ABA League Round 11 Recap

Round 11 of the ABA League 2016-17 regular season recently concluded with nothing less than a showcase of impressive basketball play by league leading Crvena Zvezda Telekom Beograd. The red and white shirts managed a convincing road win over Slovenia’s Union Olimpija Ljubljana. They are on fire this season and are now 11-0 with the…

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Real Madrid tops Liga Endesa standings

Real Madrid has risen to the top of the Spanish Liga Endesa standings after Round 10 of the 2016-17 regular season. The international basketball Titan crushed last-ranked ICL Manresa in front of a home crowd, 96-70. Real Madrid has lost only once so far in the domestic Spanish league and their stacked roster is looking…

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Euroleague: wins for CSKA, Galatasaray, and Panathinaikos

There were three games to close the ninth round of the Euroleague, with plenty of interesting results to talk about. CSKA Moscow sent a clear message with a huge win over Baskonia Vitoria, while Galatasaray collected a huge win over FC Barcelona in Istanbul. Finally, Panathinaikos just edged out a tricky Darussafaka Istanbul in Athens.…

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Euroleague: Round 9 tips off with five games

We are now on the final straight of the Euroleague regular season as five games ushered in Round 9 of the competition. There were big wins for Istanbul clubs as Anadolu Efes nailed Crvena Zvezda Belgrade at home and Fenerbahce took out Milan on the road. Also tasting away success was Maccabi Tel Aviv, thanks…

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EuroCup: Round 7 Recap

Round 7 of the EuroCup Regular Season got underway on Wednesday as the groups started to take more shape heading into the penultimate week. Gran Canaria and Valencia cemented their positions with wins in Group A and Group B. Malaga and Bayern Munich set up an exciting encounter in with wins in Group C. Group…

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ABA League Round 10 roundup

Round 10 of ABA League regular season action is now in the books and it was, for the most part, “business as usual” for some of the teams as the top squads bagged wins, while others struggled to stay afloat in one of Europe’s more competitive leagues. The round was capped off by no less…

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Euroleague: Real Madrid demolishes Barcelona

A Friday of huge derbies closed Round 8 of the Euroleague. Firstly, CSKA Moscow remained top with a win over Zalgiris Kaunas. That game was merely a warmup for huge games in Turkey, Greece, and Spain. Galatasaray edged Darussafaka Dogus in the Istanbul derby. In Greece, Panathiniakos brought Olympiacos to Athens and conceded the game…

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Euroleague: Fenerbahce halts slide

Round 8 of the 2016/2017 Euroleague got underway on Thursday with four games around the continent. Maccabi Tel Aviv was the only club to taste road success with a tight win over Unics Kazan in Russia. Fenerbahce snapped its losing run with a big win over Anadolu Efes in an Istanbul derby. Crvena Zvezda Belgrade…

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Euroleague: Darussafaka snaps CSKA Moscow’s 100% run

A week that has a double header of Euroleague rounds continued on Wednesday as Round 7 of the regular season closed for business. We can now look ahead to Thursday when Round 8 tips off. However, there is much to discuss first in a day of action in the Euroleague. The big talking points of…

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Euroleague Round 7 underway with four games

The festival of Basketball is back. Owing to the unique new Euroleague format, we are being treated to another week of non-stop action in Europe’s elite competition. The all-teams-play-all format of the Regular Season means we get two rounds played in a single week once a month. This in turn means four consecutive days of…

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