25/26 European basketball discussion: Euroleague/BBL/ACB/LegaA/LNB/TBL..

[ILuckyGuyI]

It must be really sad and frustrating for Fenerbahçe fans. I mean especially watching their team perform their worst ever Final Four games... I don't really remember them that bad in any earlier Final Four.

Anyway now in the final I just expect Olympiacos to finish the job. Playing in home country is a huge advantage. It's never easy to play in such conditions for other teams there. I don't think Real Madrid will surprise people.

[Stavri]

It must be really sad and frustrating for Fenerbahçe fans. I mean especially watching their team perform their worst ever Final Four games... I don't really remember them that bad in any earlier Final Four.

Anyway now in the final I just expect Olympiacos to finish the job. Playing in home country is a huge advantage. It's never easy to play in such conditions for other teams there. I don't think Real Madrid will surprise people.

Fenerbahçe Beko played really awful. you can't win games by forcing three pointers even Boston Celtics got knocked out in the first round.
if you don't have a proper number 5, you are nothing...

[meser#]

Real Madrid started the game very well. It feels like the curse that has been plaguing Olympiakos for the last 7-8 years is going to happen again this year. Real is very effective. I think Olympiakos will find their rhythm in the later minutes of the game.

[yenerbatmaz]

Real Madrid started the game very well. It feels like the curse that has been plaguing Olympiakos for the last 7-8 years is going to happen again this year. Real is very effective. I think Olympiakos will find their rhythm in the later minutes of the game.

It's a very close match. We might see another ending like three years ago, where Real Madrid won the championship with a last-second basket. Olympiacos made a great comeback. They had a very bad start to the game, but now they're ahead. Olympiacos is leading again, but I'm curious to see who will win. Campazzo and Deck were very ineffective for Real Madrid in this match. They didn't provide the scoring contribution I expected.

[Stavri]

Real Madrid started the game very well. It feels like the curse that has been plaguing Olympiakos for the last 7-8 years is going to happen again this year. Real is very effective. I think Olympiakos will find their rhythm in the later minutes of the game.

It's a very close match. We might see another ending like three years ago, where Real Madrid won the championship with a last-second basket. Olympiacos made a great comeback. They had a very bad start to the game, but now they're ahead. Olympiacos is leading again, but I'm curious to see who will win. Campazzo and Deck were very ineffective for Real Madrid in this match. They didn't provide the scoring contribution I expected.

refereeing was absolutely terrible. they literally gifted the game to Olympiacos in the final minutes.
i think referees for the Final Four should come from outside of continental Europe.
as if ruining the entire season wasn't enough, they are now casting a shadow over the fairness and entertainment value of Europe’s most important basketball organization.

[meser#]

Real Madrid started the game very well. It feels like the curse that has been plaguing Olympiakos for the last 7-8 years is going to happen again this year. Real is very effective. I think Olympiakos will find their rhythm in the later minutes of the game.

It's a very close match. We might see another ending like three years ago, where Real Madrid won the championship with a last-second basket. Olympiacos made a great comeback. They had a very bad start to the game, but now they're ahead. Olympiacos is leading again, but I'm curious to see who will win. Campazzo and Deck were very ineffective for Real Madrid in this match. They didn't provide the scoring contribution I expected.

refereeing was absolutely terrible. they literally gifted the game to Olympiacos in the final minutes.
i think referees for the Final Four should come from outside of continental Europe.
as if ruining the entire season wasn't enough, they are now casting a shadow over the fairness and entertainment value of Europe’s most important basketball organization.

If Real Madrid were still in the Euroleague, today's refereeing decisions would have been in their favor. We've seen many clear foul calls in favor of Real Madrid in past years, especially in situations involving Fernandes.

The biggest reason Real lost today was that, despite a good start, Campazzo and Deck couldn't make a single three-pointer out of seven attempts.

Meanwhile, Olympiacos broke the curse of the top-scoring team in the regular season never winning the championship.

Congratulations to Olympiacos fans and to Olympiacos itself.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

If Real Madrid were still in the Euroleague, today's refereeing decisions would have been in their favor. We've seen many clear foul calls in favor of Real Madrid in past years, especially in situations involving Fernandes.

The biggest reason Real lost today was that, despite a good start, Campazzo and Deck couldn't make a single three-pointer out of seven attempts.

Meanwhile, Olympiacos broke the curse of the top-scoring team in the regular season never winning the championship.

Congratulations to Olympiacos fans and to Olympiacos itself.

This game was actually worth the word final. Back and forth wins of the quarters (win by 7, lose by 9, win by 6, lose by 11), that's what people that love basketball want to see. Would have been fun if the underdog would have taken the crown but the collapse in the last quarter was just too much. Real shooting a whopping 35 3s is almost NBA like, yet they only made 13 which on this level is not enough.
Also there was quite a gap in free throws between those 2 teams.

Anyway, Olympiakos is the rightful winner I think. They played a great season and deserved to be on top.

[Stavri]

refereeing was absolutely terrible. they literally gifted the game to Olympiacos in the final minutes.
i think referees for the Final Four should come from outside of continental Europe.
as if ruining the entire season wasn't enough, they are now casting a shadow over the fairness and entertainment value of Europe’s most important basketball organization.

If Real Madrid were still in the Euroleague, today's refereeing decisions would have been in their favor. We've seen many clear foul calls in favor of Real Madrid in past years, especially in situations involving Fernandes.

The biggest reason Real lost today was that, despite a good start, Campazzo and Deck couldn't make a single three-pointer out of seven attempts.

Meanwhile, Olympiacos broke the curse of the top-scoring team in the regular season never winning the championship.

Congratulations to Olympiacos fans and to Olympiacos itself.

Olympiacos was leading 82-80 and throwing the ball in from under their own basket Campazzo presses Walkup and steals the ball cleanly but the referee calls a foul... Walkup makes both free throws to bring the score to 84-80.
On the very next possession while Olympiacos is on offense, I think Feliz presses the Olympiacos players and is just about to force a backcourt violation turnover but the referee calls another foul in favor of Olympiacos. two more free throws and the score becomes 86-80.

Olympiacos may have deserved the championship this year but it must be admitted that decisions like these cast a shadow over the game.

[Black Mbaye]

Real Madrid started the game very well. It feels like the curse that has been plaguing Olympiakos for the last 7-8 years is going to happen again this year. Real is very effective. I think Olympiakos will find their rhythm in the later minutes of the game.

It's a very close match. We might see another ending like three years ago, where Real Madrid won the championship with a last-second basket. Olympiacos made a great comeback. They had a very bad start to the game, but now they're ahead. Olympiacos is leading again, but I'm curious to see who will win. Campazzo and Deck were very ineffective for Real Madrid in this match. They didn't provide the scoring contribution I expected.

refereeing was absolutely terrible. they literally gifted the game to Olympiacos in the final minutes.
i think referees for the Final Four should come from outside of continental Europe.
as if ruining the entire season wasn't enough, they are now casting a shadow over the fairness and entertainment value of Europe’s most important basketball organization.

I couldn't watch the match, so I can't comment much on the referees, but considering the Greek team's performance throughout the season, we have to say they deserved the win. I was saddened by Fenerbahçe's elimination, of course, because as a Turkish team, I wanted them to win the cup. However, Olympiacos won the cup, and I congratulate them. It's a disappointing result for Real Madrid, but they can be happy that they became the second best team in Europe.

[LTU_btc]

This game was actually worth the word final. Back and forth wins of the quarters (win by 7, lose by 9, win by 6, lose by 11), that's what people that love basketball want to see. Would have been fun if the underdog would have taken the crown but the collapse in the last quarter was just too much. Real shooting a whopping 35 3s is almost NBA like, yet they only made 13 which on this level is not enough.
Also there was quite a gap in free throws between those 2 teams.

Anyway, Olympiakos is the rightful winner I think. They played a great season and deserved to be on top.

Actually Real gave much more fight than I expected without having any centers. And almost made Olympiacos to collapse in the end of 4th quarter. What I didn't liked when refs called foul on Campazzo against Walkup. Unfortunately, Euroleague quickly blocked all videos, but for me it's not foul and it's sad that such contraversial call possibly affected game.
In general, Oly was best team throughout the season and finally first see curse is over. Oly is first regular season winner who won Euroleague.

[Stavri]

refereeing was absolutely terrible. they literally gifted the game to Olympiacos in the final minutes.
i think referees for the Final Four should come from outside of continental Europe.
as if ruining the entire season wasn't enough, they are now casting a shadow over the fairness and entertainment value of Europe’s most important basketball organization.

I couldn't watch the match, so I can't comment much on the referees, but considering the Greek team's performance throughout the season, we have to say they deserved the win. I was saddened by Fenerbahçe's elimination, of course, because as a Turkish team, I wanted them to win the cup. However, Olympiacos won the cup, and I congratulate them. It's a disappointing result for Real Madrid, but they can be happy that they became the second best team in Europe.

at the start of the season, i was worried that Fenerbahçe Beko’s roster lacked the depth to win back to back championships but then the team built up some great momentum.  but against Olympiacos, the gap in squad quality between the two teams was painfully obvious...

[goodpunt]

Never followed Euroleague basketball before but was very invested in the final.

Just read the recap and it's impressive how many points can be scored in just one minute.
Wonder how the match would have gone if the last 3-point attempt from Real Madrid didn't fail.
The momentum in OT would surely have been on Real's side.
That said Olympiacos of course absolutely deserved the title - what a thrilling match.

[Daniel91]

Never followed Euroleague basketball before but was very invested in the final.

Just read the recap and it's impressive how many points can be scored in just one minute.
Wonder how the match would have gone if the last 3-point attempt from Real Madrid didn't fail.
The momentum in OT would surely have been on Real's side.
That said Olympiacos of course absolutely deserved the title - what a thrilling match.

I didn't watch the game, but I read that Real is once again outraged by the refereeing and believes that the referees stole the win (already seen in football, right?). 
Allegedly, the key refereeing error occurred 82 seconds before the end of the game when a foul was called on Real player Campazza against Walkup, with the score 82:80 for Olympiacos.
Real believes that Campazza only hugged the opposing player to prevent him from receiving the ball and that there was no foul.
I don't know why Real, as a club, regardless of the sport they play, simply can't admit defeat in a sporting manner and that the opponent was better.

[AHOYBRAUSE]

I didn't watch the game, but I read that Real is once again outraged by the refereeing and believes that the referees stole the win (already seen in football, right?). 
Allegedly, the key refereeing error occurred 82 seconds before the end of the game when a foul was called on Real player Campazza against Walkup, with the score 82:80 for Olympiacos.
Real believes that Campazza only hugged the opposing player to prevent him from receiving the ball and that there was no foul.
I don't know why Real, as a club, regardless of the sport they play, simply can't admit defeat in a sporting manner and that the opponent was better.

Maybe it's a mentality thing. Somehow, also in football, I have a feeling that like hispanic team are dealing worse with defeat that any other. Maybe it be Argentina in football or whatever, they also blame others, play on time, use dirty tactics and what not. And once they feel any hint of "conspiracy" against them they start crying and complaining like the world has turned against them, it's actually hilarious.