Archive for November 2021
Former NBA All-Star Deron Williams set to fight in boxing match
Deron Williams, a former 12-year NBA veteran and three-time NBA All-Star is set to fight in an undercard bout in mid-December. Williams will compete at the event headlined by Jake Paul and Tommy Fury on Dec. 18 in Tampa, Fla. His opponent for the match has not been decided, but Shams Charania of The Athletic…
Read MoreMilan and ASVEL climb in Euroleague standings
History was made on several courts across the continent on Thursday of Round 8. Milan settled into first place after seeing off Barcelona in a top-of-the-standings showdown. Right behind is ASVEL, which won its third in a row behind a career-high 25 points from Chris Jones. Crvena Zvezda handed Panathinaikos its worst defeat since the…
Read MoreParma and FC Porto are victorious on gameday 4 of FIBA Europe Cup.
There was FIBA Europe Cup joy on Thursday for Parma-Parimatch and FC Porto as they were both victorious to conclude Gameday 4 action. Parma-Parimatch joined Benfica at the top of Group C with a 3-1 record as they eased to an 83-62 success away at Opava, ending any hopes of the team from the Czech Republic making…
Read MoreThree Eurocup teams still unbeaten
Eurocup Round 3 had it all with comebacks, blowouts, overtimes, first wins, extended winning streaks, and losing streaks snapped. Three teams finished the round with unblemished records: Buducnost, Lokomotiv, and Partizan. First to three wins was Partizan when it edged Joventut 68-67 on Tuesday thanks to Kevin Punter’s heroics. The next day Johnathan Motley led…
Read MoreTreviso back on European map via FIBA Champions League
Since 2012, basketball in Treviso searched for a way back to the European map. Coach Massimiliano Menetti started something worth following. His Nutribullet Treviso is up to 3-0 in their first-ever international season, leading the way in Group D of the Basketball Champions League Season Six. The colors are somewhat different in 2021 than in…
Read MoreAvtodor, Bahcesehir, Legia, and London advance to Second Round of FIBA Europe Cup
The first four spots in the Second Round of the 2021-22 FIBA Europe Cup season were confirmed on Wednesday as four teams maintained their perfect records. Avtodor Saratov needed overtime to cement a top-two finish in Group C as they outlasted Casademont Zaragoza in a 92-86 victory on the road. Jaron Johnson netted 20 points off the…
Read MoreAndorra and Lietkabelis win Eurocup road games
The first half of Round 3 was an eventful one with a thriller decided in the final seconds, a blowout for a team’s first win, and two other teams getting their first road wins. The action began in the Turkish capital, where Turk Telekom Ankara outlasted Slask Wroclaw 89-73 in a game that saw Tyler…
Read MoreThree overtimes in FIBA Champions League
Three games, three overtimes. Besiktas Icrypex and Rytas Vilnius played for 50 minutes in Istanbul, Lavrio Megabolt and Nizhny Novgorod spent 45 on the floor in Greece, and the defending champs Hereda San Pablo Burgos won easily thanks to a monster third quarter against EWE Baskets Oldenburg in Spain. Double overtime in Istanbul Besiktas Icrypex…
Read MoreMalaga destroys Dijon in FIBA Championsleague
Unicaja Malaga kept their perfect season alive in the Basketball Champions League with a dominant 83-54 win over JDA Dijon. Dijon was shorthanded, as they only had eight players mainly in the rotation for the game. Sek Henry led Dijon with 16 points, and Abdoulaye Loum scored 8 points and grabbed six rebounds. Unicaja is now the…
Read MoreUnderdog Kalev shocks CSKA Moscow in VTB League
Estonian team Kalev/Cramo caused a major upset in the VTB League by beating Russian team CSKA Moscow with 67-56. It was the first loss of CSKA in the VTB League this season. Furthermore, Kalev/Cramo had lost three of the first VTB games this season, and nobody gave them a chance against CSKA. But, in the…
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