Cup 1999 Final: Three years later Baskonia wins again
In 1999, the cup was held in Valencia, where Baskonia, after three years of waiting, won the cup again. The Basques beat Caja San Fernando Sevilla in the final (70-61), with Beric leading the attack, and Bennett, MVP of the tournament, beating Turner in the bases duel The Caja San Fernando sought out their options, (28-32), and for many minutes competed. But as the minutes went by it seemed that the Andalusians were getting too long in the final, and they definitely lost the chance to take the title. Beric (19 points), Rusconi (15 points), Bennett (13 points) and Bonner (12), the top scorers on the Basque side. In the Seville team, Turner (19 points), Scott (18 points) and Romero (10).
Before…
Quarterfinals Barcelona 87 - Unicaja Málaga 72 Valencia Basket 57 - Seville 58 Real Madrid 89 - Fuenlabrada 69 Baskonia 76 - Joventut 73
Semi-finals Barcelona 79 - Seville 85 Real Madrid 74 - Baskonia 78
Baskonia 70 *Bennett - 13p, 5r, 4a *Espil - 6p, 3a, 1r *Beric - 19p, 4a, 1br *Rusconi - 15p, 8r *Bonner - 12p, 9r, 3a L.Angulo - 2p, 3br, 2a Millera - 0p, 2r, 1a Winters - 3p, 5r, 2br
Sevilla 61 *Turner - 19p, 5a, 3br *Schutte - 0p, 2br, 1a *Smith - 9p, 3r, 2a *Scott - 18p, 4r, 2br *Romero - 10p, 9r, 3t Odriozola - 2p Kornegay - 3p, 4r, 1t Bosch - 0p
