2008 Euroleague Final Four
# 2008 Euroleague Final Four

The 2008 Euroleague Final Four was the final phase Euroleague Final Four tournament of the Euroleague 2007–08 season, featuring four teams that survived a 14-game Regular Season, 6 games in the Top 16 phase, and a best-of-three quarterfinal. It was played on May 2 and May 4 in Madrid at the Community of Madrid Sports Palace.

As in previous years, the EuroLeague Final Four involved four games. The first day featured the two semifinal matches. The final day started with the third-place game between the semifinal losers, followed by the EuroLeague Final.

The EuroLeague champions were Russian power CSKA Moscow. They established new records for the EuroLeague era, with their sixth consecutive Final Four appearance, and third consecutive final game appearance. The title, their sixth overall, put them second in all-time European titles to Real Madrid. CSKA's Trajan Langdon was named EuroLeague Final Four MVP.

## Arena

The host venue was the 15,000 capacity Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid. Opened in 2005, it stands on the site of a previous arena that was built in 1960, and destroyed by fire in 2001.

## Final four

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| May 2, Madrid | May 2, Madrid |
| Montepaschi Siena | 85 |
| Montepaschi Siena | 85 | May 4, Madrid | May 4, Madrid |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 92 | May 4, Madrid | May 4, Madrid |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 92 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 77 |
| May 2, Madrid | May 2, Madrid | | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 77 |
| May 2, Madrid | May 2, Madrid | CSKA Moscow | 91 |
| Baskonia | 79 | CSKA Moscow | 91 |
| CSKA Moscow | 83 | | |
| CSKA Moscow | 83 | Third place | Third place |
| | | May 4, Madrid | May 4, Madrid |
| | | Montepaschi Siena | 97 |
| | | Baskonia | 93 |

### Semifinals

**Montepaschi Siena - Maccabi Tel Aviv**

* May 2 18:00
* (Report)

| Montepaschi Siena | 85–92 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-8, 25-25, 19-28, 21-31 |||
| Pts: McIntyre 26 Rebs: Sato 11 Asts: McIntyre 5 | | Pts: Garcia 19 Rebs: Morris 7 Asts: Bynum 7 |

* Palacio de Deportes, Madrid Attendance: 13,480 Referees: Jungebrand (FIN), Hierrezuelo (ESP), Dozai (CRO)

| # | Player | Min played | Points | Points | Points | Points | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Other Statistics | Other Statistics | Other Statistics | Blocks | Blocks | Fouls | Fouls |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| # | Player | Min played | FT | 2FG | 3FG | TOT | Off | Def | TOT | Assists | Steals | Turnovers | Fv | Ag | Cm | Rv |
| 4 | Simone Berti | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Terrell McIntyre | 29:36 | 6/6 | 1/1 | 6/14 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Vlado Ilievski | 15:53 | - | 1/4 | 1/4 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 8 | Benjamin Eze | 11:14 | - | 1/2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - |
| 9 | Marco Carraretto | 06:47 | - | - | 0/2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Romain Sato | 37:36 | 10/10 | 2/7 | 1/4 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 11 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 11 | Bootsy Thornton | 32:48 | 1/2 | 3/4 | 1/7 | 10 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Kšyštof Lavrinovič | 24:50 | 3/4 | 7/11 | 0/4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | Rimas Kaukėnas | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Tomas Ress | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Drake Diener | 10:11 | - | - | 1/6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | Hector Romero | 02:53 | - | 0/1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 | / Shaun Stonerook | 28:12 | - | 1/2 | 1/4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 2 |
| | TEAM | 200:00 | 20/22 | 16/32 | 11/45 | 85 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 25 |

Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters

| # | Player | Min played | Points | Points | Points | Points | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Other Statistics | Other Statistics | Other Statistics | Blocks | Blocks | Fouls | Fouls |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| # | Player | Min played | FT | 2FG | 3FG | TOT | Off | Def | TOT | Assists | Steals | Turnovers | Fv | Ag | Cm | Rv |
| 4 | Will Bynum | 21:58 | 4/5 | 3/7 | 1/3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Marcus Fizer | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | / Derrick Sharp | 23:42 | 6/6 | 1/1 | 3/4 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Nikola Vujčić | 14:38 | 0/1 | 1/6 | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Lior Eliyahu | 16:42 | - | 4/5 | - | 8 | - | 6 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Terence Morris | 25:23 | - | 5/7 | 1/2 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Tal Burstein | 05:49 | - | - | 0/1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| 11 | Omri Casspi | 04:29 | - | 0/1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Alex Garcia | 26:42 | 9/10 | 2/3 | 2/4 | 19 | - | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | / David Blu | 25:52 | - | 1/3 | 3/5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 4 | 2 |
| 14 | Vonteego Cummings | 04:29 | - | - | 0/1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 | Esteban Batista | 05:34 | 0/2 | 1/3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Yotam Halperin | 24:42 | - | 2/2 | 1/2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - |
| 22 | Gal Mekel | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Regev Fanan | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | TEAM | 200:00 | 19/24 | 20/38 | 11/22 | 92 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 17 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 24 |

Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters

**Baskonia – CSKA Moscow**

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 8 | Igor Rakočević | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| SG | 10 | Zoran Planinić | 17 | 1 | 4 |
| SF | 12 | Mirza Teletović | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 33 | Pete Mickeal | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| C | 45 | Will McDonald | 9 | 6 | 0 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| G | 5 | Pablo Prigioni | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| G | 6 | Ander García | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G/F | 9 | Sergi Vidal | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 11 | Lucho Fernández | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| SF | 13 | Simas Jasaitis | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F | 15 | James Singleton | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 20 | Martín Buesa | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 21 | Tiago Splitter | 17 | 3 | 1 |
| C | 30 | Gabe Muoneke | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Neven Spahija ||||||
| Baskonia | CSKA Moscow |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 10 | J.R. Holden | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| SG | 21 | Trajan Langdon | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| SF | 9 | Ramūnas Šiškauskas | 16 | 2 | 1 |
| PF | 8 | Matjaž Smodiš | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| C | 13 | David Andersen | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 4 | Theo Papaloukas | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| G | 6 | Nikos Zisis | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G | 11 | Zakhar Pashutin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 15 | Artem Zabelin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 20 | Andrey Vorontsevich | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F/C | 22 | Marcus Goree | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| G | 23 | Alexey Shved | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 24 | Tomas Van Den Spiegel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | 31 | Victor Khryapa | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ettore Messina ||||||

### Third Place game

* May 4 19:00
* (Report)

| Montepaschi Siena | 97–93 (OT) | Baskonia OT |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 17-22, 23-20, 18-18, Overtime: 18-14 |||
| Pts: Lavrinovič 19 Rebs: Sato, Stonerook 9 Asts: McIntyre 12 | | Pts: Mickeal 16 Rebs: Mickeal 10 Asts: Prigioni 11 |

* Palacio de Deportes, Madrid Attendance: 13,480 Referees: Brazauskas (LTU), Ryzhyk (UKR), Gontas (GRE)

| # | Player | Min played | Points | Points | Points | Points | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Other Statistics | Other Statistics | Other Statistics | Blocks | Blocks | Fouls | Fouls |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| # | Player | Min played | FT | 2FG | 3FG | TOT | Off | Def | TOT | Assists | Steals | Turnovers | Fv | Ag | Cm | Rv |
| 4 | Simone Berti | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Terrell McIntyre | 31:31 | 8/8 | 1/3 | 2/6 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Vlado Ilievski | 19:34 | - | 3/4 | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Benjamin Eze | 12:35 | - | 2/3 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | - |
| 9 | Marco Carraretto | 14:53 | - | 2/6 | 0/1 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
| 10 | Romain Sato | 37:11 | 4/4 | 4/13 | 1/3 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | Bootsy Thornton | 18:42 | 4/5 | 5/6 | 0/2 | 14 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 5 | 5 |
| 12 | Kšyštof Lavrinovič | 32:23 | 6/8 | 5/7 | 1/2 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 6 |
| 13 | Rimantas Kaukėnas | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Tomas Ress | 05:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Drake Diener | 14:15 | 1/2 | - | 2/7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Hector Romero | 02:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 20 | / Shaun Stonerook | 35:28 | 2/4 | 2/3 | 2/5 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 4 |
| | TEAM | 225:00 | 25/31 | 24/45 | 8/26 | 97 | 10 | 30 | 40 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 27 | 28 |

Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters

| # | Player | Min played | Points | Points | Points | Points | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Other Statistics | Other Statistics | Other Statistics | Blocks | Blocks | Fouls | Fouls |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| # | Player | Min played | FT | 2FG | 3FG | TOT | Off | Def | TOT | Assists | Steals | Turnovers | Fv | Ag | Cm | Rv |
| 5 | Pablo Prigioni | 25:48 | 2/2 | - | 1/5 | 5 | - | 3 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Ander García | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Igor Rakočević | 28:15 | 5/7 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | Sergi Vidal | 19:59 | - | 0/1 | 1/4 | 3 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | Zoran Planinić | 20:18 | 2/4 | 0/4 | 1/1 | 5 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Lucho Fernández | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Mirza Teletović | 26:25 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 4/5 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | Simas Jasaitis | 04:46 | - | 1/2 | 1/1 | 5 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | James Singleton | 22:22 | 3/3 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 4 | 3 |
| 20 | Martín Buesa | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 21 | Tiago Splitter | 21:52 | 3/4 | 6/12 | - | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 5 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 |
| 30 | Gabe Muoneke | DNP | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 33 | Pete Mickeal | 37:00 | 6/7 | 5/13 | - | 16 | 1 | 9 | 10 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 45 | Will McDonald | 18:15 | 3/4 | 2/3 | - | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 |
| | TEAM | 225:00 | 24/33 | 18/45 | 11/23 | 93 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 27 |

Notes: # - Player number; Min played - Minutes played; Points - FT: Free Throws, 2FG: 2-point Field Goals, 3FG: 3-point Field Goals, TOT: Total points; Rebounds - Off: Offensive, Def: Defensive, TOT: Total rebounds; Blocks - Fv: In Favor, Ag: Against; Fouls - Cm: Committed, Rv: Received; Players in bold were starters

### Championship game

| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PG | 4 | Will Bynum | 23 | 2 | 4 |
| SG | 21 | Yotam Halperin | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| SF | 11 | Omri Casspi | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| PF | 9 | Terence Morris | 13 | 7 | 0 |
| C | 7 | Nikola Vujčić | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| PF | 5 | Marcus Fizer | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PG | 6 | Derrick Sharp | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 8 | Lior Eliyahu | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G/F | 10 | Tal Burstein | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 12 | Alex Garcia | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| F | 13 | David Bluthenthal | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| G | 14 | Vonteego Cummings | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PF | 15 | Esteban Batista | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| G | 22 | Gal Mekel | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 33 | Regev Fanan | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Zvi Sherf ||||||
| Maccabi | CSKA Moscow |
| Starters: | Starters: | Starters: | Pts | Reb | Ast |
| PG | 10 | J.R. Holden | 14 | 1 | 3 |
| SG | 21 | Trajan Langdon | 21 | 7 | 1 |
| SF | 9 | Ramūnas Šiškauskas | 13 | 4 | 2 |
| PF | 8 | Matjaž Smodiš | 13 | 8 | 3 |
| C | 13 | David Andersen | 13 | 5 | 1 |
| Reserves: | Reserves: | Reserves: | | | |
| F | 4 | Theo Papaloukas | 12 | 2 | 4 |
| G | 6 | Nikos Zisis | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C | 7 | Anatoly Kashirov | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| G | 11 | Zakhar Pashutin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 15 | Artem Zabelin | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PF | 20 | Andrey Vorontsevich | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| F/C | 22 | Marcus Goree | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| G | 23 | Alexey Shved | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| C | 24 | Tomas Van Den Spiegel | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| F | 31 | Victor Khryapa | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Head coach: ||||||
| Ettore Messina ||||||

## Awards

### Euroleague Final Four MVP

* Trajan Langdon ( CSKA Moscow)

### Euroleague Finals Top Scorer

* Will Bynum ( Maccabi Tel Aviv)
