France reaches FIBA Eurobasket 2022 semi-finals via another nailbiter

Fiba 2022 France

Frances beat Italy in overtime yesterday, 93-85, to reach the semi-finals of the FIBA EuroBasket 2022. France became only the second team to have multiple elimination games going to overtime in a single EuroBasket tournament – Turkey also two games in 2001.  The spirited Italian team was looking for another upset after shocking Serbia in the…

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Jaron Blossomgame signs with Monaco

American forward (199 cm) Jaron Blossomgame has signed with Monaco. Last season he played for German club Ulm, where he averaged 16.2 points on solid shooting (55.8% 2FG, 41.9% 3FG) and 7.6 rebounds in 19 7DAYS EuroCup games, helping his team reach the quarterfinals. He ranked fourth overall in PIR (19.8), second in defensive rebounds…

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Bayern and Monaco force Game 5s in Euroleague playoff series

Two out of the four Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoff series will go the distance after home teams FC Bayern and AS Monaco doused the qualification hopes of FC Barcelona and Olympiacos Piraeus, respectively, with home wins on Friday. FC Bayern Munich 59-52 FC Barcelona Bayern put on a record-matching masterpiece to stifle Barca 59-52 and…

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Monaco shocks Olympiacos in Euroleague playoffs

Game 2 of the 2021-22 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs continued to flip the script as another series was evened up 1-1 in Friday’s first game, but the last showdown of the week left one team only a single victory away from the Final Four! Olympiacos Piraeus 72-96 AS Monaco Monaco shocked a sellout crowd of…

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Strasbourg advances to Basketball Champions League quarter-finals

After trailing by as many as 19 points, Hungaria team Falco Szombathely fought back to force overtime, only to lose by double figures, 98-86, to French team SIG Strasbourg, eliminating them from advancing to the Quarter-Finals. Strasbourg has now won six games in overtime, the most of any team in the BCL. They have played eight overtime…

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Monaco triumphs in lone Euroleague Wednesday game

The second half of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season began with a solitary Wednesday game in Round 18 that saw AS Monaco defeat Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 82-76. The final games of the calendar year will be played on Thursday. Among the highlights, UNICS Kazan will get things going when it hosts defending champion…

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Monaco fires coach Zvezdan Mitrovic and signs Saša Obradović

Hours after announcing the departure of Zvezdan Mitrović from the bench, AS Monaco has brought back another of its former head coaches, Saša Obradović, to continue the club’s first season in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. Obradović had led the “Roca Team,” as Monaco is nicknamed, during the 2019-20 7DAYS EuroCup, compiling an impressive 10-6 record to…

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Tony Crocker back in Europe

Tony Crocker (201 cm, F) has signed with SIG Strasbourg in the French ProA. He returns to Europe after a season in Australia. Crocker played the 20/21 season for the Adelaide 36ers. In 32 contests, he averaged 10.8 ppg and 2.7 rebounds. Tony Crocker played previously for Karsiyaka, Khimki, Tofas, among others. Crocker also played…

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