2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto

The 2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was the 82nd edition of the Spanish King's Basketball Cup, won by FC Barcelona Lassa against former 4-time reigning champions Real Madrid. The competition is managed by the ACB and was held in Las Palmas, in the Gran Canaria Arena in February 2018.^[1][2]

2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto

Tournament details
Arena	Gran Canaria Arena Las Palmas
Dates	15–18 February 2018
Final positions
Champions	FC Barcelona Lassa
Runners-up	Real Madrid
Awards and statistics
MVP	Thomas Heurtel
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All times are in Western European Time (UTC±00:00).

Qualified teams

The seven first qualified after the first half of the 2017–18 ACB regular season qualified to the tournament. As Herbalife Gran Canaria, host team, not finished between the seven first teams, the eighth qualified did not enter in the Copa del Rey.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Seeding
1	Real Madrid	17	16	1	1565	1346	+219	Qualified as seeded teams
2	Valencia Basket	17	12	5	1426	1295	+131
3	FC Barcelona Lassa	17	11	6	1528	1385	+143
4	Montakit Fuenlabrada	17	11	6	1311	1358	−47
5	Unicaja	17	10	7	1376	1258	+118
6	Baskonia	17	10	7	1412	1364	+48
7	Iberostar Tenerife	17	10	7	1308	1271	+37
9	Herbalife Gran Canaria (H)	17	9	8	1443	1426	+17

Source: ACB
(H) Hosts

Draw

The 2018 Copa del Rey de Baloncesto was drawn on 23 January 2018 at approximately 11:30 and was broadcast live on YouTube and on TV in many countries.^[3] The seeded teams were paired in the quarterfinals with the non-seeded teams. There were not any restrictions for the draw of the semifinals. As in recent seasons, the first qualified team plays its quarterfinal game on Thursday.

Threat of strike

In the previous week of the Cup, the Basketball Players Association (ABP) called for a strike on 14 February, thus trying to stop the Cup if the ACB do not accept their requirements, in the negotiation of the new collective agreement, including the subsidy of €315,000 from the league to the players' trade union.^[4][5]

After the trade union's proposal, several clubs refused to follow the strike. However, many players are supporting the Players' Association by social networks. Finally, on 13 February, ACB and ABP agreed terms and the Cup would be played normally.^[6]

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	15 February
	Valencia Basket	72
					17 February
	Iberostar Tenerife	79
					Iberostar Tenerife	59
	15 February
					Real Madrid	77
	Real Madrid	89
									18 February
	Unicaja	84
									Real Madrid	90
	16 February
									FC Barcelona Lassa	92
	Herbalife Gran Canaria	107
					17 February
	Montakit Fuenlabrada	92
					Herbalife Gran Canaria	74
	16 February
					FC Barcelona Lassa	87
	FC Barcelona Lassa	94
	Baskonia	90

Quarterfinals

Valencia Basket vs. Iberostar Tenerife

Valencia Basket v Iberostar Tenerife

15 February 2018	Valencia Basket	72–79	Iberostar Tenerife	Las Palmas
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 15–16, 19–23, 17–20
	Pts: Green 14 Rebs: Pleiß 8 Asts: Doornekamp, Pleiß 3 PIR: Pleiß 24	Boxscore	Pts: Abromaitis 15 Rebs: Tobey, Vázquez 6 Asts: San Miguel 8 PIR: Vázquez 13	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 8,324 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Carlos Cortés

Starters: Pts Reb Ast F 00 Will Thomas 11 2 1 F 6 Alberto Abalde 9 3 2 G 17 Rafa Martínez 3 0 0 C 21 Tibor Pleiß 13 8 3 F 42 Aaron Doornekamp 5 7 3 Reserves: G 3 Josep Puerto DNP G 5 Sergi García 0 0 1 C 14 Bojan Dubljević 6 5 1 F 19 Fernando San Emeterio 7 4 0 F 30 Joan Sastre 4 2 1 G 32 Erick Green 14 1 0 C 51 Tryggvi Hlinason DNP Head coach: Txus Vidorreta

Valencia Basket Iberostar Tenerife

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 00 Rodrigo San Miguel 6 1 8 C 13 Mike Tobey 11 6 0 G 20 Mateusz Ponitka 14 4 1 F 21 Tim Abromaitis 15 4 0 F 77 Kostas Vasileiadis 9 2 2 Reserves: G 6 Tobias Borg DNP C 7 Mamadou Niang 0 0 0 G 10 Ferrán Bassas 0 3 2 C 17 Fran Vázquez 12 6 0 F 25 Rosco Allen 0 2 0 F 33 Javier Beirán 4 2 5 G 34 Davin White 8 0 0 Head coach: Fotios Katsikaris

Real Madrid vs. Unicaja

Real Madrid v Unicaja

15 February 2018	Real Madrid	89–84	Unicaja	Las Palmas
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 26–23, 20–22, 18–21, 25–18
	Pts: Campazzo 18 Rebs: Tavares 9 Asts: Campazzo 7 PIR: Campazzo 33	Boxscore	Pts: Suárez 17 Rebs: Shermadini 7 Asts: Nedović, Suárez 3 PIR: Suárez 23	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 9,327 Referees: José Antonio Martín Bertrán, Carlos Peruga, Luis Miguel Castillo

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 1 Fabien Causeur 12 0 1 G 7 Luka Dončić 11 5 5 G 11 Facundo Campazzo 18 3 7 F 33 Trey Thompkins 14 4 0 F 44 Jeffery Taylor 3 1 0 Reserves: G 2 Chasson Randle DNP F 3 Anthony Randolph 7 3 0 F 5 Rudy Fernández 11 3 1 F 8 Jonas Mačiulis DNP F 9 Felipe Reyes 2 0 0 G 20 Jaycee Carroll 3 1 1 C 22 Edy Tavares 8 9 1 Head coach: Pablo Laso

Real Madrid Unicaja

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 3 Ray McCallum 10 2 2 F 11 Dani Díez 4 2 0 G 16 Nemanja Nedović 11 2 3 F 23 Jeff Brooks 8 3 0 C 40 James Augustine 2 1 1 Reserves: C 2 Viny Okouo DNP G 9 Alberto Díaz 3 2 2 G 10 Sasu Salin 9 0 1 G 12 Dragan Milosavljević DNP C 17 Giorgi Shermadini 5 7 2 F 21 Adam Waczyński 15 4 1 F 43 Carlos Suárez 17 5 3 Head coach: Joan Plaza

Herbalife Gran Canaria vs. Montakit Fuenlabrada

Herbalife Gran Canaria v Montakit Fuenlabrada

16 February 2018	Herbalife Gran Canaria	107–92	Montakit Fuenlabrada	Las Palmas
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 33–25, 21–15, 28–25
	Pts: Balvín, Oliver 18 Rebs: Pasečņiks 9 Asts: Mekel, Seeley 4 PIR: Balvín 25	Boxscore	Pts: Cruz 20 Rebs: O'Leary 5 Asts: Cruz 8 PIR: Cruz 22	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 9,172 Referees: García González, Pérez Pizarro, Aliaga

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 9 Gal Mekel 9 3 4 F 10 Nicolás Brussino 4 1 1 C 12 Ondřej Balvín 18 5 0 C 14 Anžejs Pasečņiks 9 9 0 F 22 Xavi Rabaseda 2 3 1 Reserves: G 4 Albert Oliver 12 0 3 F 8 Marcus Eriksson 6 0 0 G 11 D. J. Seeley 8 1 4 F 13 Eulis Báez 6 3 2 G 31 Nikola Radičević 15 1 3 F 34 Pablo Aguilar 18 2 0 C 40 Luke Fischer 0 0 0 Head coach: Luis Casimiro

Herbalife Gran Canaria Montakit Fuenlabrada

Starters: Pts Reb Ast C 0 Gabriel Olaseni 11 3 0 G 11 Francisco Cruz 20 4 8 F 13 Rolands Šmits 8 4 0 G 16 Gregory Vargas 10 2 6 F 31 Christian Eyenga 16 3 0 Reserves: G 2 Marko Popović DNP F 4 Ian O'Leary 11 5 0 G 5 Luka Rupnik 14 0 2 G 8 Álex Llorca 2 1 1 C 12 Osas Ehigiator DNP C 15 Chema González 0 2 0 G 19 Sergio Llorente 0 0 0 Head coach: Néstor García

FC Barcelona Lassa vs. Baskonia

FC Barcelona Lassa v Baskonia

16 February 2018	FC Barcelona Lassa	94–90	Baskonia	Las Palmas
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 24–25, 22–20, 20–23
	Pts: Heurtel 20 Rebs: Tomić 9 Asts: Heurtel 9 PIR: Heurtel 27	Boxscore	Pts: Shengelia 30 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Voigtmann 5 PIR: Shengelia 40	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 9,695 Referees: Antonio Conde, Benjamín Jiménez Trujillo, Calatrava

Starters: Pts Reb Ast F 9 Ádám Hanga 5 6 1 G 13 Thomas Heurtel 20 3 9 F 21 Rakim Sanders 8 1 1 C 44 Ante Tomić 18 9 0 F 45 Adrien Moerman 5 1 0 Reserves: G 5 Pau Ribas 9 4 8 G 8 Phil Pressey DNP G 11 Juan Carlos Navarro 9 2 0 F 14 Sasha Vezenkov DNP F 18 Pierre Oriola 14 7 0 G 25 Petteri Koponen DNP F 30 Víctor Claver 6 7 1 Head coach: Svetislav Pešić

FC Barcelona Lassa Baskonia 0

Starters: Pts Reb Ast F 6 Jānis Timma 17 5 1 F 8 Rinalds Mālmanis 0 0 0 F 10 Rodrigue Beaubois 22 1 3 G 15 Jayson Granger 4 3 3 C 17 Vincent Poirier 6 5 0 Reserves: G 3 Luca Vildoza 0 2 3 C 7 Johannes Voigtmann 4 3 5 G 9 Marcelinho Huertas 0 1 1 G 11 Matt Janning 7 1 0 C 12 Ilimane Diop DNP PF 23 Tornike Shengelia 30 5 1 F 29 Patricio Garino 0 0 0 Head coach: Pedro Martínez

Semifinals

Iberostar Tenerife vs. Real Madrid

Iberostar Tenerife v Real Madrid

17 February 2018	Iberostar Tenerife	59–77	Real Madrid	Las Palmas
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 19–26, 11–19, 10–21
	Pts: Vázquez 16 Rebs: Abromaitis 8 Asts: Bassas, San Miguel 4 PIR: Vázquez 15	Boxscore	Pts: Dončić 17 Rebs: Dončić, Tavares 7 Asts: Dončić 5 PIR: Dončić 28	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 9,346 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Pérez, Benjamín Jiménez Trujillo, Carlos Cortés

Starters: Pts Reb Ast C 13 Mike Tobey 14 7 1 G 20 Mateusz Ponitka 8 3 2 F 21 Tim Abromaitis 4 8 2 F 77 Kostas Vasileiadis 0 3 3 G 00 Rodrigo San Miguel 5 4 4 Reserves: G 6 Tobias Borg 0 0 0 C 7 Mamadou Niang DNP G 10 Ferran Bassas 0 1 4 C 17 Fran Vázquez 16 3 0 F 25 Rosco Allen 0 0 0 F 33 Javier Beirán 4 5 1 G 34 Devin White 8 1 1 Head coach: Fotios Katsikaris

Iberostar Tenerife Real Madrid

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 1 Fabien Causeur 7 3 0 G 11 Facundo Campazzo 6 3 0 C 22 Edy Tavares 4 7 0 F 33 Trey Thompkins 13 3 0 F 44 Jeffery Taylor 1 1 0 Reserves: F 3 Anthony Randolph 2 4 0 F 5 Rudy Fernández 13 2 0 G 7 Luka Dončić 17 7 5 F 8 Jonas Mačiulis 0 1 0 F 9 Felipe Reyes 0 4 0 C 14 Gustavo Ayón DNP G 20 Jaycee Carroll 14 2 0 Head coach: Pablo Laso

Herbalife Gran Canaria vs. FC Barcelona Lassa

Herbalife Gran Canaria v FC Barcelona

17 February 2018	Herbalife Gran Canaria	74–87	FC Barcelona	Las Palmas
20:30	Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 28–20, 13–27, 18–19
	Pts: Eriksson 25 Rebs: Aguilar 7 Asts: Oliver 4 PIR: Eriksson 28	Boxscore	Pts: Oriola 14 Rebs: Claver 8 Asts: Heurtel 14 PIR: Heurtel 24	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 9,844 Referees: Juan Carlos García González, Antonio Conde, Calatrava

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 9 Gal Mekel 2 0 2 F 10 Nicolás Brussino 8 2 1 C 12 Ondřej Balvín 3 4 0 F 22 Xavi Rabaseda 2 2 3 F 34 Pablo Aguilar 11 7 1 Reserves: G 4 Albert Oliver 5 2 4 F 8 Marcus Eriksson 25 6 0 G 11 D. J. Seeley 2 2 1 F 13 Eulis Báez 3 2 2 C 14 Anžejs Pasečņiks 10 1 1 G 31 Nikola Radičević 3 2 2 C 40 Luke Fischer DNP Head coach: Luis Casimiro

Herbalife Gran Canaria FC Barcelona Lassa

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 13 Thomas Heurtel 13 4 14 F 21 Rakim Sanders 8 0 1 G 25 Petteri Koponen 4 1 1 C 44 Ante Tomić 6 5 0 F 45 Adrien Moerman 7 6 0 Reserves: G 5 Pau Ribas 12 2 2 G 8 Phil Pressey DNP F 9 Ádám Hanga 12 6 1 G 11 Juan Carlos Navarro 3 1 3 F 14 Sasha Vezenkov DNP F 18 Pierre Oriola 14 1 0 F 30 Víctor Claver 8 8 1 Head coach: Svetislav Pešić

Final

Real Madrid v FC Barcelona Lassa

18 February 2018	Real Madrid	90–92	FC Barcelona Lassa	Las Palmas
17:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 13–25, 18–27, 38–25
	Pts: Carroll 18 Rebs: Dončić 5 Asts: Campazzo, Dončić 3 PIR: Thompkins 18	Boxscore	Pts: Ribas 21 Rebs: Moerman 7 Asts: Heurtel 7 PIR: Ribas 24	Arena: Gran Canaria Arena Attendance: 9,912 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo, Emilio Pérez Pizarro, Carlos Peruga

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 11 Facundo Campazzo 14 2 3 G 7 Luka Dončić 14 5 3 G 1 Fabien Causeur 2 2 0 F 33 Trey Thompkins 17 3 0 C 22 Edy Tavares 2 4 0 Reserves: F 3 Anthony Randolph 2 0 0 F 5 Rudy Fernández 14 4 1 F 8 Jonas Mačiulis DNP F 9 Felipe Reyes 2 1 0 C 14 Gustavo Ayón 3 1 0 G 20 Jaycee Carroll 18 0 1 F 44 Jeffery Taylor 2 1 2 Head coach: Pablo Laso

Real Madrid 0 FC Barcelona Lassa

Starters: Pts Reb Ast G 13 Thomas Heurtel 8 4 7 F 9 Adam Hanga 12 3 0 F 21 Rakim Sanders 12 4 0 F 45 Adrien Moerman 4 7 0 C 44 Ante Tomić 17 5 0 Reserves: G 5 Pau Ribas 21 4 2 G 8 Phil Pressey DNP G 11 Juan Carlos Navarro 0 1 0 F 14 Sasha Vezenkov DNP F 18 Pierre Oriola 9 1 1 G 25 Petteri Koponen 2 1 0 F 30 Víctor Claver 7 5 0 Head coach: Svetislav Pešić