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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…
Read MoreIgokea clinch home-court advantage for FIBA Basketball Championsleague Play-In
Bosnian team Igokea has gained a home-court advantage for the Play-In round thanks to a 75-64 win over Greek team PAOK to close out group play. With the loss, PAOK will now have to begin the Play-In on the road. This was only the second win on the road for Igokea in the BCL. Turning point: There wasn’t…
Read MoreEuroleague games suspended due to COVID-19
The EuroLeague Regular Season Round 18 game between Fenerbahce Istanbul and Real Madrid, originally scheduled to be played on Wednesday, December 29, has been suspended. Real Madrid requested the suspension after several team members tested positive for COVID-19, which leaves it without the minimum eight players on the Authorization List fit to play. Following the…
Read MoreOnly one victory separates the first four teams in VTB standings
The intrigue of the battle for the 1st place in the VTB League persisted into the last game of this calendar year. By beating Zenit, UNICS Kazan would have regained the 1st place and left for the New Year holidays ranked as number one in the VTB standings. Zenit, which is among the Top-3 in…
Read MoreNBA G League Regular Season Resumption Postponed
The G League announced that the resumption of its regular season, originally scheduled to tip-off on Dec. 27, will now begin on Jan. 5, 2022. Over the past few weeks, countless G League players have been called up to the NBA to fill out depleted rosters from players being in health and safety protocols. …
Read MoreThe halfway point reached in the EuroLeague Regular Season
We reached the halfway point in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season after a thrilling slate of Round 17 games. Four games were decided in the final seconds, with first-placed Barcelona, defending champion Efes, Zenit, and ASVEL hanging on for tough wins. The only Round 17 road winners were the Reds in the Athens derby…
Read MoreHome teams win thrillers on Wednesday’s Euroleague action
Round 17 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season produced a pair of thrillers among the three Wednesday tip-offs. The champs rallied late to edge Crvena Zvezda behind a strong finish from EuroLeague MVP Vasilije Micic, and later first-place Barcelona erased a 20-point deficit to force overtime and defeat UNICS. In between, ALBA snapped a…
Read MoreTies at the top of the Eurocup standings
The final night of action for the 7DAYS EuroCup in 2021 came with Wednesday of Round 8, after which five teams are tied for the best record in the competition at 6-2. Lokomotiv outlasted Partizan to leave the two even in Group A. Joventut pulled away late in Poland to join them in a three-way…
Read MoreThree road warriors shake up Eurocup Group B
Half of the teams in the 7DAYS EuroCup played their finals games of 2021 on Tuesday, and the results saw three road warriors shake things up in Group B. Buducnost left France with a victory over Bourg that sent it alone atop the group – at least for one day. Reyer was victorious in Patras…
Read MoreAvtodor Saratov beats Zenit St. Petersburg in VTB game of the week
Avtodor Saratov beat Zenit St.Petersburg on the road yesterday (83-74) in a game between the numbers two and three of the VTB League. Saratov is now firmly in second place of the standing with the same score (9-1) as Unics Kazan. RivalryThe rivalry between Zenit and Avtodor, which debuted in the VTB United League at…
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