Liga Endesa1 | |||||||||||||
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Season | 2017–18 | ||||||||||||
Games played | 327 | ||||||||||||
Teams | 18 | ||||||||||||
TV partner(s) | Movistar+ | ||||||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||||
Season MVP | Luka Dončić | ||||||||||||
Relegated | RETAbet Bilbao Basket Real Betis Energía Plus | ||||||||||||
Finals | |||||||||||||
Champions | Real Madrid (34th title) | ||||||||||||
Runners-up | Kirolbet Baskonia | ||||||||||||
Semifinalists | FC Barcelona Lassa Herbalife Gran Canaria | ||||||||||||
Finals MVP | Rudy Fernández | ||||||||||||
Statistical leaders | |||||||||||||
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Records | |||||||||||||
Biggest home win | Barcelona 121–56 Real Betis (11 April 2018) League record | ||||||||||||
Biggest away win | Real Betis 62–109 Tenerife (24 May 2018) | ||||||||||||
Highest scoring | Obradoiro 112–116 Estudiantes (21 April 2018) | ||||||||||||
Winning streak | 11 games Real Madrid | ||||||||||||
Losing streak | 13 games Divina Seguros Joventut | ||||||||||||
Highest attendance | 15,512 Baskonia 79–83 Real Madrid (17 June 2018) | ||||||||||||
Lowest attendance | 1,315 Real Betis 62–109 Tenerife (24 May 2018) | ||||||||||||
← 2016–17 2018–19 →
1 Sponsored league name, referring to Endesa. |
The 2017–18 ACB season, also known as Liga Endesa for sponsorship reasons, was the 35th season of the Spanish basketball league. It started on 29 September 2017 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 19 June 2018 with the finals.
Valencia Basket was the defending champion, but was defeated in quarterfinals by Herbalife Gran Canaria, who achieved qualification to the EuroLeague for the first time ever, but was defeated in semifinals by Real Madrid who won their 34th title after defeating Kirolbet Baskonia in finals.
A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the 2016–17 season and two promoted from the 2016–17 LEB Oro. This include the top team from the LEB Oro, and the winners of the LEB Oro playoffs.
As of 10 July 2017, the ACB, forced by the statement of the National Commission for Markets and Competence (CNMC), agreed with the Spanish Basketball Federation and endorsed by the CSD to reduce the requirements to fulfill by the promoted teams for playing in the league.[1] On August 11, 2017, the ACB proceeded to the precautionary and provisional registration of the Real Betis Energía Plus, in application of the precautionary measures issued by the judicial demand of the Andalusian club.[2]
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Delteco GBC | Porfirio Fisac | Xabi Oroz | Hummel | Delteco |
Divina Seguros Joventut | Carles Duran | Albert Ventura | Spalding | Divina Pastora Seguros |
FC Barcelona Lassa | Svetislav Pešić | Juan Carlos Navarro | Nike | Lassa Tyres |
Herbalife Gran Canaria | Luis Casimiro | Eulis Báez | Adidas | Herbalife |
Iberostar Tenerife | Fotios Katsikaris | Nicolás Richotti | Austral | Iberostar |
Kirolbet Baskonia | Pedro Martínez | Tornike Shengelia | Kelme | Kirolbet |
Monbus Obradoiro | Moncho Fernández | Pepe Pozas | Vive | Estrella Galicia 0,0 |
Montakit Fuenlabrada | Néstor García | Marko Popović | BFS | Montakit |
MoraBanc Andorra | Joan Peñarroya | Oliver Stević | Kon | MoraBanc, Andorra |
Movistar Estudiantes | Salva Maldonado | Sitapha Savané | Joma | Movistar |
Real Betis Energía Plus | Javier Carrasco | Alfonso Sánchez | Spalding | Energía Plus |
Real Madrid | Pablo Laso | Felipe Reyes | Adidas | European University |
RETAbet Bilbao Basket | Jaka Lakovič | Álex Mumbrú | Erreà | RETAbet |
San Pablo Burgos | Diego Epifanio | Javi Vega | Hummel | Inmobiliaria San Pablo, Burgos |
Tecnyconta Zaragoza | Pep Cargol | Tomás Bellas | Mercury | Tecnyconta |
UCAM Murcia | Ibon Navarro | José Ángel Antelo | Nike | UCAM, Caravaca |
Unicaja | Joan Plaza | Carlos Suárez | Spalding | Unicaja, Málaga |
Valencia Basket | Txus Vidorreta | Rafa Martínez | Luanvi | Cultura del Esfuerzo1 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced with | Date of appointment |
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Tecnyconta Zaragoza | Luis Guil | End of contract | 16 May 2017[24] | Pre-season | Jota Cuspinera | 16 June 2017[25] |
FC Barcelona Lassa | Georgios Bartzokas | Sacked | 7 June 2017[26] | Sito Alonso | 16 June 2017[27] | |
Montakit Fuenlabrada | Jota Cuspinera | Resigned | 7 June 2017[28] | Néstor García | 7 July 2017[29] | |
Kirolbet Baskonia | Sito Alonso | Mutual consent | 16 June 2017[30] | Pablo Prigioni | 16 June 2017[31] | |
Valencia Basket | Pedro Martínez | End of contract | 20 June 2017[32] | Txus Vidorreta | 20 June 2017[33] | |
Iberostar Tenerife | Txus Vidorreta | Resigned | 20 June 2017[34] | Nenad Marković | 20 June 2017[35] | |
UCAM Murcia | Fotios Katsikaris | Signed for Hapoel Jerusalem | 28 June 2017[36] | Ibon Navarro | 29 June 2017 | |
Kirolbet Baskonia | Pablo Prigioni | Resigned | 26 October 2017[37] | 11th (2–3) | Pedro Martínez | 27 October 2017[38] |
Real Betis Energía Plus | Alejandro Martínez | Sacked | 30 October 2017[39] | 17th (0–6) | Óscar Quintana | 2 November 2017[40] |
Iberostar Tenerife | Nenad Marković | Sacked | 24 November 2017[41] | 12th (4–5) | Fotios Katsikaris | 24 November 2017[42] |
RETAbet Bilbao Basket | Carles Duran | Sacked | 27 November 2017[43] | 16th (3–6) | Veljko Mršić | 27 November 2017[44] |
Tecnyconta Zaragoza | Jota Cuspinera | Mutual consent | 30 January 2018 | 16th (5–13) | Pep Cargol | 22 February 2018[a][45] |
FC Barcelona Lassa | Sito Alonso | Sacked | 4 February 2018[46] | 3rd (12–7) | Svetislav Pešić | 9 February 2018[47] |
Divina Seguros Joventut | Diego Ocampo | Sacked | 7 February 2018 | 17th (4–15) | Carles Duran | 7 February 2018 |
Real Betis Energía Plus | Óscar Quintana | Sacked | 17 April 2018 | 17th (7–21) | Javier Carrasco | 17 April 2018 |
RETAbet Bilbao Basket | Veljko Mršić | Sacked | 30 April 2018[48] | 17th (8–22) | Jaka Lakovič | 30 April 2018 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Real Madrid | 34 | 30 | 4 | 3052 | 2678 | +374 | Qualification to playoffs |
2 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2946 | 2668 | +278 | |
3 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 34 | 24 | 10 | 3030 | 2691 | +339 | |
4 | Valencia Basket | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2809 | 2582 | +227 | |
5 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2851 | 2780 | +71 | |
6 | MoraBanc Andorra | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2898 | 2787 | +111 | |
7 | Unicaja | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2778 | 2631 | +147 | |
8 | Iberostar Tenerife | 34 | 19 | 15 | 2684 | 2614 | +70 | |
9 | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2641 | 2806 | −165 | |
10 | UCAM Murcia | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2624 | 2589 | +35 | |
11 | Movistar Estudiantes | 34 | 17 | 17 | 2861 | 2892 | −31 | |
12 | Monbus Obradoiro | 34 | 14 | 20 | 2650 | 2742 | −92 | |
13 | Delteco GBC | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2742 | 2854 | −112 | |
14 | San Pablo Burgos | 34 | 13 | 21 | 2775 | 2961 | −186 | |
15 | Divina Seguros Joventut | 34 | 12 | 22 | 2709 | 2831 | −122 | |
16 | Tecnyconta Zaragoza | 34 | 10 | 24 | 2780 | 3006 | −226 | |
17 | RETAbet Bilbao Basket (R) | 34 | 8 | 26 | 2592 | 2843 | −251 | Relegation to LEB Oro |
18 | Real Betis Energía Plus (R) | 34 | 7 | 27 | 2629 | 3096 | −467 |
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 13, but then postponed and played between rounds 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for round 16.
Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
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Real Madrid | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kirolbet Baskonia | 11 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
FC Barcelona Lassa | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Valencia Basket | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Herbalife Gran Canaria | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
MoraBanc Andorra | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Unicaja | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Iberostar Tenerife | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Montakit Fuenlabrada | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
UCAM Murcia | 16 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Movistar Estudiantes | 9 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Monbus Obradoiro | 7 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Delteco GBC | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
San Pablo Burgos | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Divina Seguros Joventut | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Tecnyconta Zaragoza | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
RETAbet Bilbao Basket | 17 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Real Betis Energía Plus | 15 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 Real Madrid | 83 | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 Iberostar Tenerife | 73 | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 Real Madrid | 88 | 92 | 99 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 Herbalife Gran Canaria | 70 | 83 | 92 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 Valencia Basket | 71 | 70 | 89 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 Herbalife Gran Canaria | 56 | 97 | 92 | |||||||||||||||||||
1 Real Madrid | 90 | 98 | 83 | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 Kirolbet Baskonia | 94 | 91 | 78 | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 Kirolbet Baskonia | 87 | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 Unicaja | 70 | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||||
2 Kirolbet Baskonia | 86 | 85 | 65 | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 FC Barcelona Lassa | 61 | 79 | 67 | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 FC Barcelona Lassa | 76 | 85 | 91 | |||||||||||||||||||
6 MoraBanc Andorra | 94 | 81 | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Real Madrid (C) | 43 | 38 | 5 | Qualification to EuroLeague[a] |
2 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 44 | 31 | 13 | |
3 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 41 | 27 | 14 | |
4 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 40 | 22 | 18 | |
5 | Valencia Basket | 37 | 23 | 14 | Qualification to EuroCup |
6 | MoraBanc Andorra | 37 | 20 | 17 | |
7 | Unicaja | 36 | 19 | 17 | |
8 | Iberostar Tenerife | 36 | 19 | 17 | Qualification to Champions League regular season |
9 | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 34 | 17 | 17 | |
10 | UCAM Murcia | 34 | 17 | 17 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
11 | Movistar Estudiantes | 34 | 17 | 17 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
12 | Monbus Obradoiro | 34 | 14 | 20 | |
13 | Delteco GBC | 34 | 13 | 21 | |
14 | San Pablo Burgos | 34 | 13 | 21 | |
15 | Divina Seguros Joventut | 34 | 12 | 22 | |
16 | Tecnyconta Zaragoza | 34 | 10 | 24 | |
17 | RETAbet Bilbao Basket (R) | 34 | 8 | 26 | Relegation to LEB Oro |
18 | Real Betis Energía Plus (R) | 34 | 7 | 27 |
Attendances include playoff games:
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
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1 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 224,265 | 15,512 | 8,102 | 10,194 | +4.5% |
2 | San Pablo Burgos | 154,196 | 9,352 | 8,531 | 9,070 | +353.5%1 |
3 | RETAbet Bilbao Basket | 148,786 | 9,842 | 7,803 | 8,752 | +0.5% |
4 | Real Madrid | 188,844 | 12,114 | 4,108 | 8,584 | −5.4% |
5 | Movistar Estudiantes | 138,552 | 13,513 | 4,674 | 8,150 | −2.5% |
6 | Tecnyconta Zaragoza | 130,275 | 9,489 | 5,821 | 7,663 | +2.6% |
7 | Valencia Basket | 137,835 | 8,500 | 5,600 | 7,254 | −11.1% |
8 | Unicaja | 130,290 | 9,863 | 5,871 | 7,238 | +1.7% |
9 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 111,434 | 6,978 | 4,176 | 5,865 | −9.3% |
10 | UCAM Murcia | 94,818 | 7,098 | 5,089 | 5,578 | −1.0% |
11 | Montakit Fuenlabrada | 87,960 | 5,646 | 4,026 | 5,174 | +5.4% |
12 | Divina Seguros Joventut | 84,758 | 8,597 | 3,486 | 4,986 | +0.2% |
13 | Monbus Obradoiro | 84,698 | 5,705 | 4,213 | 4,982 | −1.7% |
14 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 100,600 | 6,438 | 3,053 | 4,790 | +12.1% |
15 | Iberostar Tenerife | 83,882 | 5,176 | 3,738 | 4,660 | +3.1% |
16 | MoraBanc Andorra | 76,032 | 5,000 | 3,620 | 4,224 | −0.1% |
17 | Real Betis Energía Plus | 70,661 | 6,723 | 1,315 | 4,157 | −14.9% |
18 | Delteco GBC | 53,869 | 5,118 | 1,495 | 3,169 | n/a1 |
League total | 2,101,755 | 15,512 | 1,315 | 6,427 | −0.4% |
All official awards of the 2017–18 ACB season.
Pos. | Player | Team |
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PG | Luka Dončić | Real Madrid |
Source: [49]
Pos. | Player | Team |
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SF | Rudy Fernández | Real Madrid |
Source: [50]
Pos. | First Team | Second Team | ||
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Player | Team | Player | Team | |
PG | Luka Dončić | Real Madrid | Facundo Campazzo | Real Madrid |
SG | Gary Neal | Tecnyconta Zaragoza | Thomas Heurtel | FC Barcelona Lassa |
SF | Sylven Landesberg | Movistar Estudiantes | Mateusz Ponitka | Iberostar Tenerife |
PF | Tornike Shengelia | Kirolbet Baskonia | Bojan Dubljević | Valencia Basket |
C | Henk Norel | Delteco GBC | Ante Tomić | FC Barcelona Lassa |
Pos. | Player | Team |
---|---|---|
PG | Luka Dončić | Real Madrid |
Source: [53]
Pos. | Player | Team |
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C | Edy Tavares | Real Madrid |
Source:[54]
Pos. | Player | Team |
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PG | Luka Dončić | Real Madrid |
SG | Sergi García | Valencia Basket/Tecnyconta Zaragoza |
SF | Xabier López-Arostegui | Divina Seguros Joventut |
PF | Jonathan Barreiro | Tecnyconta Zaragoza |
C | Simon Birgander | Divina Seguros Joventut |
Source: [55]
Pos. | Player | Team |
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SG | Gary Neal | Tecnyconta Zaragoza |
Source: [56]
Pos. | Player | Team |
---|---|---|
SF | Christian Eyenga | Montakit Fuenlabrada |
Source: [57]
Coach | Team |
---|---|
Pablo Laso | Real Madrid |
Source: [58]
Source: [59]
Month | Week | Player | Team | PIR | Ref |
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October | 1–6 | Henk Norel | Delteco GBC | 24.2 | [60] |
November | 7–9 | Gary Neal | Tecnyconta Zaragoza | 22 | [61] |
December | 10–14 | Luka Dončić | Real Madrid | 24 | [62] |
January | 15–18 | Clevin Hannah | UCAM Murcia | 21 | [63] |
February | 19–20 | Gary Neal | Tecnyconta Zaragoza | 39 | [64] |
March | 21–24 | Ante Tomić | FC Barcelona Lassa | 23.8 | [65] |
April | 25–30 | Gary Neal | Tecnyconta Zaragoza | 23.8 | [66] |
May | 30–34 | Nicolás Laprovíttola | Divina Seguros Joventut | 22.0 | [67] |
Source: [68]
Team | Competition | Progress | Ref |
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Real Madrid | EuroLeague | Champions | |
Kirolbet Baskonia | 7th qualified | ||
Unicaja | 9th qualified | ||
Valencia Basket | 11th qualified | ||
FC Barcelona Lassa | 13th qualified | ||
Herbalife Gran Canaria | EuroCup | Quarterfinals | [69] |
MoraBanc Andorra | Regular season | ||
RETAbet Bilbao Basket | |||
UCAM Murcia | Champions League | Third place | [70] |
Iberostar Tenerife | Round of 16 | ||
Movistar Estudiantes | Regular season | ||
Divina Seguros Joventut | Second qualifying round |