2010–11 Euroleague

Main article: Euroleague Basketball

The 2010–11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 11th season of the modern era of professional Euroleague Basketball, and the first under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 54th season of the premier first-tier competition for European men's clubs.

Euroleague
The Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona hosted the Final Four
Season	2010–11
Duration	18 October 2010 – 8 May 2011
Teams	24
Regular season
Season MVP	Dimitris Diamantidis
Finals
Champions	Panathinaikos (6th title)
Runners-up	Maccabi Electra
Third place	Montepaschi Siena
Fourth place	Real Madrid
Final Four MVP	Dimitris Diamantidis
Statistical leaders
Points Igor Rakočević 17.2 Rebounds Mirsad Türkcan 7.3 Assists Dimitris Diamantidis 6.2 Index Rating Fernando San Emeterio 19.1
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The format featured 24 teams, beginning with Game 1 of the first qualifying round on September 21, 2010, and culminating at the Final Four in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona.^[1] It was won by the Athenian club Panathinaikos (6th title), who defeated Maccabi Electra in the championship game of May 8, 2011.^[2] Montepaschi Siena, finished 3rd by holding off Real Madrid in the third-place game.^[3]

At the individual level, the season was marked by Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos. Not only did the Greek point guard lift the trophy for the third time in five years and receive the Euroleague Final Four MVP award, but he also became the first player ever to win three end-of-season awards: Euroleague MVP, Euroleague Best Defender, and All-Euroleague First Team.^[4]

Teams

Key to colors

	Champion
	Runner-up
	Third place
	Fourth place
	Eliminated in Quarterfinals
	Eliminated in Last 16
	Eliminated in the regular season

Country (League)	Teams	Teams (ranking in 2009-10 national championship)
Spain (ACB)	5	Caja Laboral (1)	FC Barcelona (2)	Real Madrid (SF)	Unicaja Málaga (SF)	Power Electronics Valencia (QF)
Italy (Lega A)	3	Montepaschi Siena (1)	Armani Jeans Milano (2)	Lottomatica Roma (QF)
Greece (GBL)	2	Panathinaikos (1)	Olympiacos (2)
Turkey (TBL)	2	Fenerbahçe Ülker (1)	Efes Pilsen (2)
Lithuania (LKL)	2	Lietuvos Rytas (1)	Žalgiris (2)
Russia (PBL)	2	CSKA Moscow (1)	Khimki (2)
Serbia (KLS)	1	Partizan (1)
France (LNB Pro A)	1	Cholet (1)
Germany (BBL)	1	Brose Bamberg (1)
Croatia (A1 Liga)	1	Cibona (1)
Slovenia (SKL)	1	Union Olimpija (2)
Israel (BSL)	1	Maccabi Electra (2)
Poland (PLK)	1	Asseco Prokom (1)
Belgium (BLB)	1	Spirou Charleroi (1)

†As winner of the ULEB Eurocup 2009–10

Draw

The draws for the 2010–11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was held on Thursday, July 8 at Barcelona, Spain. The draws began at 11:15 local time (CET) and determined the qualifying-round matchups and regular-season groups for the Euroleague, as well as the qualifying rounds for the Eurocup and the regular-season for the EuroChallenge.

Teams were organised into six pots of four teams.

Two teams from the same country cannot coincide in the same Regular Season group, except for Spain that has five teams participating in the competition.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
CSKA Moscow FC Barcelona Olympiacos Caja Laboral	Montepaschi Siena Panathinaikos Maccabi Electra Real Madrid	Partizan Power Electronics Valencia Unicaja Málaga Lietuvos Rytas	Fenerbahçe Ülker Asseco Prokom Efes Pilsen Lottomatica Roma	Žalgiris Cibona Armani Jeans Milano Brose Bamberg	Union Olimpija Cholet Spirou Charleroi (QR A) Khimki (QR B)

Qualifying rounds

Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 qualifying rounds

The Qualifying Rounds consisted of three rounds, QR1, QR2 and QR3. The rounds were played in home and away series.

Bracket

The higher ranked team hosted the second leg.

	First qualifying round							Second qualifying round							Third qualifying round
	1	Alba Berlin	79	95	174
	4	Roanne	86	82	168
								1	Alba Berlin	73	73	146
								2	Hemofarm Vršac	67	78	145
	2	Hemofarm Vršac	97	77	174
	3	Hapoel Gilboa	84	86	170
															1	Alba Berlin	77	70	147
															3	Spirou Charleroi	81	70	151
	1	UNICS	84	78	162
	4	GasTerra Flames	72	63	135
								1	UNICS	69	75	144
								3	Spirou Charleroi	75	71	146
	2	ČEZ Nymburk	68	73	141
	3	Spirou Charleroi	79	71	150

	First qualifying round							Second qualifying round							Third qualifying round
	1	ASVEL	64	84	148
	4	Budućnost	69	76	145
								1	ASVEL	75	71	146
								2	Le Mans	85	63	148
	2	Le Mans	78	78	156
	3	Banvit	72	66	138
															2	Le Mans	56	66	122
															1	Khimki	70	87	157
	1	Khimki	77	85	162
	4	Pepsi Caserta	74	66	140
								1	Khimki	87	74	161
								2	Budivelnyk	58	67	125
	2	Budivelnyk			w/o
	3	Maroussi[5]			DSQ

Regular season

The Regular Season began on 18 October 2010 with Olympiacos hosting Real Madrid and ended on 23 December 2010.

If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Head-to-head record.
2. Head-to-head point differential.
3. Point differential during the Regular Season.
4. Points scored during the regular season.
5. Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.

Key to colors

Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16

Group A Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Regular Season Group A Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Maccabi Electra 10 9 1 799 700 +99 2. Caja Laboral 10 5 5 809 784 +25 3. Žalgiris 10 5 5 762 765 −3 4. Partizan 10 5 5 658 717 −59 5. Khimki 10 4 6 764 753 +11 6. Asseco Prokom 10 2 8 689 762 −73

Group B Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Regular Season Group B Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Olympiacos 10 7 3 805 730 +75 2. Real Madrid 10 6 4 734 662 +72 3. Unicaja Málaga 10 5 5 749 759 −10 4. Lottomatica Roma 10 5 5 733 770 −37 5. Brose Bamberg 10 4 6 714 739 −25 6. Spirou Charleroi 10 3 7 691 766 −75

Group C Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Regular Season Group C Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Montepaschi Siena 10 8 2 787 661 +126 2. Fenerbahçe Ülker 10 7 3 795 723 +72 3. Regal FC Barcelona 10 7 3 766 709 +57 4. Lietuvos Rytas 10 4 6 779 784 −5 5. Cholet 10 4 6 705 774 −69 6. Cibona 10 0 10 677 858 −181

Group D Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Regular Season Group D Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Panathinaikos 10 7 3 802 703 +99 2. Union Olimpija 10 6 4 789 783 +6 3. Efes Pilsen 10 5 5 756 768 −12 4. Power Electronics Valencia 10 5 5 689 695 −6 5. Armani Jeans Milano 10 4 6 737 766 −29 6. CSKA Moscow 10 3 7 683 741 −58

Top 16

The 16 qualified teams were drawn into four groups with four teams. The matches were played between January 19 and March 3, the top two teams of every group advanced to the playoffs. The draw took place on 4 January 2011 at Barcelona at 13:00 CET, and was streamed live on the Euroleague's official website.^[6]

Key to colors

Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals

Group E Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Top 16 Group E Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Caja Laboral 6 4 2 468 437 +31 2. Panathinaikos 6 4 2 452 395 +57 3. Lietuvos Rytas 6 3 3 445 473 −28 4. Unicaja Málaga 6 1 5 414 474 −60

Group F Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Top 16 Group F Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Regal FC Barcelona 6 6 0 471 402 +69 2. Maccabi Electra 6 3 3 511 442 +69 3. Lottomatica Roma 6 2 4 411 462 −51 4. Union Olimpija 6 1 5 394 481 −87

Group G Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Top 16 Group G Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Real Madrid 6 5 1 460 423 +37 2. Montepaschi Siena 6 4 2 452 423 +29 3. Efes Pilsen 6 2 4 426 455 −29 4. Partizan 6 1 5 389 426 −37

Group H Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Top 16 Group H Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Olympiacos 6 5 1 461 418 +43 2. Power Electronics Valencia 6 3 3 449 438 +11 3. Fenerbahçe Ülker 6 3 3 456 462 −6 4. Žalgiris 6 1 5 418 466 −48

Quarterfinals

Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Quarterfinals

Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg	3rd leg	4th leg	5th leg
Caja Laboral	1–3	Maccabi Electra	76–70	81–83	60–81	77–99
Regal FC Barcelona	1–3	Panathinaikos	83–82	71–75	74–76	67–78
Real Madrid	3–2	Power Electronics Valencia	71–65	75–81	75–66	72–81	66–58
Olympiacos	1–3	Montepaschi Siena	89–41	65–82	72–81	76–88

Final four

Main article: 2011 Euroleague Final Four

	Semifinals May 6				Final May 8
	Panathinaikos	77
	Montepaschi Siena	69
					Panathinaikos	78
					Maccabi Tel Aviv	70
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	82
	Real Madrid	63
					Third place
					Real Madrid	62
					Montepaschi Siena	80

Individual statistics

Rating

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rating	PIR
1.	Fernando San Emeterio	Caja Laboral	20	381	19.05
2.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	22	407	18.50
3.	Joel Freeland	Unicaja Málaga	15	262	17.47

Points

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Points	PPG
1.	Igor Rakočević	Efes Pilsen	14	241	17.21
2.	Mirza Teletović	Caja Laboral	20	309	15.45
3.	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	20	284	14.20

Rebounds

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Rebounds	RPG
1.	Mirsad Türkcan	Fenerbahçe Ülker	12	88	7.33
2.	James Gist	Partizan	14	97	6.93
3.	Paulius Jankūnas	Žalgiris	16	110	6.88

Assists

Rank	Name	Team	Games	Assists	APG
1.	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	22	137	6.23
2.	Marcelinho Huertas	Caja Laboral	20	111	5.55
3.	Omar Cook	Power Electronics Valencia	21	116	5.52

Other Stats

Category	Name	Team	Games	Stat
Steals per game	Chuck Eidson	Maccabi Electra	22	2.64
Blocks per game	Mirza Begic	Žalgiris Real Madrid	16	1.50
Turnovers per game	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	20	3.85
Fouls drawn per game	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos	20	5.40
Minutes per game	Vlado Ilievski	Union Olimpija	15	34:48
2FG%	Antonis Fotsis	Panathinaikos	22	0.760
3FG%	Fernando San Emeterio	Caja Laboral	20	0.500
FT%	Nando de Colo	Power Electronics Valencia	19	0.957

Game highs

Category	Name	Team	Stat
Rating	Keith Langford	Khimki	42
Points	Keith Langford	Khimki	35
Rebounds	Richard Hendrix	Maccabi Electra	16
Assists	Vule Avdalovic	Cholet	13
	Marcelinho Huertas	Caja Laboral
Steals	Doron Perkins	Maccabi Electra	7
	Charles Smith	Lottomatica Roma
Blocks	D'or Fischer	Real Madrid	6
Turnovers	DeJuan Collins	Žalgiris	9
Fouls Drawn	Keith Langford	Khimki	15

Awards

Euroleague 2010–11 MVP

• Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)

Euroleague 2010–11 Final Four MVP

• Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)

All-Euroleague Team 2010–11

^[7]

Position	All-Euroleague First Team	Club team	All-Euroleague Second Team	Club team
PG	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	Jeremy Pargo	Maccabi Electra
SG/SF	Juan Carlos Navarro	FC Barcelona	Vassilis Spanoulis	Olympiacos
SG/SF	Fernando San Emeterio	Caja Laboral	Sergio Llull	Real Madrid
PF/C	Mike Batiste	Panathinaikos	Duško Savanović	Power Electronics Valencia
PF/C	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	Maccabi Electra	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	Montepaschi Siena

Dimitris Diamantidis, Euroleague MVP and final four MVP for 2011

Top scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

• Igor Rakočević ( Efes Pilsen)

Best Defender

• Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)

Rising Star

• Nikola Mirotić ( Real Madrid)

Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

• Željko Obradović ( Panathinaikos)^[8]

Club Executive of the Year

• Pavlos Giannakopoulos and Thanasis Giannakopoulos ( Panathinaikos)

MVP Weekly

Main article: EuroLeague MVP of the Week

Regular season

Game	Player	Team	Rating
1	Chuck Eidson	Maccabi Electra	30
2	Bootsy Thornton	Efes Pilsen	29
3	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos	31
4	Berni Rodríguez	Unicaja Málaga	36
5	Sammy Mejia	Cholet	35
6	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	Montepaschi Siena	36
7	Darius Washington	Lottomatica Roma	31
8	Ratko Varda	Asseco Prokom	31
9	Bo McCalebb	Montepaschi Siena	34
10	Keith Langford	Khimki	42

Top 16

Game	Player	Team	Rating
1	Kenny Gregory	Union Olimpija	30
2	Marcelinho Huertas Khalid El-Amin	Caja Laboral Lietuvos Rytas	29
3	D'or Fischer Lior Eliyahu	Real Madrid Maccabi Electra	30
4	Antonis Fotsis	Panathinaikos	40
5	Marcelinho Huertas (2)	Caja Laboral	30
6	Fernando San Emeterio	Caja Laboral	37

Quarterfinals

Game	Player	Team	Rating
1	Richard Hendrix	Maccabi Electra	28
2	Malik Hairston	Montepaschi Siena	32
3	Marko Jarić D'or Fischer (2)	Montepaschi Siena Real Madrid	27
4	Malik Hairston (2)	Montepaschi Siena	31
5	Duško Savanović	Power Electronics Valencia	23

MVP of Month

Main article: EuroLeague Monthly MVP Award

Month	Player	Team
October 2010	Goran Jagodnik	Union Olimpija
November 2010	Chuck Eidson	Maccabi Electra
December 2010	Dimitris Diamantidis	Panathinaikos
January 2011	Juan Carlos Navarro	FC Barcelona
February 2011	Radoslav Nesterović	Olympiacos
March 2011	Jeremy Pargo	Maccabi Electra