Euroleague
Defense is king in Euroleague round 25
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 80-91 AS Monaco Monaco rallied from a 20-point deficit to beat Crvena Zvezda 80-91 in the Serbian capital. It was Monaco’s fifth consecutive win on the road. Donatas Motiejunas led the winners with 20 points, and Dwayne Bacon added 17. FC Bayern Munich 70-52 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Bayern held Maccabi…
Read MoreFour road wins in Euroleague round 24
Euroleague round 24 began with six Tuesday clashes, of which four ended in road wins. Fenerbahce Istanbul 85-76 ASVEL Villeurbanne Fenerbahce’s fourth-quarter surge at home finally turned ASVEL away for an 85-76 decision that kept it undefeated in 2022. ASVEL was within 67-66 early in the fourth quarter, but Marko Guduric and Devin Booker had…
Read MoreReal Madrid clings to Euroleague top spot after double overtime
The longest game of the season so far, with Real (17-3) outlasting Monaco in double-overtime, was long enough for the Spanish powerhouse to retain its top spot in the standings despite four of the next six teams coming into Round 23 also winning. Barcelona (17-5) and Milan (14-6) stay second and third after solid home…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda first team to beat Olympiacos at home this Euroleague season
Round 23 began on Thursday with three games. In the early game, Zenit protected its home court against the champs behind a career-high 21 points from Alex Poythress. Then Zvezda became the first visiting team to leave Piraeus with a victory when it bested Olympiacos. In the nightcap, Barcelona blasted ASVEL. Friday brings five more…
Read MoreMake-up games and more postponements in Euroleague
Four make-up games from recent postponements start the week on Tuesday and Wednesday, leading up to Round 23 on Thursday and Friday. It’s a particularly huge week for in-form UNICS Kazan, which travels to Real Madrid on Tuesday and hosts CSKA Moscow three days later. These are the make-up games on Tuesday and Wednesday: Real…
Read MoreEuroleague playoff race tightens
Round 22 will be remembered for making abundantly clear just how tight the playoffs race is becoming. At the top of the standings, Real blasted host ALBA on Thursday to match Barcelona with 16 wins after the latter fell at UNICS, which joined a four-way tie four fourth place at 12-7. Two other teams in…
Read MoreMaccabi ends eight-game Euroleague losing streak
The results in the first night of Round 22 action shook up the top of the standings. Real Madrid blasted ALBA in the German capital to match Barcelona with 16 wins after the latter fell at UNICS. That result also lifted UNICS into a four-way tie for third at 12-7. Two other teams in that…
Read MoreReal Madrid and Barcelona hold steady at the top of the Euroleague standings
Round 21 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague was limited to four games as five others were postponed, but that did not lessen its impact, especially at the top of the standings. Barcelona (16-4) bounced back from two straight defeats to outlast, visiting Efes (9-10) at home and holding onto the highest victory total in the…
Read MoreBarcelona beats reigning Euroleague champion Anadolu Efes in a rematch from the 2021 final
Round 21 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague began with a pair of Thursday games that ended in 5-point results. First, AS Monaco outlasted FC Bayern Munich on the road, and then FC Barcelona bested reigning champion Anadolu Efes Istanbul in a rematch from the 2021 championship game. The two-round week continues Friday when CSKA Moscow…
Read MoreCSKA wins Euroleague road game against Panathinaikos
With more than half the games of Round 20 postponed to later dates, there was only one Euroleague game on Wednesday night. CSKA Moscow blitzed Panathinaikos OPAP Athens to earn a comfortable 74-98 victory in the Greek capital on Wednesday night. A closely contested first quarter was followed by a mismatch in the second as CSKA…
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