Posts by CJ Clarkson
Anadolu Efes Celebrate 2018 Turkish SuperCup
Fans of Turkish basketball are ready and primed for the 2018-19 season. Two top clubs met face to face and contested the 2018 Turkish Supercup yesterday. The President’s Cup was hoisted for the 11th time by Anadolu Efes. It’s the traditional meeting of defending league champion and the Turkish Cup champion. Anadolu Efes edged out Fenerbahce…
Read More7Days EuroCup Opens 2018-19 With Six Games
The 7Days EuroCup officially opened the 2018-19 regular season on October 2nd with six games on tap for fans to appreciate and enjoy. 12 of the 24 teams took to the hardwood to get things started. Group A Galatasaray Istanbul welcomed the new season with an 84-73 win over MoraBanc Andorra. The Turkish club was…
Read MoreABA Liga: Buducnost Ready To Defend Their Title
The ABA Liga defending champions, Buducnost Voli Podgorica, blasted off into 2018-19 in high gear with an 86-64 blowout victory over Krka Novo Mesto. The boys in blue showed no signs rust from the off-season. Their poise and composure were on full display throughout the game, as they looked like they were already in mid-season…
Read MoreReal Madrid Opens 2018-19 With Win At Home
Spanish Liga Endesa and Turkish Airlines EuroLeague defending champions, Real Madrid, opened 2018-19 with an 88-73 win at home over Iberostar Tenerife CB Canarias. This comes as the Spanish ACB wraps up the first round of the season. The white shirts did not appear to skip a beat as they looked fresh and ready to…
Read MoreABA Liga: Crvena Zvezda Gets Off On Right Foot
Two games were played on Friday night as the ABA Liga opened the 2018-19 season. Last season’s runner-up Crvena Zvezda MTS Beograd got off to a blistering start on their road to redemption with a 78-68 win over KK Cibona Zagreb. The other game, Petrol Olimpija Ljubljana cruised to a convincing 78-66 victory over KK Mornar…
Read MoreFC Barcelona Opens 2018-19 With Win At ACB
The Spanish ACB or Liga Endesa welcomed the 2018-19 regular season on September 27th. FC Barcelona Lassa tipped things off with an easy victory over Herbalife Gran Canaria 98-78. This is the first game of the league for Round 1 with two more games to be played later this evening. Unicaja Malaga will take on…
Read MoreBasketball Champions League Round 2 Qualifiers
With the 2018-19 regular season looming just around the corner, the Basketball Champions League qualifiers are heating up in Round 2. The remaining teams aspiring to make the cut and participate in this season’s Champions League played some amazing basketball. 📊 Here are the results of Leg 1 of the Qualification Round 2! Road teams pull…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda Claims 2018 ABA League Supercup
Two Titans of the Adriatic locked horns in the ABA League Supercup Finals on September 23 and in the end, Crvena Zvezda toppled Buducnost 75-89. Both of these teams have been at the apex of this regional league over the last few seasons, so it should not come as a surprise that the creme de…
Read MoreFrench Pro A Tips Off 2018-19 Season
The French Pro A League capped off Round 1 of the 2018-19 season on Sunday, September 23rd with a game between AS Monaco and ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne. Monaco hosted ASVEL but unfortunately, their homecourt advantage was not enough to give them a decisive edge and ASVEL took the win 63-66. ASVEL got off on the right…
Read MoreArmani Milano Tops Maccabi Tel Aviv in Preseason Friendly
Emporio Armani Milano continued on their impressive preseason run with another victory. They defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 80-75 in a recent friendly tournament in Croatia. The Italian Powerhouse has been knocking down opponents left and right in the preseason and have been in mid-season form. They will be a team to watch both in the…
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