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Spain ACB: Bilbao upset by Cajasol at home
Real Madrid extended its winning streak in this years Spain ACB competition with a road win over Asefa Estudiantes, 74:87. The win pushes the string to 11 and gives Madrid a three-game lead on the rest of the field as four clubs are tied for second with 8-3 records. Each quarter of the contest was…
Read MoreBBL Cup: Leicester Riders earn spot in Final
The Leicester Riders earned a spot in their second consecutive BBL Cup Final with a 75:45 semi-final win over the Sheffield Sharks. The victory was the Riders second win in the semi-finals, giving them a 165:115 aggregate advantage and moving them into the finals against the Newcastle Eagles. The Eagles beat the Plymouth Raiders 90:107…
Read MoreBlake Schilb named Euroleague Week 9 bwin MVP
An outstanding individual performance in an overtime winning effort allowed Blake Schilb of Elan Chalon-sur-Saone to earn Turkish Airlines Euroleague regular season Week 9 bwin MVP honors. Schilb led Chalon to a spectacular 108-103 overtime home win with 28 points on 6-of-7 two-point shots, 3-of-5 three-pointers and 7-of-8 free throw attempts. He added 7 rebounds,…
Read MoreEuroleague: Three spots remain to be decided
What day 1 of Week 9 of the Euroleague regular season lacked in drama, day 2 certainly made up for it. Friday saw two uneven scores, with Anadolu Efes vs. Caja Laboral at 76:91, and Panathinaikos vs. Fenerbahce 69:55, but the rest were nail-biters. Lievtuvos Rytas hosted Brose Baskets in a critical Group A match…
Read MoreMike Batiste honored by Panathinaikos
In the world of professional sports, it’s not every day that a player spends a number of years with a team, then moves on, only to be given a hero’s welcome when they come back to suit up in the opposing team colors. Friday evening, when Fenerbahce made the journey to Athens for a Euroleague…
Read MoreEuroleague Standings – Week 9
Euroleague Standings – Week 9
Read MoreVideo: Nate Jawai’s block to save Barca’s undefeated season
Video of Nate Jawai’s block to preserve FC Barcelona’s win over Partizan mt:s in Euroleague Week 9 [embedplusvideo height=”298″ width=”480″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/O8Av0LGxGfs?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=O8Av0LGxGfs&width=480&height=298&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep2843″ /]
Read MorePanathinaikos BC President steps down
Dimitris Giannakopoulos, president and majority shareholder of Panathinaikos BC, called a press conference Friday morning to announce that due to what he called, “…betrayal of my own blood…”, he was stepping down from his position as club president and was going to give his ownership stake in the club to anyone interested in having it.…
Read MoreNBA: T-Wolves Find Success with International Players
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The cold, snowy climate in Minnesota has always been considered a hindrance to the Timberwolves’ efforts to recruit top-flight free agents to join them. American players seem more enamored with the sun in Los Angeles, the sand in Miami, or the lights in New York. It turns out Russians feel right at…
Read MoreEuroleague: Partizan takes Barcelona to OT
(Above – Cantu players thank supporters following their loss to Madrid). The first half of the Euroleague Week 9 contests were so lopsided that the average number of games behind in the standings the lower teams were from the upper teams was four. The most was Partizan at 2-6 being six games behind Barcelona at 8-0, the closest was Alba at 4-4 being two behind Unicaja at 6-2.
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