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Real Madrid beat Olympiacos 79-78 to win the Euroleague title
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Real Madrid is the new basketball champion of Europe.

Real Madrid topped Olympiacos 79-78 and is the new Euroleague champ. The Royal Club won its 11th Euroleague title.

With his 1st basket in the final, Sergio Llull secured the victory for his team as he scored with less than 4 seconds on the clock. Sergio Rodriguez was the highest-scoring player for Real Madrid with 15 points as he also gave 9 assists and grabbed 4 boards.

Euroleague MVP Aleksandar Vezenkov scored 29 points for Olympiacos, but his efforts were not enough for the Greek basketball team to win the title after finishing 1st in the regular season.

Real Madrid came from a 2-0 deficit against Partizan in the ¼ finals and defeated in the role of the outsider Barcelona 78-66 in the ½ finals.

Walter Tavares was named the Final Four MVP.