Cup 2002 Final: Baskonia wins an unforgettable final against Barcelona
The 2002 Cup was held in Vitoria, leaving a final with a victory for Baskonia against Barcelona (85-83) that they will never forget at Buesa Arena. The MVP went to Dejan Tomasevic, but the glory of the winning basket went to Elmer Bennett It was a real finale between two teams that never gave up. At half-time the advantage was minimal for the Blaugranas (32-34). In the second half the basketball was unleashed, more points, more verticality, but the same equality. An equality that benefits the local Baskonia, with a Buesa devoted to the cause. Anyone could have won, but it was Bennett who decided. Navarro was lost in the end due to injury. Tomasevic (20 points), Bennett (17 points) and Nocioni (14) were the top scorers on the Basque side. In Barcelona, Jasikevicius went to 28 points, long the best by Blaugrana
Before…
Quarterfinals Barcelona 73 - Seville 66 Real Madrid 75 - Students 78 Unicaja Málaga 73 - Valencia Basket 59 Baskonia 74 - Joventut 72
Semi-finals Barcelona 88 - Students 68 Unicaja Málaga 72 - Baskonia 83
Baskonia 85 *Corchiani - 3p, 2a, 1r *Vidal - 0p, 1a *Nocioni - 14p, 6r, 1a *Tomasevic - 20p, 8r, 3br *Oberto - 12p, 2r, 2a Scola - 10p, 4r, 1a Bennett - 17p, 6a, 1r Foirest - 9p, 1r, 1a
Barcelona 83 *Jasikevicius - 28p, 4r, 2a *Digbeu - 5p, 4r, 3a *Karnisovas - 9p, 4a, 2r *Okulaja - 10p, 1r, 1br *Alzamora - 2p Rodríguez - 8p, 2r, 2a De la Fuente - 2p, 1r Dueñas - 7p, 6r, 2t Rentzias - 12p, 4r, 2t
