2020 Basketball Champions League Final was the concluding game of the

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season, the 4th season of

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's premier basketball league in Europe. The final and the

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were played in the

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San Pablo Burgos Club Baloncesto San Pablo Burgos, S.A.D., previously known as Club Baloncesto Miraflores and also known as Hereda San Pablo Burgos by sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Burgos, Spain and plays in the Coliseum Burgos. ...

won its first Champions League title after defeating

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Background

San Pablo Burgos

Five years before, in August 2015, the professional section of CB Miraflores had been established. In 2017, Burgos made its debut in the

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, the highest Spanish league. In the

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, which was played out earlier that year, Burgos reached the semi-finals of the playoffs.

AEK

For AEK, this was the second time it appeared in a final of the Basketball Champions League, having won the

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title. It was also the second time AEK hosted the Final Four/Eight tournament at the

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, the team's leading scorer, was named

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of the competition. AEK also had

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, the MVP of the previous 2018–19 season, on its roster.

Venue

The

was the stage of the final tournament for the second time, having already hosted the

Road to the final

Game details

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, the reigning NBA Most Valuable Player, was in attendance for the final.

References

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