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NBA postpones five games for COVID-19 reasons
The next games for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, and Philadelphia 76ers, as well as the next two games for the Brooklyn Nets, have been postponed by the NBA because of players and staff members entering the NBA’s Health and Safety Protocols. The following games are impacted: Sunday, Dec. 19:Denver at BrooklynCleveland at AtlantaNew Orleans…
Read MoreSeven sweepers shake up Euroleague standings
After seven teams completed 48-hour sweeps in a Round 16 full of tight games, a week that began with two teams on double-digit victories ended with five more joining them. On Thursday, the top two teams in the standings – Barcelona (14-2) and Real (13-3) – had to sweat out road wins. While on Friday,…
Read MoreEuroleague recap
The two-round week for December continued on Thursday with the first four games of Round 16. All four Thursday winners completed perfect weeks. The two Istanbul teams won easily, while the two Spanish teams had to sweat it out. Fenerbahce blasted Baskonia and Efes rode Shane Larkin’s hot had to victory in Tel Aviv. Barcelona…
Read MoreNew Orleans Pelicans beats Oklahoma City Thunder in one of the craziest endings
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander thought he had just sent Wednesday night’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans into overtime. So did pretty much everyone in the arena and watching on TV. One person who knew it wasn’t over, however, was Pelicans guard Devonte’ Graham. Following Gilgeous-Alexander’s incredibly difficult 3-pointer with 1.4 seconds left in the game,…
Read MoreRoad warriors rule in Euroleague round 15
The two-round week for December began with four home teams winning big on Tuesday, but the opposite was true on Wednesday of Round 15 with three teams celebrating triumphs on the road. UNICS Kazan made history in its rout in Moscow, Zenit stifled ASVEL, and AS Monaco trumped Zalgiris in Lithuania in Coach Sasa Obradovic’s…
Read MorePartizan sits alone atop Eurocup Group A
The results on Wednesday of Round 7 in the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season left changes at the top of both groups. Hamburg stunned Lokomotiv in Group A, and Gran Canaria left Podgorica with a road win in Group B. Accordingly, Partizan, who survived a stiff challenge from Slask, sits alone atop Group A with a…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup Second Round Recap
The second week of FIBA Europe Cup Second Round action saw more overtime drama with four teams making it two wins from two. Unahotels Reggio Emilia secured a dramatic 80-79 overtime triumph on the road against Kyiv-Basket as Mikael Hopkins came up with the decisive score in the extra period. It was a balanced scoring effort from…
Read MoreBlowout wins in Euroleague
The two-round week for December began with a five-game son Tuesday, which saw four of them turn into blowouts for the hosts. Anadolu Efes, Fenerbahce, Milan, and Real Madrid all cruised to double-digit margins of victory at home. Only Fenerbahce, which bested Maccabi, defeated a team with a better record than it. League-leading Barcelona protected…
Read MoreRound 7 of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season
Round 7 of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season opened on Tuesday with four games. Andorra and Joventut both won at home to move even on wins with the Group A co-leaders – Lokomotiv and Partizan, which play on Wednesday. Group A’s other Tuesday game featured the night’s lone road winner, Turk Telekom, triumphed in Trento.…
Read MoreVEF Riga defeats Treviso at the buzzer
Nutribullet Treviso was already preparing to work overtime in Riga, but with two seconds left, coach Janis Gailitis called a timeout and drew up the winning play for Jalen Riley, handing VEF their second win of the Basketball Champions League season. With the Latvian champions winning, and Falco Szombathely emerging victorious in Athens, it means…
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