May 21, 2013
2000-01 QUARTERFINALS
Paf Bologna, Kinder Bologna, Tau Ceramica and AEK survived the best-of-three Quarterfinal Playoffs and got one step closer to the Euroleague title. Paf needed all three games to down Real Madrid 2-1. It all came down to Game 3, in which Gregor Fucka had 34 points and 10 rebounds to lead Paf to a 74-68 home win. Carlton Myers had led Paf with 41 points in Game 1. Kinder used two very narrow wins to knock off Olimpija and sweep the series. Kinder, led by Manu Ginobili, downed Olimpija 80-79 in Game 1 in Bologna and then again 79-81 in Game 2 in Ljubljana. Tau also stayed undefeated in the 2001 playoffs by sweeping its series against Olympiakos. Tau registered a 72-78 road win in Game 1 behind 22 points from Victor Alexander and finished the job at home with a convincing 98-76 home triumph in Game 2. Elmer Bennett led Tau with 27 points in Vitoria. AEK and Benetton traded home wins to take the series to Game 3. AEK did not leave Benetton any option in this make-or-break showdown, moving forward with a 71-56 home win behind 13 points each from Demos Dikoudis and Andy Betts.

Gregor Fucka - Paf Bologna
 QUARTERFINAL PLAYOFFS GAME 1
Three home winners - Paf, Virtus and AEK - and a road warrior - Tau - got a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three Euroleague Quarterfinal Playoffs. Paf defeated Real Madrid 74-68 with 34 points and 10 rebounds from Gregor Fucka. Virtus edged Olimpija 80-79 on a game-winning triple by Manu Ginobili. Tau upset Olympiakos 72-78 with 22 points from Victor Alexander while AEK downed Benetton 97-89 behind 27 points from Michalis Kakiouzis.
Marko Jaric - Kinder Bologna
 QUARTERFINAL PLAYOFFS GAME 2
Tau and Virtus Bologna swept their respective best-of-three Euroleague Quarterfinal Playoffs series. Tau stayed undefeated in the playoffs by thrashing Olympiakos 98-76 in Vitoria with 27 points from Elmer Benetton. Virtus edged Olimpija 79-81 in Ljubljana with 26 points from Rashard Griffith. Madrid thrashed Paf 88-57 to tie the series while Benetton downed AEK 90-74 in Treviso with 27 points from Marcus Brown.
Andy Betts - AEK
 QUARTERFINAL PLAYOFFS GAME 3
Paf and AEK joined Virtus and Tau in the semifinals playoffs. Paf earned the right to keep fighting for the title by topping Real Madrid 88-70 in Bologna behind 41 points from an unstoppable Carlton Myers. Gregor Fucka added 23 and 11 rebounds for Paf, that would face archrivals Virtus in the best-of-five semis. AEK beat Benetton 71-56 with 13 points each from Demos Dikoudis and Andy Betts and got ready to face Tau.
PLAYOFFS
GROUP QUARTERFINAL 1
AEK Athens
 AEK Athens
2
97-89
90-74
71-56
Benetton Treviso
 Benetton Treviso
1
GROUP QUARTERFINAL 2
Fortitudo Bologna
 Fortitudo Bologna
2
74-68
88-57
88-70
Real Madrid
 Real Madrid
1
GROUP QUARTERFINAL 3
olympiacos
 Olympiakos
0
72-78
98-76
Tau Ceramica
 Tau Ceramica
2
GROUP QUARTERFINAL 4
Virtus Bologna
 Kinder Bologna
2
80-79
79-81
Union Olimpija
 Union Olimpija
0

Thursday, November 19, 2009
Euroleague.net
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