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Euroleague: Round 4, Friday recap
Round 4 of the 2013/2014 Euroleague was completed on Friday night as teams from Group A and Group C took to the court. There were few surprises on the night as in form team Fenerbahce continued to lay down a claim on the Euroleague title with a tricky road win over Partizan NIS Belgrade. Elsewhere…
Read MoreEuroleague: Maccabi Electra wins third straight
A win by a deuce counts the same as a win by a dozen… Maccabi Electra, seen to be struggling in the early part of the 2013-14 season, made it three straight in Euroleague competition with a 74:76 victory on the road against Lietuvos Rytas on Thursday. It wasn’t a good day for the home…
Read MoreEurocup: Cantu, Bilbao and Unics now 4-0
The fourth round of the Eurocup regular season is in the books after yesterday’s action. Only three teams keep their bragging rights of still remaining without a blemish in their Loss Column. Italy’s Pallacanestro Cantu and Russia’s Unics Kazan won their match-ups and sit atop of their respective groups. Spain’s Bilbao Basket handled Elan Chalon…
Read MoreEurocup: Alba Berlin knocks off Gravelines
Coming into Week 4 of Eurocup competition there were six clubs holding perfect records. After the short first day that only saw four of 20 matches for the week contested, one of those six was knocked off, and one became the first four-game winner. Alba Berlin hosted undefeated Gravelines-Dunkerque on Tuesday and handed the French…
Read MoreItalian SerieA: EA7 Armani and Montepaschi win
Two games capped off Round 4 of the Italian SerieA regular season. Both EA7 Armani and Montepaschi were able to down their opponents and are now comfortably part of the league’s top six teams with identical 3-1 records. There no undefeated teams left and some wonder which club will be able to set themselves apart…
Read MoreLiga Endesa: One falls, three remain unbeaten
Going into the Week 4 match-ups in the Spanish Liga Endesa there were four clubs that held perfect records, but with two of those clubs set to square off against each other, one was certainly falling from the ranks. As Gran Canaria and CB Canarias got set for the latest installment of the Canary Island…
Read MoreLNB: Nanterre knocks Cholet from unbeatens
It’s been quite a week for the boys from Nanterre, winning their first Euroleague game at the expense of FC Barcelona Regal on their home court, and on Saturday they picked up their sixth win in as many games when they pounded previously unbeaten Cholet Basket 59:79 on Cholet’s home court. The win leaves just…
Read MoreEuroleague: Nanterre beats Barça at home
At the end of the 2012-13 season JSF Nanterre surprised a lot of people when they defeated the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 ranked teams in the French ProA playoffs to be named “Champion de France 2013” and get an invite to play in the Euroleague for the 2013-14 season. At the start…
Read MoreEuroleague: Laboral Kutxa downs Lietuvos Rytas
There was a lone Euroleague game last night, but it provided some good basketball action. In Group D we saw Spain’s Laboral Kutxa Vitoria battle Lithuania’s Lietuvos Rytas for the victory, 85-64. Laboral Kutxa reaped the benefits of a recent decision to retain Serbian-Montenegrin player Milko Bjelica (205 cm) for at least one more month.…
Read MoreNBA Tips Off: Rose returns, Lakers upset Clips
The NBA 2013-14 season is officially underway! The league kicked things off with three games, an Eastern Conference rivalry, a Los Angeles rivalry and a finally a clash between two of today’s young and promising big men. Derrick Rose returned to face the defending Champions, Miami Heat. Rose missed the entire 2012-13 season as he…
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