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
In the summer of 1988, the Olympic Games were held in Seoul, where Gold was won by the Soviet Union after defeating Yugoslavia in the final by 76-63, in a game dominated by Sabonis and Marciulionis
In the 88 NBA the Angeles Lakers win their second consecutive league by sweating blood, sweat and tears in seven exciting games including comeback against the bad boys of the NBA, the Detroit Pistons bad boys. 4-3 for the angels
In the 1.988 ACB, a great Barcelona defeated Real Madrid in the final, led by Fernando Martín, who had just arrived from Portland, 3-2
The competition suffers three changes, the first is that the most important teams are exempt from a first crossing going directly to the round of 16 in direct qualifying format to round of matches. The second that eight teams qualify for the league, two more than in the past and the last and most important change is that from this year after the league no longer qualify the first two but the first four will qualify for a final four between them. Final format that is still valid today
