# 2010–11 Euroleague

The 2010–11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was the 11th season of the modern era of professional Euroleague Basketball, and the first under the title sponsorship of Turkish Airlines. Including the competition's previous incarnation as the FIBA Europe Champions Cup, this was the 54th season of the premier first-tier competition for European men's clubs.
The format featured 24 teams, beginning with Game 1 of the first qualifying round on September 21, 2010, and culminating at the Final Four in the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona. It was won by the Athenian club Panathinaikos (6th title), who defeated Maccabi Electra in the championship game of May 8, 2011. Montepaschi Siena, finished 3rd by holding off Real Madrid in the third-place game.
At the individual level, the season was marked by Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinaikos. Not only did the Greek point guard lift the trophy for the third time in five years and receive the Euroleague Final Four MVP award, but he also became the first player ever to win three end-of-season awards: Euroleague MVP, Euroleague Best Defender, and All-Euroleague First Team.

## Teams

Key to colors :
* Champion
* Runner-up
* Third place
* Fourth place
* Eliminated in Quarterfinals
* Eliminated in Last 16
* Eliminated in the regular season
| Country (League) | Teams | Teams (ranking in 2009-10 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2009-10 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2009-10 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2009-10 national championship) | Teams (ranking in 2009-10 national championship) |
| Spain (ACB) | 5 | Caja Laboral (1) | FC Barcelona (2) | Real Madrid (SF) | Unicaja Málaga (SF) | Power Electronics Valencia (QF) |
| Italy (Lega A) | 3 | Montepaschi Siena (1) | Armani Jeans Milano (2) | Lottomatica Roma (QF) | | |
| Greece (GBL) | 2 | Panathinaikos (1) | Olympiacos (2) | | | |
| Turkey (TBL) | 2 | Fenerbahçe Ülker (1) | Efes Pilsen (2) | | | |
| Lithuania (LKL) | 2 | Lietuvos Rytas (1) | Žalgiris (2) | | | |
| Russia (PBL) | 2 | CSKA Moscow (1) | Khimki (2) | | | |
| Serbia (KLS) | 1 | Partizan (1) | | | | |
| France (LNB Pro A) | 1 | Cholet (1) | | | | |
| Germany (BBL) | 1 | Brose Bamberg (1) | | | | |
| Croatia (A1 Liga) | 1 | Cibona (1) | | | | |
| Slovenia (SKL) | 1 | Union Olimpija (2) | | | | |
| Israel (BSL) | 1 | Maccabi Electra (2) | | | | |
| Poland (PLK) | 1 | Asseco Prokom (1) | | | | |
| Belgium (BLB) | 1 | Spirou Charleroi (1) | | | | |
†As winner of the ULEB Eurocup 2009–10

## Draw

The draws for the 2010–11 Turkish Airlines Euroleague was held on Thursday, July 8 at Barcelona, Spain. The draws began at 11:15 local time (CET) and determined the qualifying-round matchups and regular-season groups for the Euroleague, as well as the qualifying rounds for the Eurocup and the regular-season for the EuroChallenge.
Teams were organised into six pots of four teams.
Two teams from the same country cannot coincide in the same Regular Season group, except for Spain that has five teams participating in the competition.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 | Pot 6 |
| CSKA Moscow FC Barcelona Olympiacos Caja Laboral | Montepaschi Siena Panathinaikos Maccabi Electra Real Madrid | Partizan Power Electronics Valencia Unicaja Málaga Lietuvos Rytas | Fenerbahçe Ülker Asseco Prokom Efes Pilsen Lottomatica Roma | Žalgiris Cibona Armani Jeans Milano Brose Bamberg | Union Olimpija Cholet Spirou Charleroi (QR A) Khimki (QR B) |

## Qualifying rounds

The Qualifying Rounds consisted of three rounds, QR1, QR2 and QR3. The rounds were played in home and away series.

### Bracket

The higher ranked team hosted the second leg.
| First qualifying round | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round |
| 1 | Alba Berlin | 79 | 95 | 174 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Roanne | 86 | 82 | 168 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Roanne | 86 | 82 | 168 | 1 | Alba Berlin | 73 | 73 | 146 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Hemofarm Vršac | 67 | 78 | 145 | | | | | |
| 2 | Hemofarm Vršac | 97 | 77 | 174 | 2 | Hemofarm Vršac | 67 | 78 | 145 | | | | | |
| 3 | Hapoel Gilboa | 84 | 86 | 170 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Hapoel Gilboa | 84 | 86 | 170 | | | | | | 1 | Alba Berlin | 77 | 70 | 147 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Spirou Charleroi | 81 | 70 | 151 |
| 1 | UNICS | 84 | 78 | 162 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Spirou Charleroi | 81 | 70 | 151 |
| 4 | GasTerra Flames | 72 | 63 | 135 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | GasTerra Flames | 72 | 63 | 135 | 1 | UNICS | 69 | 75 | 144 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 3 | Spirou Charleroi | 75 | 71 | 146 | | | | | |
| 2 | ČEZ Nymburk | 68 | 73 | 141 | 3 | Spirou Charleroi | 75 | 71 | 146 | | | | | |
| 3 | Spirou Charleroi | 79 | 71 | 150 | | | | | | | | | | |
| First qualifying round | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Second qualifying round | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round | Third qualifying round |
| 1 | ASVEL | 64 | 84 | 148 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Budućnost | 69 | 76 | 145 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Budućnost | 69 | 76 | 145 | 1 | ASVEL | 75 | 71 | 146 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Le Mans | 85 | 63 | 148 | | | | | |
| 2 | Le Mans | 78 | 78 | 156 | 2 | Le Mans | 85 | 63 | 148 | | | | | |
| 3 | Banvit | 72 | 66 | 138 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Banvit | 72 | 66 | 138 | | | | | | 2 | Le Mans | 56 | 66 | 122 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Khimki | 70 | 87 | 157 |
| 1 | Khimki | 77 | 85 | 162 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Khimki | 70 | 87 | 157 |
| 4 | Pepsi Caserta | 74 | 66 | 140 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Pepsi Caserta | 74 | 66 | 140 | 1 | Khimki | 87 | 74 | 161 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 2 | Budivelnyk | 58 | 67 | 125 | | | | | |
| 2 | Budivelnyk | | | w/o | 2 | Budivelnyk | 58 | 67 | 125 | | | | | |
| 3 | Maroussi | | | DSQ | | | | | | | | | | |

## Regular season

The Regular Season began on 18 October 2010 with Olympiacos hosting Real Madrid and ended on 23 December 2010.
If teams were level on record at the end of the Regular Season, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
* Head-to-head record.
* Head-to-head point differential.
* Point differential during the Regular Season.
* Points scored during the regular season.
* Sum of quotients of points scored and points allowed in each Regular Season match.
Key to colors :
* Top four places in each group advanced to Top 16
| Group A Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Regular Season Group A Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Maccabi Electra 1091799700+99 2. Caja Laboral 1055809784+25 3. Žalgiris 1055762765−3 4. Partizan 1055658717−59 5. Khimki 1046764753+11 6. Asseco Prokom 1028689762−73 | Group B Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Regular Season Group B Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Olympiacos 1073805730+75 2. Real Madrid 1064734662+72 3. Unicaja Málaga 1055749759−10 4. Lottomatica Roma 1055733770−37 5. Brose Bamberg 1046714739−25 6. Spirou Charleroi 1037691766−75 |
| Group C Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Regular Season Group C Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Montepaschi Siena 1082787661+126 2. Fenerbahçe Ülker 1073795723+72 3. Regal FC Barcelona 1073766709+57 4. Lietuvos Rytas 1046779784−5 5. Cholet 1046705774−69 6. Cibona 10010677858−181 | Group D Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Regular Season Group D Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Panathinaikos 1073802703+99 2. Union Olimpija 1064789783+6 3. Efes Pilsen 1055756768−12 4. Power Electronics Valencia 1055689695−6 5. Armani Jeans Milano 1046737766−29 6. CSKA Moscow 1037683741−58 |

## Top 16

The 16 qualified teams were drawn into four groups with four teams. The matches were played between January 19 and March 3, the top two teams of every group advanced to the playoffs. The draw took place on 4 January 2011 at Barcelona at 13:00 CET, and was streamed live on the Euroleague's official website.
Key to colors :
* Top two places in each group advanced to quarterfinals
| Group E Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Top 16 Group E Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Caja Laboral 642468437+31 2. Panathinaikos 642452395+57 3. Lietuvos Rytas 633445473−28 4. Unicaja Málaga 615414474−60 | Group F Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Top 16 Group F Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Regal FC Barcelona 660471402+69 2. Maccabi Electra 633511442+69 3. Lottomatica Roma 624411462−51 4. Union Olimpija 615394481−87 |
| Group G Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Top 16 Group G Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Real Madrid 651460423+37 2. Montepaschi Siena 642452423+29 3. Efes Pilsen 624426455−29 4. Partizan 615389426−37 | Group H Main article: Euroleague 2010–11 Top 16 Group H Team Pld W L PF PA Diff 1. Olympiacos 651461418+43 2. Power Electronics Valencia 633449438+11 3. Fenerbahçe Ülker 633456462−6 4. Žalgiris 615418466−48 |

## Quarterfinals

Team 1 hosted Games 1 and 2, plus Game 5 if necessary. Team 2 hosted Game 3, and Game 4 if necessary.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | 3rd leg | 4th leg | 5th leg |
| Caja Laboral | 1–3 | Maccabi Electra | 76–70 | 81–83 | 60–81 | 77–99 |
| Regal FC Barcelona | 1–3 | Panathinaikos | 83–82 | 71–75 | 74–76 | 67–78 |
| Real Madrid | 3–2 | Power Electronics Valencia | 71–65 | 75–81 | 75–66 | 72–81 | 66–58 |
| Olympiacos | 1–3 | Montepaschi Siena | 89–41 | 65–82 | 72–81 | 76–88 |

## Final four

| Semifinals May 6 | Semifinals May 6 | Final May 8 | Final May 8 |
| Panathinaikos | 77 |
| Montepaschi Siena | 69 | | |
| Montepaschi Siena | 69 | Panathinaikos | 78 |
| | | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 70 |
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 82 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 70 |
| Real Madrid | 63 | | |
| Real Madrid | 63 | Third place | Third place |
| | | Real Madrid | 62 |
| | | Montepaschi Siena | 80 |

## Individual statistics
### Rating

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rating | PIR |
| 1. | Fernando San Emeterio | Caja Laboral | 20 | 381 | 19.05 |
| 2. | Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos | 22 | 407 | 18.50 |
| 3. | Joel Freeland | Unicaja Málaga | 15 | 262 | 17.47 |

### Points

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Points | PPG |
| 1. | Igor Rakočević | Efes Pilsen | 14 | 241 | 17.21 |
| 2. | Mirza Teletović | Caja Laboral | 20 | 309 | 15.45 |
| 3. | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 20 | 284 | 14.20 |

### Rebounds

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Rebounds | RPG |
| 1. | Mirsad Türkcan | Fenerbahçe Ülker | 12 | 88 | 7.33 |
| 2. | James Gist | Partizan | 14 | 97 | 6.93 |
| 3. | Paulius Jankūnas | Žalgiris | 16 | 110 | 6.88 |

### Assists

| Rank | Name | Team | Games | Assists | APG |
| 1. | Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos | 22 | 137 | 6.23 |
| 2. | Marcelinho Huertas | Caja Laboral | 20 | 111 | 5.55 |
| 3. | Omar Cook | Power Electronics Valencia | 21 | 116 | 5.52 |

### Other Stats

| Category | Name | Team | Games | Stat |
| Steals per game | Chuck Eidson | Maccabi Electra | 22 | 2.64 |
| Blocks per game | Mirza Begic | Žalgiris Real Madrid | 16 | 1.50 |
| Turnovers per game | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 20 | 3.85 |
| Fouls drawn per game | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos | 20 | 5.40 |
| Minutes per game | Vlado Ilievski | Union Olimpija | 15 | 34:48 |
| 2FG% | Antonis Fotsis | Panathinaikos | 22 | 0.760 |
| 3FG% | Fernando San Emeterio | Caja Laboral | 20 | 0.500 |
| FT% | Nando de Colo | Power Electronics Valencia | 19 | 0.957 |

### Game highs

| Category | Name | Team | Stat |
| Rating | Keith Langford | Khimki | 42 |
| Points | Keith Langford | Khimki | 35 |
| Rebounds | Richard Hendrix | Maccabi Electra | 16 |
| Assists | Vule Avdalovic | Cholet | 13 |
| Assists | Marcelinho Huertas | Caja Laboral | 13 |
| Steals | Doron Perkins | Maccabi Electra | 7 |
| Steals | Charles Smith | Lottomatica Roma | 7 |
| Blocks | D'or Fischer | Real Madrid | 6 |
| Turnovers | DeJuan Collins | Žalgiris | 9 |
| Fouls Drawn | Keith Langford | Khimki | 15 |

## Awards
### Euroleague 2010–11 MVP

* Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)

### Euroleague 2010–11 Final Four MVP

* Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)

### All-Euroleague Team 2010–11

| Position | All-Euroleague First Team | Club team | All-Euroleague Second Team | Club team |
| PG | Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos | Jeremy Pargo | Maccabi Electra |
| SG/SF | Juan Carlos Navarro | FC Barcelona | Vassilis Spanoulis | Olympiacos |
| SG/SF | Fernando San Emeterio | Caja Laboral | Sergio Llull | Real Madrid |
| PF/C | Mike Batiste | Panathinaikos | Duško Savanović | Power Electronics Valencia |
| PF/C | Sofoklis Schortsanitis | Maccabi Electra | Kšyštof Lavrinovič | Montepaschi Siena |

### Top scorer (Alphonso Ford Trophy)

* Igor Rakočević ( Efes Pilsen)

### Best Defender

* Dimitris Diamantidis ( Panathinaikos)

### Rising Star

* Nikola Mirotić ( Real Madrid)

### Coach of the Year (Alexander Gomelsky Award)

* Željko Obradović ( Panathinaikos)

### Club Executive of the Year

* Pavlos Giannakopoulos and Thanasis Giannakopoulos ( Panathinaikos)

### MVP Weekly
#### Regular season

| Game | Player | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Chuck Eidson | Maccabi Electra | 30 |
| 2 | Bootsy Thornton | Efes Pilsen | 29 |
| 3 | Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos | 31 |
| 4 | Berni Rodríguez | Unicaja Málaga | 36 |
| 5 | Sammy Mejia | Cholet | 35 |
| 6 | Kšyštof Lavrinovič | Montepaschi Siena | 36 |
| 7 | Darius Washington | Lottomatica Roma | 31 |
| 8 | Ratko Varda | Asseco Prokom | 31 |
| 9 | Bo McCalebb | Montepaschi Siena | 34 |
| 10 | Keith Langford | Khimki | 42 |

#### Top 16

| Game | Player | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Kenny Gregory | Union Olimpija | 30 |
| 2 | Marcelinho Huertas Khalid El-Amin | Caja Laboral Lietuvos Rytas | 29 |
| 3 | D'or Fischer Lior Eliyahu | Real Madrid Maccabi Electra | 30 |
| 4 | Antonis Fotsis | Panathinaikos | 40 |
| 5 | Marcelinho Huertas (2) | Caja Laboral | 30 |
| 6 | Fernando San Emeterio | Caja Laboral | 37 |

#### Quarterfinals

| Game | Player | Team | Rating |
| 1 | Richard Hendrix | Maccabi Electra | 28 |
| 2 | Malik Hairston | Montepaschi Siena | 32 |
| 3 | Marko Jarić D'or Fischer (2) | Montepaschi Siena Real Madrid | 27 |
| 4 | Malik Hairston (2) | Montepaschi Siena | 31 |
| 5 | Duško Savanović | Power Electronics Valencia | 23 |

### MVP of Month

| Month | Player | Team |
| October 2010 | Goran Jagodnik | Union Olimpija |
| November 2010 | Chuck Eidson | Maccabi Electra |
| December 2010 | Dimitris Diamantidis | Panathinaikos |
| January 2011 | Juan Carlos Navarro | FC Barcelona |
| February 2011 | Radoslav Nesterović | Olympiacos |
| March 2011 | Jeremy Pargo | Maccabi Electra |

## References and notes

* ↑ "2011 Euroleague Final Four set for Barcelona". Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
* ↑ "Game report:Maccabi Electra vs Panathinaikos". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
* ↑ "Game report: Real Madrid vs Montepaschi Sienna". Retrieved 8 May 2011.
* ↑ "MVP Diamantidis heads 2010-11 All-Euroleague First Team". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
* ↑ Maroussi's licence to play Qualifying Rounds was revoked on September 16, so Budivelnyk automatically advanced to Qualifying Round 2.
* ↑ "Top 16 Draw set for January 4 in Barcelona". euroleague.net. 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
* ↑ Euroleague.net MVP Diamantidis heads 2010-11 All-Euroleague First Team.
* ↑ "Latest News | Euroleague". 3 October 2024.