Second year of the new Euroleague, with the 16 teams playing and again there was excitement until the final days. With 30 games ahead there were winners and losers, and unlike the first year in this format, the squares to the playoffs were decided to several days for the end
A new era began in the Euroleague, completely changing its regular league format, going from the two phases to a single league all against all, and a drastic reduction in teams, from 24 to 16, which led to a much discussed and competitive competition until the last few days
The competition started showing that this year was going to be difficult for the big theorists. Teams of the calibre of Maccabi, Armani Milan and Bayern Munich were knocked out at the first hurdle, and the reigning champions could not secure a place in the next round until the final matchday. CSKA and Fenerbahce, on the other hand, were very solid
