Obradovic: Just the second elimination in 22 playoff series

A ban for him Zeljko Obradovic it’s news. With the Partizan to lose 3-2 in the series against Realthe Serbian coach was eliminated from the Euroleague playoffs for only the second time in 22 series in his career.

The only time, until this year, that “Zots” had left the field with his head bowed in the Euroleague playoffs, was in 2006, when Panathinaikos lost Game 3 to Tau (now Baskonia) in OAKA.

In total o Obradovic now has 51 wins and 16 losses in the playoffs having won series with six different teams, namely Partizan (in his first term), Badalona, ​​Real, Benetton Treviso, Panathinaikos and Fenerbahce. In fact, with all of them except Benetton Treviso, he also won the Euroleague.

All of Obradovic’s series in the Euroleague in detail:

1991/92 (Quarter Finals) Buckler Bologna-Partizan Belgrade 1-2

1993/94 (Quarter Finals) Real Madrid-Badalona 0-2

1994/95 (Quarter Finals) Real Madrid-Cibona Zagreb 2-0

1995/96 (Quarterfinals) Real Madrid-Olympiacos 2-1

1997/98 (Round of 16) Benetton Treviso-Olimpija Ljubljana 2-0

1997/98 (Quarterfinals) Benetton Treviso-Efes Pilsen 2-1

1999/00 (Round of 16) Panathinaikos-Buduchnost 2-1

1999/00 (Quarterfinals) Panathinaikos-Cibona Zagreb 2-0

2000/01 (Round of 16) Panathinaikos-Krka 2-0

2000/01 (Quarterfinals) Panathinaikos-Alba Berlin 2-0

2004/05 (Quarterfinals) Panathinaikos-Efes Pilsen 2-1

2005/06 (Quarterfinals) Panathinaikos-Tau 1-2

2006/07 (Quarterfinals) Panathinaikos-Dynamo Moscow 2-0

2008/09 (Quarterfinals) Panathinaikos-Siena 3-1

2010/11 (Quarterfinals) Barcelona-Panathinaikos 1-3

2011/12 (Quarterfinals) Panathinaikos-Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-2

2014/15 (Quarterfinals) Fenerbahce-Maccabi Tel Aviv 3-0

2015/16 (Quarter Finals) Fenerbahce-Real Madrid 3-0

2016/17 (Quarterfinals) Panathinaikos-Fenerbahce 0-3

2017/18 (Quarterfinals) Fenerbahce-Baskonia 3-1

2018/19 (Quarterfinals) Fenerbahce-Zalgiris Kaunas 3-1

2022/23 (Quarterfinals) Real Madrid-Partizan 3-2