In the summer of 1989 the EuroBasket was held in Zagreb; where as could not be otherwise Yugoslavia playing home demonstrated its superiority. With extra motivation, coupled with a powerful team, Yugoslavia won with authority the European Gold, comfortably defeating Greece in the final by 98-7
In the NBA of 89 the final of the previous year is re-edited, although this time with a diametrically different end, where the Pistons of Detroit sweep the Angeles Lakers, in part plagued with injuries, by 4-0. There was simply no end, the Pistons clear champions
In the ACB league 1.989, the so-called Petrovic league, the final was played by the usual in the 80’s, Barcelona vs. Real Madrid and Real Madrid vs Barcelona. Barcelona, despite a great Real Madrid who won everything that disputed commanded by Fernando Martin and Drazen Petrovic, took the final by 3-2 and his third consecutive title
The preliminary round of the Round of 16 went according to normal parameters and there was no surprise. So the best fourteen teams in Europe moved on to the next phase after passing the preliminary round of matches
In 1989, the cup was held in A Coruña, where they were able to beat Barcelona in an intense final (85-81) to become champions. Petrovic was the top scorer of the match, in a great duel with Epi. Rogers away from the spotlight, made a great game that was worth a title
In 1989 the final of the Cup Winners’ Cup was held in Piraeus, where we saw one of the most spectacular duels in memory. Real Madrid vs. Snaidero Caserta, or what was the same a Petrovic vs. Oscar Shmidt, where the whites, after an extra time took the title (117-113)
In 1989 the Korac final was played between Partizan and Cantu, where each of the local teams won their home game, with the title being decided by a resounding victory for the Serbs in the second leg. Djordjevic, Danilovic, Divac, Paspalj,… Balkan talent at its best
