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Eurocup: Thessaloniki clubs win and lose
There were two contests in the Eurocup on Tuesday, ushering in the week’s action for Round 2 of the Last 32 in the 2015/2016 season. The two Thessaloniki clubs, PAOK and Aris, were in action during the evening, but the rivals had contrasting games. PAOK downed Limoges in a relatively easy home win in Thessaloniki…
Read MoreVTB United League, CSKA impresses again
Round 15 of the VTB United League 2015/2016 season saw the top two in the standings consolidate their positions with cruising victories. League leader and winner of the last five VTB United seasons, CSKA Moscow, crushed fourth placed Avtodor Saratov on the road to highlight the gulf in class even at the tip. Second placed…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16, Friday roundup
Round 2 of the Euroleague Top 16 was completed on Friday with four more contests around the continent, with the bulk of the action taking place in Group E. There were three home wins on the night, with Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar, Panathinaikos, and Brose Baskets Bamberg all delivering in front of home support. The sole…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16: CSKA stuns Madrid
The Euroleague Top 16 entered its second week for the 2015/2016 season and as always at this stage every encounter was mouthwatering. Each contest lived up to billing as there was plenty of hot hoops on display in Europe’s elite competition on Thursday. There was just a single game in Group E, with Cedevita Zagreb…
Read MoreEurocup Last 32: Round 1 recap
Round 1 of the 2015/2016 Eurocup Last 32 has been completed and while there is a way to go in groups G through N, we still learned plenty. This was the first time we saw the Euroleague dropouts of course, while some Eurocup favorites were also in action again, starting the road on the Eurocup…
Read MoreEurocup Last 32 tips off
The Eurocup is back after the winter rest with the Last 32 tipping off with Round 1 action on Tuesday. There will be sixteen games played through Groups G through N this week, but on Tuesday three contests opened the Eurocup Last 32. EWE Baskets Oldenburg traveled to Limoges in France and came away with…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16: round 1 recap
Round 1 of the Euroleague Top 16 has closed and with it has brought to an end 2015 in Europe’s elite club competition. We now look forward to plenty of action in 2016, when a champion for the 2015/2016 season will be crowned. There is a long way to go until the Final Four and…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16 tips off
Every game is massive now as the Euroleague Top 16 tipped off with round one action, ushered in by three contests on Tuesday. There will be a further six games on Wednesday in what is the only Top 16 round to be played in 2015, the rest of the Euroleague will now be competed in…
Read MoreVTB United League: win for CSKA
CSKA Moscow will hold top spot of the VTB United League heading into 2016 as the Army Men closed this year with a cruising 94-64 win over Enisey Krasnoyarsk. The victory consolidated CSKA Moscow at the top of the VTB United League standings with a 13-1 record, while Siberian based Enisey stayed ninth with a…
Read MoreKhimki keeps pressure on CSKA
Khimki Moscow Region collected its fourth consecutive victory with a slick road win over Kalev/Cramo Tallin in Estonia on Wednesday night. Last season’s VTB United League runner-up Khimki is hunting down leader CSKA Moscow once again and now sits in third place with a 10-3 record, while CSKA sits top with a 12-1 showing. The…
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