# 2017–18 Real Madrid Baloncesto season

The 2017–18 season was Real Madrid's 87th in existence, their 35th consecutive season in the top flight of Spanish basketball and 11th consecutive season in the top flight of European basketball.
The season was an extremely successful one, as Real Madrid won a record tenth EuroLeague title after defeating Fenerbahçe in the final. In the domestic Liga ACB, Madrid clinched the title after defeating Saski Baskonia in the playoff finals. The star player of this season was Slovenian Luka Dončić, who was named EuroLeague MVP, EuroLeague Final Four MVP and Liga ACB MVP.

## Players
### Squad information

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

### Depth chart

| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
| C | Gustavo Ayón | Edy Tavares | Ognjen Kuzmić |
| PF | Trey Thompkins | Anthony Randolph | Felipe Reyes |
| SF | Jeffery Taylor | Rudy Fernández | Santiago Yusta |
| SG | Fabien Causeur | Jaycee Carroll | Sergio Llull |
| PG | Luka Dončić | Facundo Campazzo | Chasson Randle |
Colours: Blue = homegrown player; Red = non–FIBA Europe player

### Players in

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Date |
| 16 | SF | Santiago Yusta | 20 | Obradoiro | Transfer | 2019 | 3 July 2017 |
| 1 | G | Fabien Causeur | 30 | Brose Bamberg | Transfer | 2019 | 25 July 2017 |
| 32 | C | Ognjen Kuzmić | 27 | Crvena zvezda | Transfer | 2019 | 26 July 2017 |
| 11 | PG | Facundo Campazzo | 26 | UCAM Murcia | Loan returns | 2019 | 24 August 2017 |
| 2 | PG | Chasson Randle | 24 | New York Knicks | Transfer | 2019 | 7 October 2017 |
| 22 | C | Edy Tavares | 25 | Raptors 905 | Transfer | 2020 | 10 November 2017 |

### Players out

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Date |
| 6 | F | Andrés Nocioni | 37 | | Retirement | 3 April 2017 |
| 4 | PG | Dontaye Draper | 33 | Real Betis Energía Plus | End of contract | 1 July 2017 |
| 21 | C | Othello Hunter | 24 | CSKA Moscow | End of contract | 10 July 2017 |
| 36 | PF | Álex Suárez | 29 | Basket Zaragoza | loan Out | 17 August 2017 |
| 8 | SF | Jonas Mačiulis | 33 | Lokomotiv Kuban | Release | 2 March 2018 |

## Club
### Technical staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Pablo Laso |
| Assistant coach | Jesús Mateo Francisco Redondo Isidoro Calín |
| Fitness trainer | Juan Trapero |
Source: Real Madrid

### Kit

Supplier: Adidas / Sponsor: Universidad Europea
| Home | Away |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Liga ACB | Matchday 1 | Winner | 1 October 2017 | 20 June 2018 |
| Euroleague | Regular season | Winner | 12 October 2017 | 20 May 2018 |
| Copa del Rey | Quarterfinals | Runners-up | 15 February 2018 | 18 February 2018 |
| Supercopa de España | Semifinals | Semifinalists | 22 September 2017 | 22 September 2017 |
Updated to match played June 20, 2018 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| Liga ACB | 43 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 3,896 | 3,418 | +478 | 088.37 |
| EuroLeague | 36 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 3,079 | 2,871 | +208 | 066.67 |
| Copa del Rey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 256 | 235 | +21 | 066.67 |
| Supercopa de España | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 73 | −9 | 000.00 |
| Total | 83 | 64 | 0 | 19 | 7,295 | 6,597 | +698 | 077.11 |
Last updated: June 20, 2018 Source: Competitions

### Liga ACB
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Real Madrid | 34 | 30 | 4 | 3052 | 2678 | +374 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 2 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 34 | 25 | 9 | 2946 | 2668 | +278 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 3 | FC Barcelona Lassa | 34 | 24 | 10 | 3030 | 2691 | +339 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 4 | Valencia Basket | 34 | 22 | 12 | 2809 | 2582 | +227 | Qualification to playoffs |
| 5 | Herbalife Gran Canaria | 34 | 20 | 14 | 2851 | 2780 | +71 | Qualification to playoffs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 34 | 30 | 4 | 3052 | 2678 | +374 | 16 | 1 | 1565 | 1321 | +244 | 14 | 3 | 1487 | 1357 | +130 |
Last updated: May 25, 2018. Source: Competitive matches

#### Results by round

| 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 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 |
Last updated: May 25, 2018. Source: Competitive matches Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

#### Matches

Win  Loss

#### Results overview

Win  Loss
| Opposition | Home score | Away score | Double |
| Divina Seguros Joventut | 87-70 | 66-84 | 171-136 |
| FC Barcelona Lassa | 80-84 | 94-72 | 152-178 |
| Gipuzkoa Basket | 87-75 | 84-98 | 185-159 |
| Herbalife Gran Canaria | 96-72 | 88-78 | 174-160 |
| Iberostar Tenerife | 89-76 | 74-84 | 173-150 |
| Rio Natura Monbus Obradoiro | 78-65 | 93-102 | 180-158 |
| Montakit Fuenlabrada | 100-72 | 75-90 | 190-147 |
| MoraBanc Andorra | 94-88 | 89-87 | 181-177 |
| Movistar Estudiantes | 96-89 | 75-92 | 188-164 |
| Kirolbet Baskonia | 101-89 | 69-81 | 170-158 |
| Real Betis Energía Plus | 104-89 | 63-98 | 202-152 |
| RETAbet Bilbao Basket | 95-65 | 80-87 | 175-152 |
| San Pablo Burgos | 96-81 | 95-100 | 196-176 |
| Tecnyconta Zaragoza | 93-65 | 81-96 | 189-146 |
| UCAM Murcia | 87-85 | 61-63 | 150-146 |
| Unicaja | 99-85 | 88-89 | 188-173 |
| Valencia Basket | 83-71 | 82-86 | 169-153 |

### ACB Playoffs

Win  Loss

#### Final
### EuroLeague
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 30 | 19 | 11 | 2268 | 2250 | +18 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 4 | Panathinaikos Superfoods | 30 | 19 | 11 | 2334 | 2291 | +43 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 5 | Real Madrid | 30 | 19 | 11 | 2576 | 2375 | +201 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 6 | Žalgiris | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2417 | 2389 | +28 | Advance to Playoffs |
| 7 | Kirolbet Baskonia | 30 | 16 | 14 | 2487 | 2373 | +114 | Advance to Playoffs |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD | W | L | PF | PA | PD |
| 30 | 19 | 11 | 2576 | 2385 | +191 | 11 | 4 | 1315 | 1176 | +139 | 8 | 7 | 1261 | 1209 | +52 |
Last updated: April 7, 2018. Source: Competitive matches All points scored in extra period(s) will not be counted in the standings, nor for any tie-break situation.

#### Results by round

| 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 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | L | W | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Last updated: April 7, 2018. Source: Competitive matches Ground: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.

#### Matches

Win  Loss

#### Results overview

Win  Draw  Loss
| Opposition | Home score | Away score | Double |
| Anadolu Efes | 87-68 | 74-88 | 175-142 |
| AX Armani Exchange Olimpia | 100-90 | 77-88 | 188-167 |
| Baskonia | 75-73 | 75-105 | 150-178 |
| Brose Bamberg | 106-86 | 66-81 | 187-152 |
| Crvena zvezda mts | 83-87 | 79-82 | 165-166 |
| CSKA Moscow | 82-69 | 87-93 | 169-162 |
| FC Barcelona Lassa | 87-75 | 74-101 | 188-149 |
| Fenerbahçe Doğuş | 83-86 | 77-79 | 160-162 |
| Khimki | 80-86 | 78-95 | 181-158 |
| Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv | 93-81 | 83-90 | 176-171 |
| Olympiacos | 79-80 | 92-83 | 162-173 |
| Panathinaikos Superfoods | 92-75 | 80-82 | 170-157 |
| Valencia Basket | 91-72 | 96-88 | 179-160 |
| Unicaja | 89-57 | 75-80 | 164-137 |
| Žalgiris | 88-81 | 66-87 | 175-148 |

### Euroleague Playoffs
#### Quarterfinals

Win  Loss
Ral Madrid win the series 3-1

### Euroleague Final Four

Win  Loss

#### Final
### Copa del Rey
#### Quarterfinals

Win  Loss

#### Final
### Supercopa de España

Win  Loss

## Statistics
### Liga ACB

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PIR |
| Gustavo Ayón | 25 | 12 | 20:08 | 6.8 | 56% | - | 60% | 5.6 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 10.6 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 33 | 32 | 22:37 | 9.1 | 57% | 36% | 74% | 1.8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 11.9 |
| Jaycee Carroll | 42 | 14 | 18:25 | 12.1 | 57% | 49% | 85% | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11 |
| Fabien Causeur | 38 | 24 | 18:31 | 7.3 | 60% | 45% | 77% | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 7.6 |
| Luka Dončić | 37 | 21 | 24:34 | 12.5 | 60% | 29% | 75% | 5.7 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 18.4 |
| Rudy Fernández | 34 | 2 | 17:29 | 9.7 | 52% | 44% | 85% | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 11.1 |
| Ognjen Kuzmić | 4 | 0 | 16:25 | 6.5 | 78% | - | 44% | 3.2 | 2 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.8 |
| Sergio Llull | 14 | 0 | 20:25 | 9.3 | 40% | 30% | 87% | 1.8 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 9.3 |
| Jonas Mačiulis | 13 | 0 | 16:24 | 4.2 | 66% | 37% | 70% | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0 | 5.3 |
| Mario Nakić | 1 | 0 | 6:00 | 1 | 50% | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Melwin Pantzar | 4 | 1 | 9:25 | 1 | 40% | 0% | - | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 | -0.5 |
| Dino Radončić | 24 | 5 | 12:35 | 3 | 53% | 26% | 83% | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Chasson Randle | 23 | 2 | 12:35 | 4.7 | 52% | 30% | 78% | 0.7 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 3.1 |
| Anthony Randolph | 25 | 14 | 19:00 | 8.7 | 42% | 32% | 77% | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 9.2 |
| Felipe Reyes | 39 | 12 | 15:20 | 8 | 58% | 10% | 72% | 4.2 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 9.8 |
| Walter Tavares | 36 | 28 | 21:03 | 7.9 | 68% | 0% | 58% | 6.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 14.4 |
| Jeffery Taylor | 36 | 20 | 16:37 | 6 | 58% | 46% | 73% | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.2 |
| Trey Thompkins | 27 | 15 | 20:18 | 9.1 | 63% | 35% | 81% | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 8.5 |
| Santiago Yusta | 33 | 13 | 13:03 | 4.5 | 52% | 31% | 86% | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 4.1 |
| TOTAL | | | | 90.6 | 60% | 38% | 75% | 37.6 | 18 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 83.6 |
Last updated: June 23, 2018. Source: ACB

### EuroLeague

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PIR |
| Gustavo Ayón | 18 | 11 | 23:00 | 9.3 | 58% | - | 58% | 5.8 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 14.2 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 30 | 28 | 23:06 | 7.9 | 42% | 38% | 53% | 2.4 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 10.3 |
| Jaycee Carroll | 36 | 5 | 15:57 | 9.4 | 57% | 46% | 96% | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 7.1 |
| Fabien Causeur | 36 | 24 | 18:07 | 6.9 | 59% | 44% | 71% | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 7.2 |
| Luka Dončić | 33 | 17 | 25:56 | 16 | 57% | 33% | 82% | 4.8 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 21.5 |
| Rudy Fernández | 31 | 2 | 19:21 | 7.4 | 41% | 37% | 88% | 2.5 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 9 |
| Ognjen Kuzmić | 2 | 0 | 4:46 | 1 | 33% | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| Sergio Llull | 4 | 0 | 17:59 | 10 | 33% | 38% | 50% | 0.5 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 6.5 |
| Jonas Mačiulis | 22 | 1 | 12:55 | 3 | 56% | 30% | 88% | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Dino Radončić | 7 | 2 | 6:29 | 1 | 67% | 17% | - | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | -0.1 |
| Chasson Randle | 23 | 0 | 7:35 | 2.6 | 43% | 45% | 75% | 0.5 | 1 | 0.2 | 0 | 1.7 |
| Anthony Randolph | 21 | 11 | 17:56 | 8.2 | 55% | 31% | 66% | 3.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 9.6 |
| Felipe Reyes | 35 | 7 | 15:31 | 8.4 | 59% | 43% | 79% | 4.3 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 10.9 |
| Walter Tavares | 29 | 23 | 17:26 | 6.5 | 68% | - | 62% | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 10.6 |
| Jeffery Taylor | 34 | 23 | 20:33 | 5.9 | 47% | 35% | 70% | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 4.7 |
| Trey Thompkins | 29 | 16 | 21:11 | 9.5 | 54% | 42% | 86% | 5.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 11.1 |
| Santiago Yusta | 16 | 10 | 6:44 | 2.4 | 60% | 27% | 71% | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.3 |
| TOTAL | | | | 85.8 | 55% | 35% | 77% | 35.7 | 19.3 | 6.8 | 3.3 | 102.7 |
Last updated: 23 June 2018. Source: euroleague.net

### Copa del Rey

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PIR |
| Gustavo Ayón | 1 | 0 | 3:00 | 3 | 50% | - | 50% | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12.6 | 59% | 37% | 93% | 2.6 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0 | 18 |
| Jaycee Carroll | 3 | 0 | 17 | 11.6 | 87% | 43% | - | 1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 8 |
| Fabien Causeur | 3 | 3 | 16 | 11.6 | 33% | 33% | 100% | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Luka Dončić | 3 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 40% | 28% | 80% | 5.6 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0 | 21.6 |
| Rudy Fernández | 3 | 0 | 24 | 12.6 | 40% | 44% | 75% | 3 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0 | 10.6 |
| Jonas Mačiulis | 1 | 0 | 2:00 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 |
| Anthony Randolph | 3 | 0 | 15 | 3.6 | 44% | 25% | - | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 2 |
| Felipe Reyes | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1.3 | 50% | - | - | 1.6 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2 |
| Walter Tavares | 3 | 2 | 20 | 4.6 | 55% | 0% | 100% | 6.6 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 12.3 |
| Jeffery Taylor | 3 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 25% | 20% | 50% | 1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 |
| Trey Thompkins | 3 | 3 | 25 | 14.6 | 64% | 43% | 100% | 3.3 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 12.6 |
| TOTAL | | | | 86.9 | 51% | 37% | 87% | 30.6 | 9.4 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 90.4 |
Last updated: February 19, 2018. Source: ACB

### Supercopa de España

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | PPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PIR |
| Gustavo Ayón | 1 | 1 | 23:26 | 17 | 80% | - | 100% | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
| Facundo Campazzo | 1 | 1 | 34:08 | 3 | 33% | 0% | 50% | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jaycee Carroll | 1 | 0 | 20:50 | 14 | 44% | 33% | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Fabien Causeur | 1 | 0 | 13:18 | 4 | 0% | 100% | 50% | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Luka Dončić | 1 | 0 | 23:15 | 6 | 100% | 20% | 50% | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Rudy Fernández | 1 | 1 | 15:25 | 0 | 0% | 0% | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 |
| Ognjen Kuzmić | 1 | 0 | 14:22 | 4 | 67% | - | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Anthony Randolph | 1 | 0 | 16:15 | 2 | 0% | 100% | 25% | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Felipe Reyes | 1 | 1 | 6:15 | 0 | 0% | - | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| Jeffery Taylor | 1 | 1 | 13:34 | 4 | 50% | 0% | - | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Trey Thompkins | 1 | 0 | 19:12 | 10 | 67% | 67% | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| TOTAL | | | | 64 | 49% | 26% | 36% | 36 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 55 |
Last updated: November, 2017. Source: ACB