ULEB Cup (2006-2007)
Real Madrid won ULEB Cup 2007 !!!
Real Madrid added the ULEB Cup crown to its extensive collection on Tuesday night with a 75-87 win over Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius at the Spiroudome in Charleroi, Belgium. Felipe Reyes (203-F/C-80) turned in another heroic outing to keep Madrid close in the first half and then Charles Smith (193-G-75, college: N.Mexico) erupted with a record-setting performance in the second half to lead Madrid to victory. Smith joined a select list of stars as the ULEB Cup Final MVP as he finished with 19 points by making six three-pointers - a record for most triples in the final. Smith tied another final game record with 3 blocked shots. Madrid set team records with 10 threes and 6 blocks. The result gives Madrid, the winningest team in European basketball history, its first European title in a decade after the club came up short in the ULEB Cup final here three years ago. Real now has 14 continental titles - including eight Euroleague championships Real Madrid - Lietuvos Rytas 87-75Real Madrid: Smith 19, Reyes 16, Bullock 16, Hervelle 10, Mumbru 9, Sekulic 7, Lopez 5, Tunceri 5, Tomas 0, DNP: Nguema, Hernandez-Sonseca, Sinanovic Lietuvos Rytas: Nielsen 11, Rush 10, Batista 9, Koljevic 9, Delininkaitis 9, Petravicius 8, Jomantas 7, Zukauskas 5, Stelmahers 4, Slezas 3, Lukauskis 0, Blums 0
Player of the Year: Milan Gurovic (207-F-76) of Crvena Zvezda Guard of the Year: Charles Smith (193-G-75) of Real Madrid Forward of the Year: Milan Gurovic of Crvena Zvezda Center of the Year: Mario Austin (206-F/C-82) of Hapoel Jerusalem Import Player of the Year: Kareem Rush (198-F-80) of Lietuvos Rytas European Player of the Year: Milan Gurovic of Crvena Zvezda Defensive Player of the Year: Darjus Lavrinovic (212-C-79) of Unics Final MVP: Charles Smith of Real Madrid Coach of the Year: Joan Plaza of Real Madrid 1st Team Milan Gurovic of Crvena Zvezda Charles Smith of Real Madrid Kareem Rush of Lietuvos Rytas Tariq Kirksay (199-F-79) of Nancy Mario Austin of Hapoel Jerusalem 2nd Team Darjus Lavrinovic of Unics Kazan Sharrod Ford (206-F-82) of ALBA Berlin Louis Bullock (186-G-76) of Real Madrid Felipe Reyes (203-F/C-80) of Real Madrid Chuck Eidson (202-F-80) of Strasbourg Honorable Mention Romain Sato (194-G-81) of Montepaschi Ksystof Lavrinovic (210-C-79) of Unics Matt Nielsen (208-F/C-78) of Lietuvos Rytas Saulius Stombergas (202-F-73) of Lietuvos Rytas Zoran Erceg (211-C/F-85) of FMP Branko Cvetkovic (200-G-84) of FMP Goran Jagodnik (202-F-74) of Anwil Eddie Shannon (180-G-76) of Ventspils Timmy Bowers (188-G-82) of Hapoel Jerusalem All-Europeans Team Milan Gurovic of Crvena Zvezda Tariq Kirksay of Nancy Darjus Lavrinovic of Unics Kazan Felipe Reyes of Real Madrid Zoran Erceg of FMP All-Imports Team Sharrod Ford of ALBA Berlin Charles Smith of Real Madrid Louis Bullock of Real Madrid Mario Austin of Hapoel Jerusalem Kareem Rush of Lietuvos Rytas Jaclyn Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
