Champions League 2021 Final: San Pablo Burgos repeats the title
In 2021 the final 8 of the Basketball Champions League was held in the Russian city of Novgorod. In the final, San Pablo Burgos won the title for the second consecutive year. In a few points final (64-59) the Burgos beat Pinar Karsiyaka, with Benite as MVP
Quarter-finals Hapoel Holon 77 - San Pablo Burgos 86 Tenerife 86 - Strasbourg 88 Nizhny Novgorod 78 - Zaragoza 86 Nymburk 73 - Pinar Karsiyaka 84
Semifinals San Pablo Burgos 81 - Strasbourg 70 Zaragoza 79 - Pinar Karsiyaka 84
The final was played at a slow pace, with very few points, waiting for one of the two rivals to catch the lethal streak. This came in the third quarter when Burgos was able to leave the Turks at eleven points in the ten minutes of play, and put the score at (46-39).
It might not seem like much but with so few points in the game, Burgos were able to manage the lead until the end.
San Pablo Burgos 64 *Renfroe - 14p, 6r *Benite - 15p, 2a *Rabaseda - 0p, 5r *Rivero - 9p, 5r *Kravic - 8p, 8r Cook - 3p, 2a McFadden - 5p, 1a Salvo - 5p, 3r Horton - 5p, 2r Sakho - 0p, 2r Barrera - 0p, 1r Salash - 0p
Pinar Karsiyaka 59 *Taylor - 8p, 4a *Henry - 1p, 5a *Kennedy - 5p, 4r *Morgan - 13p, 6r *M`Baye - 17p, 8r Bitim - 2p Agva - 2p, 3r Sonsirma - 0p Birsen - 10p, 6r Erden - 1p
