Twenty-ninth anniversary of third European Cup triumph

As we speak marks the twenty ninth anniversay of Actual Madrid‘s third European Cup success. On 17 March 1992, the membership’s basketball group got here out on high in an evenly matched showpiece in opposition to PAOK due to Ricky Brown‘s successful basket with two seconds to play (65-63) to see Clifford Luyk‘s expenses declare glory in Nantes.

It regarded very a lot as if our group was properly heading in the right direction for victory within the first half because the madridistas headed in on the break with a 15-point buffer (43-28). Nevertheless, the Greeks hit again within the second half to tie the scores (63-63) with 10 seconds to play. Certainly, they’d the ultimate play to have gained the match, however an impressed piece of play noticed Brown steal the ball and internet to seal European Cup glory.

Path to the ultimate

Actual Madrid had seen off Professional-Specs EBBC within the first spherical, earlier than overcoming Union Olimpija, Pau Orthez, Panionios, Benfica and Hapoel Galil Elyon within the quater-final group stage and downing Glaxo Verona within the semis.

TEAMS

65-Actual Madrid: Antúnez (2), Biriukov (0), Simpson (24), Antonio Martín (7), Brown (18) – Llorente (6), Romay (2), Cargol (6).

63-PAOK: Boudouris (3), Prelević (29), Barlow (5), Papachronis (5), Fassoulas (17) – Stavropoulos (0), Filippou (4).