Euroleague Basketball extends its deepest condolences to the CSKA Moscow basketball family on the passing of team doctor Roman Abzhelilov on Saturday due to complications caused by COVID-19. He was 44 years old and was survived by his wife and two children.
It was a do-or-die showdown to reach the 2007 EuroLeague Playoffs. Unicaja Malaga had secured first place in Top 16 Group G and only the winner of this game between Dynamo Moscow and Benetton Treviso would advance to the playoffs from second place and face Panathinaikos Athens in the best-of-three quarterfinal playoffs.
The identity of the EuroLeague MVP each season is traditionally revealed at the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Awards Ceremony at the Final Four. The 2021 season was unlike any before due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Final Four in Cologne, Germany, was played under social distancing restrictions and without fans, which made any sort of ceremony impractical.
