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In 2013 Željko Obradovičius took over the helm of Fenerbahče in Istanbul. The Turkish club has put together a powerful budget and has claimed the title of Euroleague champions from the first seasons. But fame did not come so quickly.
For the first time in Fenerbahce, Željko did not make it to the last four. But already in 2014-2015. season, he led the Turkish club to the final Euroleague fights for the first time in history.
After a scandalous test in 2015-2016. the season, when only one rebound separated from the champion title at Fenerbahche and, according to Ž.Obradovičius, the referee’s whistle, the time of the Istanbul basketball players came in 2016-2017. season
Željko had an incredible team: attack director Kosta Slouk, cold-blooded executioner Bogdan Bogdanovich, returning NBA forward Luigi Datome, midfielder Jan Vesely, Ekpe Udoh revealed by Istanbul and other top assistants like Bobby Dixon, Nikol Nixon, the first NBA rookie James named Anthony Bennett.
However, these companies in Fenerbahche could not have been in the carefully planned finale of the last four, which had just taken place in Istanbul.
Luke April photo / 15 minutes / Bogdan Bogdanovich
It was the first season of the Euroleague in the new 30-game format of the regular season. Previously, on the way to the last four, the teams had to beat the group competition, the Top 16 stage and the quarterfinals, but the Euroleague adopted a revolutionary change that not only increased the prestige of the tournament, but also the competition .
Although Fenerbahce was one of the richest, Željko’s troops were not easy.
With a round to finish at the end of the regular season, Fenerbahche was only seventh in the tournament table. If the regular season had ended after round 29, the Turks would have faced CSKA Moscow in the quarterfinals.
The chances of going up were not very good.
The two teams above Fenerbahce, Baskonia in Vitoria and Anadolu Efes in Istanbul, played the last round in good condition. The victorious victories for both of them, even if they won in Fenerbahce against Barcelona, would not have risen to the top and hit the barrier of Euroleague champion CSKA.
Anadolu Efes has accepted Real Madrid, but they have already secured the title of winners of the regular season, so the last game meant nothing to the Spanish. The Turks had lost the first game between them by only two points, and the trip to Madrid was accomplished by winning up to 8 games out of 9. But Anadolu Efes had no hope in Madrid: 80:97.
The other team that celebrated the victory was Baskonia. The Basques had won the last 5 matches of the Euroleague of 6, and at home they took Kaunas “Žalgiris”, for whom the match was irrelevant: the Lithuanian champions were already condemned to remain on board. But Šarūnas Jasikevičius’s students treated the Vitoria club with a beautiful style: in the corridors of the Fernando Buesa stadium, rival coach Sito Alonso walked with a sweaty face. The defeat for the people of Žalgiris brought the Basques into the quarterfinals with CSKA.
Photo from Getty Images / Euroleague.net / Žalgiris in Vitoria 2017
Fenerbahche hardly took away the healthy skin. Three minutes before the end of the match, Ž.Obradovičius’s students in Istanbul were 5 points behind the Barcelona men. Not only that, 5 seconds ago B.Bogdanovičius had to be saved by a two-point 58:58, which kicked off the “Fenerbahche” extension. After a nervous fight, the Turks finally escaped with a 68:65 victory and fifth place in the tournament table.
After meeting Željko’s former team, Panathinaikos of Athens, in the quarterfinals, Fenerbahče had no problems and triumphed in the series 3-0.
In the semifinals, the Istanbul team eliminated Real Madrid with Jonas Mačiulis 84:75. And the Olympiacos club, which met in the final, could not stop the car Fenerbahche – 80:64.
Fenerbahche became Euroleague champion for the first time in history. Željko kissed the winners’ cup for the ninth time in his career, with a different fifth team.
Photo from Getty Images / Euroleague.net / Željko Obradovičius 2017
The final MVP award went to top Ekpe Udoh of Fenerbahche, who scored 10 points, 9 rebounds, 29 profit points and a record of 5 blocks.
N.Kaliničius with B.Bogdanovičius added 17 points each, Khemas Birch scored 14 points for the losers.
Photo from Getty Images / Euroleague.net / Željko Obradovičius and Ekpe Udoh 2017
“I am very satisfied with the Fenerbahche organization, which won the Euroleague for the first time. Thank you managers for the trust. This title is the result of all our constant and hard work. But all the glory for the players”, – Ž rejoiced. Obradovičius.
After the Euroleague win over a $ 1 million bailout at Fenerbach, leader B. Bogdanovich moved to the Sacramento Kings. E.Udoh’s final MVP totaled 6.5 million over two years. dollar contract with Utah Jazz.
Željko had to reassemble the winning army.
Photo from Getty Images / Euroleague.net/Ekpe Udoh and Bogdan Bogdanovich in 2018
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