EuroChallenge: Krasnye – Pinar in final game

The 2012-13 EuroChallenge Finals are set as Krasnye Krylia Samara stopped a comeback by Gravelines Dunkerque early in the fourth quarter to earn their spot in the Finals and keep their impressive undefeated EuroChallenge season intact, while the Final Four host club, Pinar Karsiyaka held off EWE Baskets in front of 5,000 enthusiastic fans and…

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NBA: Miami goes 3-0, Chicago and Memphis win

The NBA Playoffs moved into Game 3 and shifted to the home courts of the lower seeded teams. The change in venue wasn’t an issue for the Miami Heat as they took Game 3 91:104 to go up 3-0 in their best-of-seven series against the Milwaukee Bucks. The other two contests of the night were…

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Euroleague: Barcelona Regal heads to Final 4

And then there was one… Three of the four seats at the table in the Euroleague Final Four have now got occupants, with the final one to be determined on Friday when Olympiacos Piraeus hosts Anadolu Efes Istanbul in the winner-take-all fifth game. In Barcelona, the host club led from the opening tip to final…

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Adriatic League: Red Star to face Partizan in Final

The Adriatic League finals are set for Saturday night and it will be an all-Belgrade final as Crvena zvezda Telecom scored the last eight points of their semifinal game against Radnicki to earn a spot in the finals with a 79:78 win, and Partizan mt:s fought off Igokea, who was down by 13 with under…

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NBA: Rockets take Oklahoma City to the wire

The final three groups put in their second games in the NBA playoffs on Wednesday night, with all three home clubs picking up their second wins. This brings the home club (high seed) advantage to 14-2 and has six series at 2-0, with two now at 1-1 (Denver – Golden State and Brooklyn – Chicago).…

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NBA: Warriors drop 131; Celtics, Heat go 2-0

Day 2 of NBA Game 2 saw home clubs improve to 11-2 as the Miami Heat stopped the Milwaukee Bucks, the Knicks routed the Celtics, and the Golden State Warriors knocked down 131 points on 64.6% inside the arc (51-79) and 56.0% outside the arc (14-25) shooting, to tie up their series with the Denver…

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NBA: Chicago evens series, CP3 puts LAC up 2-0

There were two games on the NBA Playoff schedule on Monday, the Brooklyn Nets hosted the Chicago Bulls and the Memphis Grizzlies took the Los Angeles Clippers to the wire in LA. In Brooklyn, the Bulls used a 11-point advantage in the third quarter to even their best-of-seven series with the Nets at a game…

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NBA: Conference playoff series begin

As the NBA finished up Game 1 of their Round 1 best-of-seven series one thing rang out from all eight contests, home-court advantage was definitely a huge advantage over the weekend as all eight home (higher seeded) clubs not only won, but seven of the eight games were decided by a margin of eight points…

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France LNB: Rough week for five top clubs

As the France LNB wrapped up Week 28 of 30 Saturday, the majority of the top half of the league ended up on the losing end of their respective scores. With just two weeks left in regular season play, the shuffle for positions as playoffs are set to begin is important for all clubs to…

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Euroleague: Efes wins on tip, CSKA moves on

The field for the Euroleague Final Four is now half complete as CSKA Moscow held off Caja Laboral in Vitoria, Spain, on Friday to pick up their third game in the best-of-five series, 85:94. Over in Istanbul, Turkey, Anadolu Efes kept their remarkable season alive with a huge fourth quarter comeback that was capped off…

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