We’re two days and two deciding Game Fives away from knowing who will round out the Euroleague Final Four.
Euroleague Playoff Update: Musings Before The Final Two Days
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Real Madrid Sweeps Maccabi, Advances to Euroleague Final Four
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The last time Real Madrid made a Euroleague Final Four, Maccabi stomped on them 82-63 in Barcelona to advance to the 2011 Finals. Two years later, Real Madrid is the first Euroleague team to ensure their place in the Euroleague’s final weekend.
This year it will be in London. The team Madrid swept to get there?
Euroleague Power Rankings: Maciej Lampe Lights It Up
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In March of 2002, a 16-year-old Maciej Lampe played his first ever Euroleague Top 16 game for Real Madrid. The Polish prodigy scored seven points in 14 minutes and a little over a year later, the Knicks made him LeBron James’ opposing bookend as the 30th pick of the 2003 NBA Draft.
New York whipped around and dealt him to the Suns in the Stephon Marbury trade, and three years and 64 games later, Lampe was out of the league at the age of 20.
