Ricky Hickman named Euroleague Top 16 Week 3 MVP

Ricky Hickman came through when needed most on Thursday night to lead Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv to its first win of the Top 16 and in doing so he also claimed Top 16, Game 3 bwin MVP honors. Hickman scored 17 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter as Maccabi exploded past Fenerbahce Ulker…

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Euroleague: Clean sweep for home teams

The strategy in Euroleague Week 3 was simple, just be the home team and you’d be fine. Eight games, eight home club victories. It took a jumper from the corner behind the arc with less than 2.6 seconds to play for Real Madrid to earn the final win for the home teams over Zalgiris Kaunas,…

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Video: Like creative dunks? This video is must see…

“27 dunks never done in the NBA dunk contest that would all get 50’s” Turn up the sound and watch this full screen, these guys can fly. [embedplusvideo height=”298″ width=”480″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/EpJ-T2RXcgA?fs=1&hd=1″ vars=”ytid=EpJ-T2RXcgA&width=480&height=298&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep2819″ /]

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Euroleague: Caja and CSKA extend win streaks

Both Caja Laboral and CSKA Moscow came into Euroleague Top 16 Week 3 with impressive Euroleague win streaks. Caja’s last defeat in Euroleague competition was on Nov. 23, 2012, when they were handed a serious beat-down at the hands of Zalgiris Kaunas (82:45). That match-up was seven games ago, since then they’ve been on a…

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Rodrigo Mascarenhas postpones retirement

SAO VICENTE (Afrobasket/FIBA Basketball World Cup) – Cape Verde forward Rodrigo Mascarenhas is delaying his retirement from the national team until after the 2013 Afrobasket. For months, even after the islanders stunned Mali last August, Mascarenhas remained secretive about his future with the 2007 Afrobasket bronze medallists. But if they secure one of the three…

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EuroCup: Regular season undefeateds fall

When the 2012-13 EuroCup regular season ended, there were three undefeated clubs that had won their groups: Uxue Bilbao Basket, BC Triumph Lyubertsy, and Spartak St. Petersburg. If any of them had aspirations of running the table in both the regular season and the Last 16, those thoughts were dashed this week as all three clubs were beaten and two of them were beaten badly.

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Steve Nash dishes off his 10,000th Assist

The first time Steve Nash picked up an NBA assist he was 22 years old, playing for the Phoenix Suns in a game against the Houston Rockets. It was November 2nd, 1996 and would be the start of a career that has now entered 17 seasons and Nash’s third team. Tuesday night, Nash became the…

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