Greek giants Olympiakos came up well short in the Final of the 2010 Euroleague Final Four, against Regal Barcelona, who became the 2010 Euroleague champion.
Barca downed Olympiakos 86-68 in the final before a packed house at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in the French capital to win its second Euroleague crown.
Juan Carlos Navarro, the only remaining player from Barcelona’s 2003 Euroleague-winning squad, was named Final Four MVP after leading the charge with 21 points.
Pete Mickeal added 14 and Fran Vazquez set a title game record with 4 blocked shots as the Barcelona defence limited the top scoring team in the Euroleague this season to 68 points, matching its season low.
The Reds never led again after a 5-6 start as the Barcelona defence held Olympiakos below 20 points in all four quarter.
Ricky Rubio added 9 points for the freshly crowned champs, led by head coach Xavi Pascual.
Olympiakos, which beat Barcelona for its only Euroleague title in 1997, got 15 points from Josh Childress.
Linas Kleiza added 13 points, Theo Papaloukas had 12 and new Euroleague MVP Milos Teodosic was held to 10.
Barca set two new Euroleague Final records in the process also: the 18 assists mark beats the previous record of 15, and the 12 of 28 from downtown breaks the 10 of 24 that CSKA Moscow got in 2006.
