Recaps
KK Buducnost wins Montenegrin league
KK Buducnost Voli Podgorica continued its dominance of Montenegrin Basketball by seeing off Zeta Golubovci in Game 3 of the Erste League Final series. The defending champions swept the series after this 89-73 win to claim a fifth consecutive title, a streak that stretches back to 2009. During the season KK Buducnost looked unstoppable and…
Read MoreLeBron James dominates as Heat go up 3-1
The Miami Heat are now one win away from booking their ticket to the NBA Finals. LeBron James had an excellent game as he led his team to a 102-90 victory over the Indiana Pacers. They now force Indiana into a do-or-die situation as they head into Game 5 with a 3-1 advantage. “We try…
Read MoreDinamo Tbilisi wins Georgian Superleague 2014
Dinamo Tbilisi has finally ended their championship drought by defeating Kutaisi Kutaisi 3-1 in the Finals to win the 2013-14 Georgian Superleague title. The last time the club took the coveted trophy was over a decade ago in 2003. This is the fourth Georgian Superleague Championship of the team (1991, 1992, 2003, 2014). This is…
Read MoreSerge Ibaka returns to power OKC win
Serge Ibaka returned to the Oklahoma City Thunder lineup for Game 3 of their Western Conference Finals series against the San Antonio Spurs and his presence on the court was a big factor in the Thunder’s 106-97 win. He was originally expected to miss the rest of the playoffs with a calf strain and the…
Read MoreRyukyu Golden Kings win Japanese BJ title
The Ryukyu Golden Kings Okinawa have won their third Japanese BJ League title after defeating the Akita Northern Happinets 89-103. They used a third-quarter surge to close out the game, by setting up a 20-point lead heading into the final period. The Kings were able to use a window when their three-point shots found their…
Read MoreBenfica wins Portuguese LPB
Benfica clinched its third successive Portuguese LPB after defeating Vitoria SC 72-88 to sweep the best of five series 3-0. It is the clubs’ fifth title in six years and its 25th overall, making Benfica comfortably the most successful club in Portugal’s Basketball history, beating the 11 titles owned by Porto. Despite a blip in…
Read MoreCSKA Moscow ties VTB League series
CSKA Moscow scraped a victory in Game 4 of the VTB League quarterfinal to tie its best of five series with Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar. It has been a productive few days for the Moscow giant in the competition as the club came back from 2-0 down in the series to secure a 2-2 score line…
Read MorePanathinaikos takes Game 1 against Olympiacos
Panathinaikos Athens snatched the early initiative in the Greek A1 Finals series against archrival Olympiacos Piraeus at home on Thursday. The two clubs are renewing hostilities after decades of being the two main clubs in Greek Basketball, and their finals series will decide which club will win the league this season. Panathinaikos is hoping for…
Read MoreCSKA defeats Kuban to keep series alive
CSKA Moscow kept its season alive by travelling to Krasnodar and defeating Lokomotiv Kuban to keep the VTB League series open at 2-1. After losing two games at home to Lokomotiv and then crashing out of the Euroleague it has been a testing few weeks for the Russian juggernaut. In many ways, this 73-76 victory…
Read MoreBarva retains Costa Rican National League
The Costa Rican National League (Clausura) has been won by Ferreteria Brenes Barva for the second consecutive season after the club defeated Coopenae-USJ Arba San Ramon. The narrow 77-75 victory helped Barva to the title in a decisive fifth game of the best of 5 series; it was the franchises eighth success in the competition.…
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