Archive for May 2014
Panathinaikos takes Game 1 against Olympiacos
Panathinaikos Athens snatched the early initiative in the Greek A1 Finals series against archrival Olympiacos Piraeus at home on Thursday. The two clubs are renewing hostilities after decades of being the two main clubs in Greek Basketball, and their finals series will decide which club will win the league this season. Panathinaikos is hoping for…
Read MoreJordan Hasquet joins AB Contern
Jordan Hasquet (206 cm, Montana’09) will be playing for AB Contern (Luxembourg-Total League) in the 2014-15 season. AB Contern made the playoffs in 2013-14, but was eliminated by T71 Dudelange in the Semifinals. The 29-year-old Hasquet last played in Finland’s Korisliiga in the 2012-13 for Namika Lahti and produced averages of 15.6 ppg and 6.5…
Read MoreCSKA defeats Kuban to keep series alive
CSKA Moscow kept its season alive by travelling to Krasnodar and defeating Lokomotiv Kuban to keep the VTB League series open at 2-1. After losing two games at home to Lokomotiv and then crashing out of the Euroleague it has been a testing few weeks for the Russian juggernaut. In many ways, this 73-76 victory…
Read MoreBarva retains Costa Rican National League
The Costa Rican National League (Clausura) has been won by Ferreteria Brenes Barva for the second consecutive season after the club defeated Coopenae-USJ Arba San Ramon. The narrow 77-75 victory helped Barva to the title in a decisive fifth game of the best of 5 series; it was the franchises eighth success in the competition.…
Read MoreSpurs dominate Thunder anew, go up 2-0
NBA – The San Antonio Spurs once again took advantage of the absence of Serge Ibaka from the Oklahoma City Thunder’s lineup and easily took the 112-77 win. The Thunder were outclassed and succumbed to San Antonio’s tight defense, which allowed them to shoot only 39.3% from the field. San Antonio ran away with the…
Read MoreKalev/Cramo wins 2014 Estonian Championship
BC Kalev/Cramo has won the 2013-14 Estonian league championship after a 4-0 sweep of their Finals series against Tartu Ulikool/Rock. The fourth game came down to a decisive 83-72 win for the now seven-time champions. This is their fourth-straight title and cements their Estonian league dynasty. Kalev/Cramo finished one game behind Tartu Rock in the…
Read MoreIgokea Aleksandrovac defends Bosnian title
Igokea Aleksandrovac defeated Siroki Primorka 54-51 to win the Bosnian Division 1, retaining the title the team won last season. The success means the club wins consecutive titles and claims its third Bosnian crown after also winning the league in 2001. The champions lost Game 1 of the series on the road to Siroki, but…
Read MoreVTB League Wednesday roundup
Nizhny Novgorod and Lietuvos Rytas both progressed to the semi-finals of the VTB League after winning their respective series’ on Wednesday. Russian club Nizhny defeated Khimky 84-64 at home after another amazing performance to sweep its series 3-0. Lietuvos Rytas too swept its series by gunning down Triumph Lyubertsy 87-97 on the road to progress…
Read MoreChase Griffin heads to Rasta Vechta
After a disappoint last-place finish in the German BBL this 2013-14 with a 6-28 record, SC Rasta Vechta has already begun to make preparations for the 2014-15 season. They are bringing in Chase Griffin (188 cm, Pepperdine’07) whom they will hand the backcourt reigns to moving forward. Griffin played in the German Pro A league…
Read MoreChinemelu Elonu back with Zaragoza
Spanish Liga Endesa team CAI Zaragoza has brought back Nigerian big man Chinemelu Elonu (206 cm, Texas A&M’09) this 2014. The 27-year-old Elonu played this 2013-14 season with Tofas Bursa (Turkey-TBL). He played six games for them in the EuroChallenge and produced averages of 16.2 ppg and 9.7 rpg. In 31 games in the Turkish…
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