In 2023 the BCL final four was held in Malaga, in what seemed an ideal location to see a Spanish final again, with the local Unicaja and the reigning champion Tenerife. The reality was quite different, with both teams falling in the semifinals. In the final, Telekom Bonn overcame Hapoel Jerusalem (77-70) thanks to the leadership of point guard TJ Shorts II, the eventual MVP
En 2023 se celebró la final four de la BCL en Málaga, en lo que parecía una localización ideal para volver a ver una final española, con el local Unicaja y el vigente campeón Tenerife. La realidad fue bien distinta, con los dos equipos cayendo en semifinales. En la final el Telekom Bonn superó al Hapoel Jerusalem (77-70) gracias a liderazgo de su base TJ Shorts II, a la postre MVP
In the 2023 EuroCup we lived the first continental title in the history of the islanders, beating Turk Telekom Ankara in the final in a close game (71-67). John Shurna was the MVP of a night that Gran Canaria will never forget
In 2023 the Copa del Rey was held in Badalona, and it will surely be a tournament remembered forever. Unicaja was proclaimed champion beating first Barcelona, then Real Madrid, and Tenerife, in an unprecedented final, in the decisive game. The Andalusian team wins the cup again 18 years later
In 2022 the EuroBasket was held, where its final phase was played in Berlin. A competition where at the beginning all the spotlights were focused on NBA stars Doncic, Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo, but in which all of them were overshadowed by the teamwork of Spain, unexpected winner of the Gold after a parenthesis edition
In the 2022 ACB, the title went to Real Madrid, who clearly beat a Barcelona team that had the home court factor in its favor (1-3). The Whites dominated throughout the final, won the first game, fought until the last possession in the second and sealed the tie by winning their games in Madrid. The defense, the intensity, but above all the dominance in rebounding, were fundamental to understand the victory, and there the maximum exponent is Edy Tavares, elected MVP
In the NBA of 2022, the Golden State Warriors returned four years later to win the championship ring, beating the Boston Celtics who were playing in a final that they had not played for twelve years. The series after starting evenly matched, the Celtics got to put (1-2), was sentenced by the Warriors in a resounding way, winning the last three games in a solvent way to put the final (4-2)
2022 will be remembered for the fact that Russian teams were disqualified because of Russia’s war invasion of Ukraine. A decision that affected the European top competition in sporting terms
In the 2022 EuroCup, this time, Virtus Bologna lived up to its status as favorite after beating Bursaspor in the final (80-67). Milos Teodosic, who led his team in both attack and direction, won the MVP
In 2022 the final four was held in Bilbao, where we were offered a Spanish final to decide the champion, in which Tenerife overcame Manresa by (87-98), led by a spectacular Marcelinho Huertas, MVP at 38 years of age. The islanders returned to the top of the BCL five years later
In 2022, the King’s Cup was held in Granada, where Barcelona was once again proclaimed champion. The blaugranas, after scoring more than 100 points on average in the quarterfinals and semifinals, had to overcome a very defensive Real Madrid that took the final to a few points
