2014-15Final FourSemifinal
Real Madrid -
Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul -
May 15, 2015 CET: 21:00
Local time: 21:00 BARCLAYCARD CENTER

Team Stats

Ave.   Ave.
86.3 Points 81.7
34.9 Rebounds 36.3
10.6 O. Rebounds 11.3
24.3 D. Rebounds 24.9
21.6 Assists 16.4
8.3 Steals 6.2
2.4 Blocks 3.4
9.5 Turnovers 11.4
53.8 % 2PT 54.3 %
37.8 % 3PT 37.5 %
78.4 % FT 67.6 %
104.9 Index 91.9
Team Stats - Real Madrid

Player Stats

Ave.   Ave.
13.0 / Fernandez Points 16.4 / Goudelock
5.5 / Reyes Rebounds 8.6 / Bjelica, N.
2.6 / Reyes OR 2.4 / Vesely
3.0 / Nocioni DR 6.7 / Bjelica, N.
5.8 / Llull Assists 3.5 / Zisis
1.6 / Fernandez Steals 1.2 / Bjelica, N.
0.6 / Ayon Blocks 1.0 / Vesely
1.3 / Rodriguez Turnovers 1.5 / Hickman
66.0 % / Slaughter 2PT 75.4 % / Erden
47.4 % / Carroll 3PT 45.5 % / Goudelock
100.0 % / Rivers, K.C. FT 80.0 % / Hickman
16.4 / Fernandez Index 18.3 / Bjelica, N.
Team Roster - Real Madrid

Records

Ave.   Ave.
0-0 Final Four 0-0
3-1 Playoffs 3-0
11-3 Top 16 11-3
8-2 Regular Season 8-2
22-6 Overall 22-5

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The Take

A back-to-back runner up plays on its home court against a Final Four newcomer led by the winningest coach in Euroleague history in the second semifinal at the 2015 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four. It is the first match between Rela Madrid and Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul in three years, and Madrid holds 9-3 all-time edge in meetings between them. Fenerbahce's head of bench Zeljko Obradovic guided Real Madrid from 1994 to 1997 and took the club to the most recent of its eight Euroleague titles in 1995. That marked the third of what has become a record eight Euroleague crowns Obradovic, too. Now, Coach Pablo Laso, who was a Madrid guard under Obradovic in the mid 1990s, aims to lead his club to its third consecutive championship game appearance. Last season's MVP Sergio Rodriguez and Sergio Llull are the playmaking duo that runs the show, set the high-tempo offense Madrid likes to play, and feeds the wings where sharpshooter Jaycee Carroll and swingman Rudy Fernandez have an array of ways to punish opposing defenses. But Fenerbahce's veteran point guard Nikos Zisis is great at changing the rhythm and pace to his team's liking and returns to the city and arena where he already won a Euroleague title with CSKA Moscow in 2008. Young and talented Kenan Sipahi and Rising Star Trophy winner Bogdan Bogdanovic will back Zisis up in the absence of Ricky Hickman, who is out for the season with an Achilles injury. Bogdanovic will mostly play at the small forward spot and alongside scoring machine Andrew Goudelock to form a lethal scoring tandem. K.C. Rivers and Jonas Maciulis add to Madrid's depth at the small forward position, which could be crucial against do-it-all forwards Nemanja Bjelica and Emir Preldzic, whose versatility and ability to create offense takes Fenerbahce's game to another level. Bjelica will also spend a lot of minutes playing down low against Madrid's experienced 35-year old power forwards Andres Nocioni and Felipe Reyes. Meanwhile, Marcus Slaughter, Gustavo Ayon and Ioannis Bourousis have all the size, power and athleticism in the paint, but they meet their match in a big, strong and deep Fenerbahce frontcourt, which starts with high-flying Jan Vesely, and continues with Luka Zoric, Semih Erden and Oguz Savas to complete a mouth-watering matchup at Barclaycard Center.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Euroleague.net

Game Notes

REAL MADRID

Madrid was the second-highest-scoring team in the Euroleague this season with 86.3 points per game. Madrid also led the league in assists (21.6 apg.) and fewest turnovers (9.5 TOpg.).

Rudy Fernandez was second in the Euroleague in steals this season with 1.57 per game.

With his next steal, Rudy Fernandez will move into the top 10 in steals in Final Four history. Fernandez enters the Final Four with 9 steals; Milos Teodosic, Jaka Lakovic, Marko Jaric and Anthony Parker are tied for ninth place with 10 steals each.

Rudy Fernandez has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last 18 games.

Ioannis Bourousis needs 6 rebounds to crack the top 10 list of all-time rebounders at the Final Four. Bourousis enters the Final Four with 40 rebounds; Nikola Vujcic, Toni Kukoc, Anthony Parker and Ante Tomic are tied for eighth place with 46 boards.

Sergio Rodriguez will enter the top 10 list for all-time assists at the Final Four with his next assist. Rodriguez enters the semifinal with 24 career Final Four assists. Tal Burstein and Juan Carlos Navarro are tied for 10th with 25 assists and Nikos Gallis is ninth with 26.

Eleven different players have appeared in Madrid’s starting lineup this season; only Sergio Llull has started every game.

Andres Nocioni needs just 5 more blocked shots to reach the century mark for his Euroleague career.

Nocioni needs just 8 more steals to reach the century mark for his Euroleague career.

Felipe Reyes’s next assist will be the 200th of his Euroleague career.

Reyes needs 13 points to catch former CSKA star Trajan Langdon for 12th place on the Euroleague’s career scoring charts. Langdon retired with 2,178 career points.

Jaycee Carroll is 52 points shy of the 1,000-point milestone for his Euroleague career.

FENERBAHCE ULKER ISTANBUL

Semih Erden was the league leader in field-goal shooting percentage this season at 75.4% (43 of 57). No player in league history with at least 50 shots has a better single-season percentage.

Nemanja Bjelica was second in the Euroleague in rebounding this season with 8.6 rebounds per game.

Bjelica needs 1 more steal to reach the century mark for his Euroleague career.

Bjelica has had a performance index rating of at least 10 in all but two Euroleague games this season.

Bjelica was a teammate of Madrid forward Andres Nocioni for a season and a half between March 2012 and June 2013 at Laboral Kutxa Vitoria.

Coach Obradovic has used 17 different players this season – including 13 different starters. No player has started every game.

Nikos Zisis and Madrid center Ioannis Bourousis played their first professional seasons together at AEK Athens. The duo has also played many events together with the Greek national team, including winning the gold medal at the 2005 European Championship and the bronze medal at the 2009 European Championship.

Bogdan Bogdanovic has made at least 1 three-pointer in each of his last seven Euroleague games. He is shooting 16 for 39 from downtown over that stretch.

Bogdanovic needs 2 more three-pointers to reach the century mark for his Euroleague career.

Thursday, May 7, 2015
Euroleague.net

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Head coach: LASO, PABLO
Min: Minutes played; Pts: Points; 2FG M-A: 2-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); 3FG M-A: 3-point Field Goals (Made-Attempted); FT M-A: Free Throws (Made-Attempted); Rebounds: O (Offensive), D (Defensive), T (Total); As: Assists; St: Steals; To: Turnovers; Bl: Blocks (Fv: In Favor / Ag: Against); Fouls: Cm (Commited), Rv (Received); PIR: Performance Index Rating
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Head coach: OBRADOVIC, ZELJKO
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SEMIFINAL A
Real Madrid -
Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul -
May 15 21:00 CET LIVE FINAL
SEMIFINAL B
CSKA Moscow -
Olympiacos Piraeus -
May 15 18:00 CET LIVE FINAL