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Euroleague Top 16, FC Barcelona responds
Round 4 of the Euroleague Top 16 ended on Friday and brought a big win for Barcelona in Group E, while current champs Maccabi Tel-Aviv kept winning momentum in Group E. In Group F Nizhny Novgorod put together its performance of the season with a huge home win over Anadolu Efes, while Olympiacos stayed untouched…
Read MoreEuroleague, CSKA Moscow makes it 14-0
The honors were split in the Euroleague on Thursday as Round 4 of the Top 16 tipped off with four games across the continent. Two home wins and two away wins dealt with the action in Groups E and F, while there will be a further four contests taking place on Friday. Real Madrid stretched…
Read MoreEurocup: Herbalife Gran Canaria run snapped
The Eurocup Last 32 is now in its third week of competition and groups G through N are starting to take shape. There are plenty of discussion points from all the action on Wednesday evening, but the story of the day is arguably a first defeat of this season’s Eurocup for Gran Canaria. Bayern Munich…
Read MoreEurochallenge Last 16, Tartu Rock win classic
There were some big scores around the continent as the Eurochallenge Last 16 continued with Round 2 opening with six games. BC Astana went big by smashing a century of points on the way to a cruising win, while Avtodor Saratov and Tartu Rock shared 211 points in a minor classic. In the other contests,…
Read MoreRed Star ups Adriatic win streak to 18
Serbian powerhouse Crvena Zvezda “Red Star” Telekom Beograd easily breezed through Croatian club KK Zadar, 93-66, in Adriatic League action. The victory is their 18th-straight and another rung on their ladder to historic greatness. Zadar falls to below .500 at 8-9 and is in seventh place in the league standings. Red Star is three games…
Read MoreUnicaja Malaga downs Bilbao Basket in Spanish Liga Endesa
Unicaja Malaga prevailed over Bilbao Basket 86-74 in a duel between two Top 4 teams in Round 17 of the Spanish Liga Endesa regular season and have been crowned the Winter Champions. With their impressive 14-3 record, Unicaja Malaga has the solo lead in the league standings and have secured a spot in the Copa…
Read MoreAvtodor shocks Unics Kazan in VTB League
Avtodor Saratov stunned high flying Unics Kazan at home in the VTB United League as Round 15 of the competition kicked off. Unics has won its last three VTB United games and were sitting in fourth place with a 9-5 record, but they were undone by a solid Avtodor performance. The Saratov club climbed to…
Read MoreEuroleague Friday round up
Round 3 of the Euroleague finished on Friday with five games in Europe’s elite club competition. Both Group E and Group F are starting to take shape, although there is still plenty to play for with some giants of the game with plenty of work to do. On Friday Greek giants Panathinaikos and Olympiacos grabbed…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16, Tel Aviv downs Barca
There were just three games tipping off round 3 of the Euroleague Top 16 this Thursday, but the Basketball typically threw up plenty of talking points. Such as Barcelona’s cagey form at this stage, the Catalan club fell to champions Maccabi Tel Aviv tonight. Barca’s great rival, Real Madrid fared much better on the road,…
Read MoreEurocup recap, Last 32 round 2
The Eurocup headed into round 2 of the Last 32 stage this week with a myriad of huge games around the continent. During Wednesday’s action, Lokomotiv clashed with current champions Valencia, while Gran Canaria and Telenet Ostend continued their fine form from the Regular Season, although Euroleague dropouts Bayern Munich and Cedevita Zagreb also laid…
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