EL2022/23 - The Final Four (Kaunas)

[Killer Bob]

Hahaaaaaaaaaaaa....

[Levenspiel]

15.000€ for me.

So you have 15k reasons to justify your fanaticsm . Joking. Congratulations.

[trey from mars]

Whilst I’m not a Real Madrid fan and I accept they’ve had their own controversies this season, given they’ve just silenced the flood of social media posts claiming Olympiacos to be the best team, on this occasion I say: HALA MADRID!

[paspalj]

What is left to be said for Llull, Rodriguez and Rudy? They might annoy the shit out of me but you can only sit back in awe of their sheer tenacity and refuse to lose mentality. It's crazy how they can still play when their balls weigh 200kg Shot after shot, you know that when it matters, these dudes are gonna show up.

Oly was the best team of the season playing very attractive basketball but in the end Real got one of the most incredible titles in history (missing important players, coming back from 0-2, winning over FCB and then over Oly). Respect to these guys, but I won't miss them when they finally retire

Congrats to Bob, enjoy <3

[Toruko]

Final 4 is so easy money. The bookmakers gave 2,4 to Reals win and 2,5 for Monacos win.

[Toruko]

What is left to be said for Llull, Rodriguez and Rudy? They might annoy the shit out of me but you can only sit back in awe of their sheer tenacity and refuse to lose mentality. It's crazy how they can still play when their balls weigh 200kg Shot after shot, you know that when it matters, these dudes are gonna show up.

Oly was the best team of the season playing very attractive basketball but in the end Real got one of the most incredible titles in history (missing important players, coming back from 0-2, winning over FCB and then over Oly). Respect to these guys, but I won't miss them when they finally retire

Congrats to Bob, enjoy <3

Its just normal because these players played 400 such games. They are sharp as hell.

[Obina]

Legendary club with legendary players.

Congrats od Oly for great season but they didnt have luck at the end. They did the same to CSKA few times.

[Jazz]

Congrats to Bob. He always believed.

[Killer Bob]

So you have 15k reasons to justify your fanaticsm . Joking. Congratulations.

I don't care about money, but odds were just incredible after 0:2 against Partizan.

This title is just unprecedented for me. Against all odds, with my favourite players, incredible.

[Levenspiel]

Its just normal because these players played 400 such games. They are sharp as hell.

Rudy, yes, but Llull and Rodriguez looked half-dead a couple months ago. I guess they were saving it for the crunch time

[Ball Fiend]

Bartzokas is an elite tactician no doubt, but I have to question his strategy of attacking the zone this game. There are a few different ways to go at the 2-3 zone but the most obvious is putting someone like Vezenkov in the middle of the defense to create opportunities. Bartzokas seemed to have only one way of attacking the zone and it cost them big time, especially in the second half.

[Toruko]

Rudy, yes, but Llull and Rodriguez looked half-dead a couple months ago. I guess they were saving it for the crunch time

Reals roster is just too big, so u can easily save them for crucial shots.

[Killer Bob]

I'm pretty drunk, so I apologise whatever I post now.

[Serbian_Layup]

Sorry for Oly fans, incredibly cheap loss.

Now, I dare some posters to explain me how a 15 men roster didn't mean much for Real after that incident against Partizan. Causeur hasn't played at all this season basically, comes in the final and knocks down 3 threes. Llull takes most important shot and hits it being his only points in the game. Tavares is the only one irreplacable, everyone else they can compensate because their roster is filled with proven players that can step up at any time.

Now, it's for analysis how a team playing 30 minutes zone defense can win a Euroleague title. And how teams weren't able to adjust to that. All Mateo could do is relying that teams will miss wide open shots. But I think the game was decided by Oly's bad defensive rebounding, they allowed many second chance points to Real throughout the game.

[paspalj]

Rudy, yes, but Llull and Rodriguez looked half-dead a couple months ago. I guess they were saving it for the crunch time

Right?

It's like they were like "regular season? meh" then suddenly found the fountain of youth when it mattered. Incredible basketball generation.