2010–11 Euroleague

Euroleague 2010–11
League	Turkish Airlines Euroleague
Sport	Basketball
Regular Season
Season MVP	Dimitris Diamantidis
Top scorer	Igor Rakočević (Efes Pilsen)
Final Four
Final Four champions	Panathinaikos
Runners-up	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Final Four MVP	Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)
Euroleague seasons
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The Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2010–11 was the 11th season of the modern era of Euroleague Basketball and the first under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 54th season of the premier competition for European men's clubs.

The format featured 24 teams, beginning with Game 1 of the first qualifying round on September 21, 2010, and culminating at the Final Four in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona.^[1] It was won by the Athenian club Panathinaikos (6th title), who defeated Maccabi Electra of Tel Aviv in the championship game of May 8, 2011.^[2] Mens Sana of Siena, competing as Montepaschi after the name of their principal sponsor, finished 3rd by holding off Real Madrid in the third-place game.^[3]

At individual level the season was marked by Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos. Not only did the Greek point guard lift the trophy for the third time in five years and receive the Final 4 MVP award, but he also became the first ever to win three end-of-season awards: Euroleague MVP, Best Defender and All-Euroleague First Team.^[4]

Contents 1 Teams 2 Draw 3 Qualifying rounds 3.1 Bracket 4 Regular season 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 4.3 Group C 4.4 Group D 5 Top 16 5.1 Group E 5.2 Group F 5.3 Group G 5.4 Group H 6 Quarterfinals 7 Final Four 7.1 Semifinals 7.1.1 Semifinal 1 7.1.2 Semifinal 2 7.2 Third-place playoff 7.3 Final 8 Individual statistics 8.1 Ranking 8.2 Points 8.3 Rebounds 8.4 Assists 9 Awards 9.1 Euroleague 2010-11 MVP 9.2 Euroleague 2010-11 Final Four MVP 9.3 All-Euroleague Team 2010-11 9.4 Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy) 9.5 Best Defender 9.6 Rising Star 9.7 MVP of Month 9.8 MVP Weekly 9.8.1 Regular Season 9.8.2 Top 16 9.8.3 Quarterfinals 10 References 11 External links

Teams

Country (League)	Teams	Teams (ranking in 2009-10 national championship)
Spain (ACB)	5	Caja Laboral (1)	Regal FC Barcelona (2)	Real Madrid (SF)	Unicaja Málaga (SF)	Power Electronics (QF)
Italy (Lega A)	3	Montepaschi Siena (1)	AJ Milano (2)	Virtus Roma (QF)
Greece (ESAKE A1)	2	Panathinaikos Athens (1)	Olympiacos Piraeus (2)
Turkey (TBL)	2	Fenerbahçe Ülker İstanbul (1)	Efes Pilsen İstanbul (2)
Lithuania (LKL)	2	Lietuvos Rytas (1)	Žalgiris Kaunas (2)
Russia (PBL)	2	CSKA Moscow (1)	BC Khimki (2)
Serbia (KLS)	1	Partizan mt:s (1)
France (LNB Pro A)	1	Cholet Basket (1)
Germany (BBL)	1	Brose Baskets (1)
Croatia (A1 Liga)	1	Cibona Zagreb (1)
Slovenia (SKL)	1	Union Olimpija Ljubljana (2)
Israel (BSL)	1	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv (2)
Poland (PLK)	1	Asseco Prokom Gdynia (1)
Belgium (BLB)	1	Spirou Basket (1)

†As winner of the ULEB Eurocup 2009–10

Draw

The draws for the 2010–11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was held on Thursday, July 8 at Barcelona, Spain. The draws began at 11:15 local time (CET) and determined the qualifying-round matchups and regular-season groups for the Euroleague, as well as the qualifying rounds for the Eurocup and the regular-season for the EuroChallenge.

Teams were organised into six pots of four teams.

Two teams from the same country cannot coincide in the same Regular Season group, except for Spain that has five teams participating in the competition.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
CSKA Moscow Regal FC Barcelona Olympiacos Piraeus Caja Laboral	Montepaschi Siena Panathinaikos Athens Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv Real Madrid	Partizan Belgrade P.E. Valencia Unicaja Lietuvos Rytas	Fenerbahçe Ülker Asseco Prokom Gdynia Efes Pilsen Istanbul Virtus Roma	Žalgiris Kaunas KK Cibona Zagreb Armani Jeans Milano Brose Baskets	Union Olimpija Ljubljana Cholet Basket Spirou Basket (QR A) BC Khimki (QR B)

Qualifying rounds

The Qualifying Rounds consisted of three rounds, QR1, QR2 and QR3. The rounds were played in home and away series.

Bracket

The higher ranked team hosted the second leg.

	First qualifying round							Second qualifying round							Third qualifying round
	1	ALBA Berlin	79	95	174
	4	Chorale Roanne	86	82	168
								1	ALBA Berlin	73	73	146
								2	KK Hemofarm	67	78	145
	2	KK Hemofarm	97	77	174
	3	Hapoel Gilboa	84	86	170
															1	ALBA Berlin	77	70	147
														3	Spirou Basket	81	70	151
	1	UNICS Kazan	84	78	162
	4	GasTerra Flames	72	63	135
								1	UNICS Kazan	69	75	144
								3	Spirou Basket	75	71	146
	2	ČEZ Nymburk	68	73	141
	3	Spirou Basket	79	71	150

	First qualifying round							Second qualifying round							Third qualifying round
	1	Lyon-Villeurbanne	64	84	148
	4	KK Budućnost	69	76	145
								1	Lyon-Villeurbanne	75	71	146
								2	Le Mans	85	63	148
	2	Le Mans	78	78	156
	3	Banvit BK	72	66	138
															2	Le Mans	56	66	122
														1	BC Khimki Moscow	70	87	157
	1	BC Khimki Moscow	77	85	162
	4	Pepsi Caserta	74	66	140
								1	BC Khimki Moscow	87	74	161
								2	BC Budivelnyk	58	67	125
	2	BC Budivelnyk			w/o
	3	Maroussi BC[5]			DSQ

Regular season

The Regular Season began on 18 October 2010 with Olympiacos hosting Real Madrid and ended on 23 December 2010.

If teams are level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
4. Points scored during the regular season.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Key to colors

Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16

Group A

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	10	9	1	799	700	+99
2.	Caja Laboral	10	5	5	809	784	+25	2–2 +15
3.	Žalgiris Kaunas	10	5	5	762	765	−3	2–2 +3
4.	Partizan Belgrade	10	5	5	658	717	−59	2–2 −18
5.	Khimki Moscow	10	4	6	764	753	+11
6.	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	10	2	8	689	762	−73

Group B

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Olympiacos Piraeus	10	7	3	805	730	+75
2.	Real Madrid	10	6	4	734	662	+72
3.	Unicaja Málaga	10	5	5	749	759	−10	1–1 +15
4.	Virtus Roma	10	5	5	733	770	−37	1–1 −15
5.	Brose Baskets	10	4	6	714	739	−25
6.	Spirou Basket	10	3	7	691	766	−75

Group C

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Montepaschi Siena	10	8	2	787	661	+126
2.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	10	7	3	795	723	+72	1–1 +2
3.	Regal FC Barcelona	10	7	3	766	709	+57	1–1 −2
4.	Lietuvos Rytas	10	4	6	779	784	−5	1–1 +8
5.	Cholet Basket	10	4	6	705	774	−69	1–1 −8
6.	KK Cibona Zagreb	10	0	10	677	858	−181

Group D

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Panathinaikos Athens	10	7	3	802	703	+99
2.	Union Olimpija Ljubljana	10	6	4	789	783	+6
3.	Efes Pilsen Istanbul	10	5	5	756	768	−12	1–1 +10
4.	Power Electronics Valencia	10	5	5	689	695	−6	1–1 −10
5.	Armani Jeans Milano	10	4	6	737	766	−29
6.	CSKA Moscow	10	3	7	683	741	−58

Top 16

The 16 qualified teams were drawn into four groups with four teams. The matches were played between January 19 and March 3, the top two teams of every group advanced to the playoffs. The draw took place on 4 January 2011 at Barcelona at 13:00 CET, and was streamed live on the Euroleague's official website.^[6]

Key to colors

	Top two places in each group advanced to Quarterfinals
	Eliminated

Group E

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Caja Laboral	6	4	2	468	437	+31	1−1 +5
2.	Panathinaikos Athens	6	4	2	452	395	+57	1−1 −5
3.	Lietuvos Rytas	6	3	3	445	473	−28
4.	Unicaja Málaga	6	1	5	414	474	−60

Group F

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Regal FC Barcelona	6	6	0	471	402	+69
2.	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	6	3	3	511	442	+69
3.	Virtus Roma	6	2	4	411	462	−51
4.	Union Olimpija Ljubljana	6	1	5	394	481	−87

Group G

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Real Madrid	6	5	1	460	423	+37
2.	Montepaschi Siena	6	4	2	452	423	+29
3.	Efes Pilsen Istanbul	6	2	4	426	455	−29
4.	Partizan Belgrade	6	1	5	389	426	−37

Group H

	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	Diff	Tie-break
1.	Olympiacos Piraeus	6	5	1	461	418	+43
2.	Power Electronics Valencia	6	3	3	449	438	+11	1−1 +12
3.	Fenerbahçe Ülker	6	3	3	456	462	−6	1−1 −12
4.	Žalgiris Kaunas	6	1	5	418	466	−48

Quarterfinals

	Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5
1.	Caja Laboral	1–3	Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv	76–70	81–83	60–81	77–99
2.	Regal FC Barcelona	1–3	Panathinaikos BC	83–82	71–75	74–76	67−78
3.	Real Madrid	3–2	Power Electronics Valencia	71–65	75–81	75–66	72–81	66–58
4.	Olympiacos Piraeus	1–3	Montepaschi Siena	89–41	65–82	72–81	76−88

Final Four

Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain

	Semifinals May 6				Final May 8
	Panathinaikos BC	77
	Montepaschi Siena	69
					Maccabi Tel Aviv	70
					Panathinaikos BC	78
					Third place
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	82		Real Madrid	62
	Real Madrid	63			Montepaschi Siena	80

Semifinals

All times are CEST (UTC+2).

Semifinal 1

6 May 2011 18:00	Report	Panathinaikos BC	77–69	Montepaschi Siena		Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
		Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 23–15, 16–11, 21–22

Semifinal 2

6 May 2011 21:00	Report	Maccabi Tel Aviv	82–63	Real Madrid		Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
		Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 18–17, 23–18, 27–11

Third-place playoff

8 May 2011 13:30	Report	Real Madrid	62–80	Montepaschi Siena		Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
		Scoring by quarter: 11–19, 21–17, 13–21, 17–23

Final

8 May 2011 16:30	Report	Maccabi Tel Aviv	70–78	Panathinaikos BC		Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona Attendance: 15768 Referees: Juan Carlos Mitjana(ESP), Luigi Lamonica(ITA), Robert Lottemoser(GER).
		Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 15–11, 13–21, 27–24

Euroleague 2011 Champions
Panathinaikos BC 6th title

Individual statistics

Ranking

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Ranking	RPG
1.	Fernando San Emeterio	Caja Laboral	20	381	19.05
2.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	22	407	18.50
3.	Joel Freeland	Unicaja Málaga	15	262	17.47
4.	Igor Rakočević	Efes Pilsen	14	211	15.07
5.	Mike Batiste	Panathinaikos	20	292	14.60

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Igor Rakočević	Efes Pilsen	14	241	17.21
2.	Mirza Teletović	Caja Laboral	20	309	15.45
3.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	20	284	14.20
4.	Juan Carlos Navarro	Regal FC Barcelona	15	211	14.07
5.	Kenny Gregory	Union Olimpija	16	224	14.00

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Mirsad Türkcan	Fenerbahçe Ülker	12	88	7.33
2.	James Gist	Partizan	14	97	6.93
3.	Paulius Jankūnas	BC Žalgiris	16	110	6.88
4.	Ioannis Bourousis	Olympiacos	18	118	6.56
5.	Joel Freeland	Unicaja Málaga	15	95	6.33

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	22	137	6.23
2.	Marcelinho Huertas	Caja Laboral	20	111	5.55
3.	Omar Cook	Power Electronics Valencia	21	116	5.52
4.	Jeremy Pargo	Maccabi Tel Aviv	22	94	4.27
5.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	20	85	4.25

Awards

Euroleague 2010-11 MVP

• Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)

Euroleague 2010-11 Final Four MVP

• Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)

All-Euroleague Team 2010-11

^[7]

Position	All-Euroleague First Team	Club Team	All-Euroleague Second Team	Club Team
PG	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	Jeremy Pargo	Maccabi
SG/SF	Juan Carlos Navarro	Barcelona	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos
SG/SF	Fernando San Emeterio	Baskonia	Sergio Llull	Real Madrid
PF/C	Mike Batiste	Panathinaikos	Duško Savanović	Valencia
PF/C	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	Maccabi	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	Montepaschi Siena

Top Scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

• Igor Rakočević (Efes Pilsen)

Best Defender

• Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)

Rising Star

• Nikola Mirotić (Real Madrid)

MVP of Month

Month	Player	Team
October 2010	Goran Jagodnik	Union Olimpija
November 2010	Chuck Eidson	Maccabi Tel Aviv
December 2010	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
January 2011	Juan Carlos Navarro	Barcelona
February 2011	Radoslav Nesterović	Olympiacos
March 2011	Jeremy Pargo	Maccabi Tel Aviv

MVP Weekly

Regular Season

Game	Player	Team	Ranking
1	Chuck Eidson	Maccabi Tel Aviv	30
2	Bootsy Thornton	Efes Pilsen	29
3	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	31
4	Berni Rodríguez	Unicaja Málaga	36
5	Sammy Mejia	Cholet Basket	35
6	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	Montepaschi Siena	36
7	Darius Washington	Virtus Roma	31
8	Ratko Varda	Asseco Prokom Gdynia	31
9	Bo McCalebb	Montepaschi Siena	34
10	Keith Langford	BC Khimki	42

Top 16

Game	Player	Team	Ranking
1	Kenny Gregory	Union Olimpija Ljubljana	30
2	Marcelinho Huertas Khalid El-Amin	Caja Laboral Lietuvos Rytas	29
3	D'or Fischer Lior Eliyahu	Real Madrid Maccabi Tel Aviv	30
4	Antonis Fotsis	Panathinaikos	40
5	Marcelinho Huertas	Caja Laboral	30
6	Fernando San Emeterio	Caja Laboral	37

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team	Ranking
1	Richard Hendrix	Maccabi Tel Aviv	28
2	Malik Hairston	Montepaschi Siena	32
3	Marko Jaric D'or Fischer	Montepaschi Siena Real Madrid	27
4	Malik Hairston	Montepaschi Siena	31
5	Duško Savanović	Power Electronics Valencia	23

References

External links

• Euroleague.net Official Site
• Eurobasket.com Euroleague Page

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Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2010/11 Champions Panathinaikos Athens Runners-up Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv Third place Montepaschi Siena Fourth place Real Madrid Eliminated in Quarterfinals Caja Laboral · Regal FC Barcelona · Olympiacos Piraeus · Power Electronics Valencia Eliminated in Top 16 Group E · Group F · Group G · Group H Lietuvos rytas · Unicaja · Virtus Roma · Union Olimpija · Efes Pilsen Istanbul · Partizan Belgrade · Fenerbahçe Ülker · Žalgiris Kaunas Eliminated in Regular Season Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D BC Khimki · Asseco Prokom · Brose Baskets · Spirou Basket · Cholet Basket · KK Cibona Zagreb · Armani Jeans Milano · CSKA Moscow Eliminated in Third Qualifying Round ALBA Berlin · Le Mans Eliminated in Second Qualifying Round ASVEL Basket · BC Budivelnyk · Hemofarm Stada · UNICS Kazan Eliminated in First Qualifying Round Banvit BK · ČEZ Nymburk · Chorale Roanne · GasTerra Flames · Hapoel Gilboa Galil · KK Budućnost · Pepsi Caserta

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