The 2020 NBA will always be remembered for the bubble format that had to be implemented in order to finish the season because of the coronavirus. In sports, the Lakers took the ring after 10 years of drought by LeBron James and Anthony Davis, who beat the Miami Heat in the final against the odds to start the playoffs from fifth position, and even though they played with several players, they fought until the sixth game (4-2)
Because of the coronavirus, the BCL stopped the competition and decided to play a final 8 months later in Athens. In the final, the San Pablo Burgos, in the first opportunity in its history to win a European title, clearly beat the AEK Athens by (85-74)
The 2020 ACB was completed after the halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, with a final tournament, where a group of five matches were played between two groups, and the first two from each group played a final four, where in the semi-finals Barcelona eliminated San Pablo Burgos 98-84, and Baskonia beat Valencia in a hurry 73-75. In the grand final the Basques beat Barça by a tight 67-69 thanks to a final basket by Vildoza. Baskonia, 10 years later, ACB champion
2020 will be remembered forever because of the pandemic that struck the world earlier this year. A health reason that forced the EuroLeague and EuroCup to be stopped on 6 March and cancelled almost three months later, when the decision was officially announced on 25 May
In 2020 the Cup was held in Malaga, where the whites, after losing the two previous finals against Barcelona and playing their seventh consecutive final, won the cup again three years later. He did so by beating Unicaja in the final, and also did so clearly, by (95-68). A final distance that broke the record for the greatest difference in a cup final
In 2019 the World Cup was held in China. A competition marked by the worst performance of the United States in a World Cup. In the final Spain deployed a great basketball against a battler Argentina who never had a real chance of winning the game. In the end (95-75) for a Spain that thirteen years later again felt the sensation of winning a World Cup, of being on the cusp of the planet. Ricky Rubio, Tournament MVP
In the ACB of 2019 Real Madrid was proclaimed champion again after defeating a Barcelona that returned three years later to a final, by (3-1). Madrid did not allow the Catalans to win in the capital in the first two games of the final, and then after losing by one in the third, sealed the title with solvency in the fourth game. Campazzo, with a great performance, was awarded with the MVP
The 2019 NBA offered us a final that was sometimes dramatic due to injuries suffered by the Warriors, and historic for Raptors who were proclaimed NBA champions in their first disputed final. The Warriors managed to win two games on Canadian soil, but their impregnable Oracle Arena saw their team lose up to three times to a Toronto led by Leonard, MVP of the final, and with a clear Spanish flavor, with Marc Gasol and Ibaka on the track, and Scariolo on the bench, touching glory. In the end (4-2) for Toronto. Without Durant, who only played 12 minutes to re-injure himself, with Thompson in the end also out of action for the effort, and a half gas Cousins, the Warriors lost the chance to win the ring for the third consecutive time
The EuroLeague offered us yet another year, an exciting competition. With 30 days with fight until the end especially to enter the playoffs, where the last places were not decided until the last day
Madrid hosted the 2019 Cup, and lived one of the most southern cup finals in the history of the competition, where the referees, in a final between Barcelona and Real Madrid, chained mistakes, even having the instant-replay to check the last move, to take the final to the limit, with Barcelona as the final champion
In the 2019 EuroCup the title went to Valencia Basket, after beating ALBA Berlin (2-1) in the final. Will Thomas, was the MVP of the final series
In 2019 the final four of the Champions League was held in the Belgian city of Antwerp. Where in the final the Virtus Bologna returned, many years later to feel what it is like to win a title. The Italians beat Tenerife (73-61), thanks in part to the offensive work of Kevin Punter, MVP of the tournament
The 2018 NBA offered us the usual tone of recent years, a final between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers, the fourth consecutive. The Warriors started as favourites and really fulfilled their condition to win with great authority and sweep away LeBron and company by (4-0). Golden State led again by Durant, second MVP of the finals consecutively, demonstrated that they are the power established in the NBA with three titles and four finals in the last four seasons
In the ACB 2018 Real Madrid dominated the competition again after a year of parenthesis. The whites culminated with a title a great season that really dominated from start to finish. In the final they beat Baskonia, who played a final after eight drought, by a clear (3-1) and after winning two games in Vitoria
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
In 2018 the Cup was held in Gran Canaria, where we lived the tight victory of Barcelona, surpassing in a final of maximum tension to Real Madrid, by (92-90). Heurtel, like the following season, was crowned MVP of the tournament
At the 2018 EuroCup, the title went to Turkey’s Darussafaka, who beat Lokomotiv Kuban 2-0 in the final, with Scottie Wilbekin leading the way
In 2018 the final four of the Champions League was held in Athens, where AEK took the opportunity to play as a home team to win the title. In an attacking final, the Greeks beat AS Monaco by (100-94). Mike Green, point guard of the Greek team, MVP of the tournament
In 2017 the Eurobasket was held, where its final stage was held in Istanbul. A special Eurobasket since it would be the last one that is disputed every two years, from that moment it will be celebrated every four years, the following one will be disputed in 2021, and special by its winner Slovenia, that for the first time touched the honeys of a medal and they did it to the big thing, with the Gold
The 2017 NBA offered us for the third consecutive time a Golden State Warriors vs Cleveland Cavaliers, a milestone in the history of the NBA. The Warriors broke the particular tie they held in the finals, with a resounding (4-1). LeBron went to a triple-double per game, nobody in the finals had achieved it so far, but felt very alone, except Irving, to face some incredible Warriors, led by Curry and MVP Durant
In the ACB of 2017, we live the year of change in the competition, because after five years with finals Real Madrid vs Barcelona, this year got into the final Valencia Basket, and culminated a great year for taronja with the first title of its history (1-3), winning three games in a row to the whites and factor court against. Before the Valencians eliminated the other two Euroleague teams, Barcelona and Baskonia in the semifinals, also with court factor against
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
In 2017 the cup was held in Vitoria, where we saw an exciting competition and the champion was not decided until the last plays of the final between Real Madrid and Valencia Basket. In the end, White won by only two points (97-95). Llull, who was lethal in the final minutes, MVP of a tournament marked by “the was field behind” the protagonist himself against Andorra, in the quarterfinals
The 2017 EuroCup saw the debut of the best to three format, watching a Spanish final between Valencia Basket and Unicaja Malaga. The Taronja started with some favoritism, and more when they played the third and final game on their court, but in the end the title traveled to Malaga (1-2). Alberto Díaz, MVP of the final
In 2017 FIBA tried to promote its first club competition once and for all, and inaugurated the Champions League Basketball. If the first edition was held in Tenerife, and the local team did not want to miss the opportunity to play as a local to win the title, surpassing in the final the Turkish Banvit by (63-59). The MVP was for the outside Lithuanian of Tenerife Marius Grigonis
