Road to the Final Four

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Club	Clinched Final Four		Season performance
			Regular season record	Round of 16				Quarterfinals
Monaco	3 April 2018[1]		13–1 (1st Group A)	Zielona Góra	174–142	82–84 (A)	90–60 (H)	Banvit	159–152	77–85 (A)	74–75 (H)
MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	4 April 2018[2]		12–2 (2nd Group B)	Oldenburg	162–149	63–88 (A)	74–86 (H)	medi Bayreuth	170–163	81–86 (H)	77–89 (A)
AEK Athens	4 April 2018[3]		8–6 (3rd Group C)	ČEZ Nymburk	181–180	88–98 (H)	82–93 (A)	SIG Strasbourg	156–151	78–69 (H)	83–83 (A)
UCAM Murcia	4 April 2018[4]		7–7 (4th Group A)	Iberostar Tenerife	149–143	66–71 (H)	72–83 (A)	Pınar Karşıyaka	160–137	65–79 (A)	81–72 (H)

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MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg

Ludwigsburg qualified for its first ever final phase of a European competition, as in the 2016–17 season they were eliminated by Banvit on a buzzer-beater. In the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), Riesen was having a solid year as it was battling for playoff position. In the BCL play-offs, Riesen eliminated two German sides, EWE Baskets Oldenburg and medi Bayreuth in order to advance to the final four.

Monaco

Monaco was at the top of the standings in its domestic Pro A season. In February, Monaco won the Leaders Cup for its third consecutive time. In the previous season, the team also qualified for the Final Four but was eliminated in the semi-finals, by runners-up Banvit.

AEK Athens

AEK was having a successful season as well, as the team captured its fourth Greek Cup title, while beating EuroLeague teams Olympiacos and Panathinaikos on the way. AEK had a remarkable path to the final four, as it was nearly eliminated in the round of 16 but was saved by a three-pointer by Kevin Punter to defeat Czech side ČEZ Nymburk. In the quarter-finals, AEK eliminated French side SIG Strasbourg.

Guard Manny Harris was named the Basketball Champions League MVP as well.^[5]

UCAM Murcia

In its first BCL season, and just its second year ever playing in European competitions, Murcia eliminated the defending champions Iberostar Tenerife in the round of 16. In the quarter-finals, Pınar Karşıyaka was defeated. In the 2017–18 ACB season, Murcia was close to qualifying to the playoffs.

MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg vs Monaco

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4 May 2018	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg	65–87	Monaco	Athens, Greece
17:30 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 18–25, 16–25, 9–26
	Pts: Johnson 12 Rebs: Evans 7 Asts: Johnson, Walkup 2 Eff: Walkup 14	Boxscore	Pts: Kikanović 19 Rebs: Evans 8 Asts: Cooper 9 Eff: Evans 24	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 5,862 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)

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MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg v Monaco

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Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 3 Kerron Johnson 12 2 2 SG 4 David McCray 0 2 1 SF 0 Thomas Walkup 10 5 2 PF 23 Elgin Cook 10 4 1 C 19 Adam Waleskowski 6 3 1 Reserves: PF 1 Dwyane Evans 9 7 1 PG 7 Niklas Geske 0 0 1 SG 10 Adika Peter-McNeilly 11 0 0 SG 11 Malik Müller 0 2 0 SF 12 Florian Koch 0 0 0 PF 17 Mateo Seric 2 1 0 PF 42 Jacob Wiley 5 3 0 Head coach: John Patrick

Riesen Monaco 0 Riesen Statistics[6] Monaco 19/38 (50%) 2-pt field goals 23/34 (67.7%) 4/17 (23.5%) 3-pt field goals 9/28 (32.1%) 15/23 (65.2%) Free throws 14/23 (60.9%) 13 Offensive rebounds 13 21 Defensive rebounds 22 34 Total rebounds 35 9 Assists 27 16 Turnovers 9 7 Steals 11 1 Blocks 2 16 Fouls 21

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 2 D. J. Cooper 2 1 9 SG 22 Gerald Robinson 16 3 1 SF 8 Sergiy Gladyr 12 0 0 PF 5 Amara Sy 10 2 4 C 9 Elmedin Kikanović 19 7 1 Reserves: PG 4 Aaron Craft 7 3 3 SF 6 Paul Lacombe 2 4 5 PF 7 Damjan Rudež 0 1 0 SF 10 Romain Poinas 0 0 0 PF 14 Georgi Joseph 2 3 1 PF 23 Christopher Evans 17 8 3 C 24 Ali Traoré 0 0 0 Head coach: Zvezdan Mitrović

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AEK Athens vs UCAM Murcia

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4 May 2018	AEK Athens	77–75	UCAM Murcia	Athens, Greece
20:30 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 22–17, 15–20, 22–21
	Pts: Harris 20 Rebs: Hunter 6 Asts: Xanthopoulos 7 Eff: Harris 20	Boxscore	Pts: Benite 19 Rebs: Rojas 12 Asts: Hannah 6 Eff: Rojas 19	Arena: O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall Attendance: 16,191 Referees: Srđan Dožai (CRO), Tolga Sahin (ITA), Marius Ciulin (ROU)

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AEK Athens v UCAM Murcia

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Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 2 Mike Green 7 3 3 SG 12 Giannoulis Larentzakis 3 1 1 SF 3 Manny Harris 20 2 1 PF 1 Delroy James 6 0 1 C 32 Vince Hunter 0 6 0 Reserves: SG 0 Kevin Punter 16 3 0 PG 4 Vassilis Xanthopoulos 0 2 7 PF 5 Dušan Šakota 15 4 2 SF 8 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos 1 3 0 SF 9 Edin Atić DNP C 22 Dimitrios Mavroeidis 9 5 0 C 24 Vassilis Kavvadas 0 0 0 Head coach: Dragan Šakota

AEK Murcia 0 AEK Statistics Murcia 17/31 (54.8%) 2-pt field goals 19/43 (44.1%) 8/22 (36.4%) 3-pt field goals 6/20 (30%) 19/31 (61.3%) Free throws 19/25 (76%) 6 Offensive rebounds 15 26 Defensive rebounds 29 32 Total rebounds 44 15 Assists 14 14 Turnovers 15 9 Steals 10 6 Blocks 3 25 Fouls 28

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 11 Clevin Hannah 17 4 6 SG 12 Brad Oleson 10 0 2 SF 27 Sadiel Rojas 8 12 3 PF 0 Ovie Soko 12 8 2 C 24 Kevin Tumba 5 6 0 Reserves: SF 1 Lazar Mutić DNP SG 3 Álex Urtasun 0 0 0 PF 6 José Ángel Antelo 0 2 0 SG 8 Vítor Benite 19 1 1 PG 9 Charlon Kloof 0 0 0 PF 13 Vítor Faverani DNP C 23 Augusto Lima 4 6 0 Head coach: Ibon Navarro

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