | 94 |

## Semifinals

### Semifinal A

Turkish champions Fenerbahçe Beko returned to the Final Four to make it their fifth straight appearance. Led by head coach Željko Obradović, the all-time record holder for most EuroLeague championships won by a head coach, it defeated Žalgiris Kaunas 3–1 in the play-offs, to clinch a semi-final spot.

Anadolu Efes qualified for its first Final Four since 2001, this being their third appearance in total, after finishing the regular season in the 16 th (last) place the previous year. The club beat Barcelona Lassa 3–2 in the play-offs.

Larkin set a new EuroLeague Final Four record for Performance Index Rating with 43.

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 35 | Ali Muhammed | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| SG | 1 | Erick Green | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| SF | 23 | Marko Gudurić | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| PF | 4 | Nicolò Melli | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| C | 44 | Ahmet Düverioğlu | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 5 | Barış Hersek | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 10 | Melih Mahmutoğlu | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 12 | Nikola Kalinić | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| F | 13 | Tarık Biberovic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 16 | Kostas Sloukas | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| C | 24 | Jan Veselý | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| PG | 32 | Sinan Güler | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Željko Obradović ||||||
| Fenerbahçe | Anadolu Efes |
| Fenerbahçe | Statistics | A. Efes |
| 21/42 (50%) | 2-pt field goals | 17/30 (50.7%) |
| 6/21 (28.6%) | 3-pt field goals | 14/32 (43.8%) |
| 13/16 (81.3%) | Free throws | 16/20 (80%) |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 12 |
| 19 | Defensive rebounds | 31 |
| 25 | Total rebounds | 43 |
| 20 | Assists | 13 |
| 5 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 5 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 1 |
| 24 | Fouls | 18 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 0 | Shane Larkin | 30 | 7 | 7 |
| SG | 22 | Vasilije Micić | 25 | 5 | 1 |
| SF | 44 | Krunoslav Simon | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 18 | Adrien Moerman | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| C | 42 | Bryant Dunston | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 1 | Rodrigue Beaubois | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| PG | 4 | Doğuş Balbay | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 12 | Brock Motum | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| C | 15 | Sertaç Şanlı | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 19 | Buğrahan Tuncer | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 21 | Tibor Pleiß | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 23 | James Anderson | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ergin Ataman ||||||

### Semifinal B

Russian champions CSKA Moscow returned to the Final Four to make it their eighth consecutive Final Four appearance. The club beat Kirolbet Baskonia 3–1 in the play-offs.

Defending Euroleague and spanish champions Real Madrid would play its third consecutive Final Four appearance. The match would be a re-match of the 2018 Semifinal A, which Real Madrid won on their way to their 10th title. Real Madrid beat Panathinaikos OPAP 3–0 in the play-offs.

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 1 | Nando de Colo | 23 | 4 | 2 |
| SG | 23 | Daniel Hackett | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| SF | 21 | Will Clyburn | 18 | 5 | 1 |
| PF | 41 | Nikita Kurbanov | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 44 | Othello Hunter | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 3 | Joel Bolomboy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 5 | Alec Peters | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| G | 7 | Ivan Ukhov | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 13 | Sergio Rodríguez | 23 | 0 | 4 |
| PF | 20 | Andrey Vorontsevich | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 22 | Cory Higgins | 11 | 3 | 1 |
| C | 42 | Kyle Hines | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dimitrios Itoudis ||||||
| CSKA Moscow | Real Madrid |
| CSKA | Statistics | R.Madrid |
| 17/38 (44.7%) | 2-pt field goals | 24/46 (52.2%) |
| 9/18 (50%) | 3-pt field goals | 7/24 (29.2%) |
| 34/42 (81%) | Free throws | 21/24 (87.5%) |
| 6 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Defensive rebounds | 24 |
| 31 | Total rebounds | 35 |
| 11 | Assists | 16 |
| 8 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Steals | 4 |
| 2 | Blocks | 7 |
| 22 | Fouls | 32 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Facundo Campazzo | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| SG | 5 | Rudy Fernández | 10 | 2 | 4 |
| SF | 44 | Jeffery Taylor | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 3 | Anthony Randolph | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| C | 22 | Edy Tavares | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 1 | Fabien Causeur | 18 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 9 | Felipe Reyes | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 14 | Gustavo Ayón | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| SG | 20 | Jaycee Carroll | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| PG | 23 | Sergio Llull | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| SF | 24 | Gabriel Deck | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 33 | Trey Thompkins | 9 | 6 | 1 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Pablo Laso ||||||

## Third place game

Fenerbahçe and Real Madrid faced off in a re-match of the 2018 championship game. Facundo Campazzo set an all-time record for assists in a Final Four game, with 15. He surpassed Terrell McIntyre's record from 2008.

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 32 | Sinan Güler | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| SG | 1 | Erick Green | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 23 | Marko Gudurić | 11 | 1 | 2 |
| PF | 12 | Nikola Kalinić | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 44 | Ahmet Düverioğlu | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 4 | Nicolò Melli | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| PF | 5 | Barış Hersek | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SG | 10 | Melih Mahmutoğlu | 14 | 2 | 3 |
| F | 13 | Tarık Biberovic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 16 | Kostas Sloukas | 17 | 1 | 6 |
| SF | 18 | Egehan Arna | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 24 | Jan Veselý | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Željko Obradović ||||||
| Fenerbahçe | Real Madrid |
| Fenerbahçe | Statistics | R.Madrid |
| 16/32 (50%) | 2-pt field goals | 23/35 (65.7%) |
| 10/27 (37%) | 3-pt field goals | 11/21 (52.4%) |
| 13/15 (86.7%) | Free throws | 15/19 (78.9%) |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 6 |
| 18 | Defensive rebounds | 28 |
| 23 | Total rebounds | 34 |
| 15 | Assists | 30 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 7 | Steals | 12 |
| 2 | Blocks | 4 |
| 22 | Fouls | 19 |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 7 | Facundo Campazzo | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| SG | 20 | Jaycee Carroll | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| SF | 5 | Rudy Fernández | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| PF | 9 | Felipe Reyes | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| C | 14 | Gustavo Ayón | 23 | 11 | 3 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| SG | 1 | Fabien Causeur | 13 | 2 | 2 |
| SF | 16 | Santiago Yusta | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 22 | Edy Tavares | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| PG | 23 | Sergio Llull | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| SF | 24 | Gabriel Deck | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| SG | 25 | Klemen Prepelič | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| PF | 33 | Trey Thompkins | 12 | 5 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Pablo Laso ||||||

## Championship game

The seven-time EuroLeague champions CSKA Moscow advanced to the championship game for the seventh time and first since 2016 EuroLeague Final Four. Anadolu Efes advance to the Final Four Championship Game for the first time in their history, having finished third in both previous Euroleague Final Four participations. Remarkable was that in the previous season, Efes finished sixteenth and last in the EuroLeague.

Shane Larkin broke the record for most points scored in a Final Four, with 59 total.

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 0 | Shane Larkin | 29 | 1 | 2 |
| SG | 22 | Vasilije Micić | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| SF | 23 | James Anderson | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 18 | Adrien Moerman | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 42 | Bryant Dunston | 13 | 10 | 2 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 1 | Rodrigue Beaubois | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 4 | Doğuş Balbay | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 12 | Brock Motum | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| C | 15 | Sertaç Şanlı | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 19 | Buğrahan Tuncer | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 21 | Tibor Pleiß | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SF | 44 | Krunoslav Simon | 15 | 10 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ergin Ataman ||||||
| Anadolu Efes | CSKA Moscow |
| A. Efes | Statistics | CSKA |
| 15/40 (37.5%) | 2-pt field goals | 17/32 (53.1%) |
| 11/30 (36.7%) | 3-pt field goals | 14/22 (63.6%) |
| 20/22 (90.9%) | Free throws | 15/18 (83.3%) |
| 19 | Offensive rebounds | 8 |
| 17 | Defensive rebounds | 27 |
| 36 | Total rebounds | 35 |
| 12 | Assists | 18 |
| 9 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 4 | Steals | 3 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
| 22 | Fouls | 22 |

* 2018–19 EuroLeague champions
* CSKA Moscow 8th title

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 1 | Nando de Colo | 15 | 4 | 4 |
| SG | 23 | Daniel Hackett | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| SF | 21 | Will Clyburn | 20 | 5 | 2 |
| PF | 41 | Nikita Kurbanov | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| C | 44 | Othello Hunter | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 3 | Joel Bolomboy | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| F | 5 | Alec Peters | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G | 7 | Ivan Ukhov | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PG | 13 | Sergio Rodríguez | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| PF | 20 | Andrey Vorontsevich | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 22 | Cory Higgins | 20 | 3 | 2 |
| C | 42 | Kyle Hines | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Dimitrios Itoudis ||||||
