EuroCup 2008 Final: The Joventut shows itself to be far superior to Girona
In 2008, the final 8 of the EuroCup was held in Turin, which was the last competition under the name “ULEB Cup”, and where the Joventut clearly beat Girona in the final (79-54), with an outstanding Mallet, although the MVP of the tournament was for Rudy Fernández
Quarterfinals Dynamo Moscow 78 - Turow 63 Girona 75 - Unics Kazan 66 Joventut 77 - Valencia 67 Besiktas 60 - Galatasaray 61
Semi-finals Dynamo Moscow 78 - Girona 81 Joventut 90 - Galatasaray 83
Joventut reached the final with Rudy infiltrated by a shoulder problem, and saw Girona start the final better, with (2-12) to start, and reaching the end of the first quarter ahead (16-21). But Girona’s resistance ended here, as their lights went out in attack, they were only able to score 6 and 10 points in the following quarters, so with 10 minutes to go before the final whistle, the match was already decided (58-37), with a Mallet smashing his rival’s hoop tirelessly.
Joventut 79 *Mallet - 26p, 1r *Rubio - 2p, 3br *Laviña - 4p, 5r *Jagla - 8p, 3r *Hernández-Sonseca - 0p, 1r Ribas - 2p, 3a Rudy - 13p, 7r Barton - 8p, 8r Franch - 0p Popovic - 6p, 1r Tomás - 0p Moiso - 10p, 7r
Girona 54 *McDonald - 11p, 3a *Sada - 3p, 5a *Cvetkovic - 3p, 2r *Radenovic - 20p, 2r *M.Gasol - 9p, 10r Daniels - 6p, 4r Montañez - 0p, 1r San Emeterio - 2p, 2r Whilfield - 0p
