Recaps
Spain Liga Endesa: 2013-14 season tips off
The Spanish Liga Endesa tipped off their 2013-14 season with two contests on Saturday, they’ll play six on Sunday, and the remaining contest between Real Madrid and Valladolid will take place on Tuesday. The first game of the season pitted CB Canarias against Rio Natura Monbus, with Canarias coming out on top of a wild…
Read MoreReal Madrid comes from behind to defeat Beijing
Real Madrid used a big fourth quarter comeback to pick up a 92:86 win against the Beijing Ducks in Beijing on Friday. The contest wraps up the Euroleague’s World Tour and gives them a 5-1 record with Olympiacos taking two games in Brazil, CSKA Moscow splitting with NBA teams having beaten the Minnesota Timberwolves and…
Read MoreIsrael: Maccabi Electra wins League Cup
For the fourth consecutive year and the fifth time in seven years, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv has won the Israel Basketball League’s pre-season tournament, currently call the Chance Cup, sponsored by Pais Lotto. The 2013 edition featured the Tel Aviv squad squaring off against Hapoel Jerusalem, who has finished runners-up in the Cup twice in…
Read MoreCSKA Moscow falls to San Antonio Spurs in OT
CSKA Moscow wrapped up their two-game US tour on Wednesday in San Antonio, Texas, were they fell to the Spurs in overtime 95:93. The loss gives the Russian squad a 1-1 record against NBA teams this year, both games coming down to overtime, and both games being decided by two points. It was a game…
Read MoreSweden Basketligan: Three unbeaten after G2
The Swedish Basketligan completed the second round of league competition on Tuesday with three clubs remaining unbeaten, Borås, Södertälje, and Norrkoping. Borås used a big first frame over Jämtland to pick up their second win in as many games. Norrkoping came from down six to win by six after outscoring LF Basket 32:20 in the…
Read MoreBilbao takes 76ers to the wire
Bilbao Basket took part in the NBA Global Games Europe as they hosted the Philadelphia 76ers Sunday in a pre-season
Read MoreBayern takes down Brose Bamberg in clash
While it is still early into the 2013-14 season, excited onlookers cannot help but revel in the early action taking place, sating their appetites for basketball action that grew over the off-season. Fans and followers of the German Bundesliga were treated to a quality match-up in Round 2 of the regular season between two dangerous…
Read MoreReal Madrid downs Barça in Supercopa Endesa
While most of Europe was tipping off the start of their leagues, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona were squaring off in the finals of the “Supercopa de España de Baloncesto 2013″, Spain’s annual pre-season Supercup. In the 2013 edition, Real Madrid held off a late challenge
Read MoreEuroleague QR: Lietuvos Rytas fills out Group D
Euroleague Qualifier Round host Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius earned the final spot in the 2013-14 Euroleague with a 75:66 win over Belgian league champions Telenet Ostend on Friday. The win sends Rytas to Group D of the Euroleague where they’ll join Panathinaikos, Maccabi Electra, Laboral Kutxa, Lokomotiv Kuban, and Crvena Zvezda. Lietuvos Rytas – Telenet Ostend,…
Read MoreEuroleague QR: Lietuvos Rytas to face Ostend
Euroleague Group D is one step closer to having it’s sixth member as host club Lietuvos Rytas beat EWE Oldenburg 99:87, and Telenet Ostend defeated Banvit Bandirma 82:80 on Thursday setting up Friday’s final between Lietuvos and Ostend. Lietuvos Rytas – EWE Oldenburg, 99:87 On the strength of an 8 for 10 performance behind the…
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