Euroleague
Euroleague: Siena tops Olympiacos, sits at 4-0
For fans that like watching blow out hoop contests, this week had some of the best Euroleague play of the season. If not, then the game that did it for you was the last game on the schedule; the one that wasn’t decided until the last seconds of the competition when Montepaschi’s Bobby Brown took…
Read MoreEuroleague: Panathinaikos takes early game
Euroleague Week 4 got an early start with a Wednesday contest between Group E clubs Alba Berlin and Panathinaikos
Read MoreRicky Hickman named Euroleague Top 16 Week 3 MVP
Ricky Hickman came through when needed most on Thursday night to lead Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv to its first win of the Top 16 and in doing so he also claimed Top 16, Game 3 bwin MVP honors. Hickman scored 17 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter as Maccabi exploded past Fenerbahce Ulker…
Read MoreEuroleague: Clean sweep for home teams
The strategy in Euroleague Week 3 was simple, just be the home team and you’d be fine. Eight games, eight home club victories. It took a jumper from the corner behind the arc with less than 2.6 seconds to play for Real Madrid to earn the final win for the home teams over Zalgiris Kaunas,…
Read MoreBC Khimki players threaten with strike
BC Khimki Moscow Region has received a warning from its players that they will start a strike on the 15th of January if nothing is done about the three months delay in the payments of their salaries. After Mr.Bodunkov stepped down as the president of the Russian club, and the arrival of the new management…
Read MoreEuroleague: Caja and CSKA extend win streaks
Both Caja Laboral and CSKA Moscow came into Euroleague Top 16 Week 3 with impressive Euroleague win streaks. Caja’s last defeat in Euroleague competition was on Nov. 23, 2012, when they were handed a serious beat-down at the hands of Zalgiris Kaunas (82:45). That match-up was seven games ago, since then they’ve been on a…
Read MoreEuroleague: Top 16 Week 2 Top 10 Plays
Euroleague Top 16 Week 2 Top 10 Plays: [embedplusvideo height=”298″ width=”480″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/sCUchQiwQzM?fs=1&hd=1″ vars=”ytid=sCUchQiwQzM&width=480&height=298&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep9279″ /]
Read MoreEuroleague: Bobby Brown is Top 16, Week 2 MVP
Bobby Brown enjoyed one of the greatest games in league history on Friday night as he tied the Euroleague’s single-game scoring record en route to a come-from-behind 92-98 victory for his Montepaschi Siena over Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul. In doing so, Brown became the bwin MVP of the week for the third time this season! Brown…
Read MoreEuroleague: Bobby Brown’s 41 leads Siena
You couldn’t have written a better finish to this Euroleague basketball story than the dunk that Bobby Brown threw down as time ran out on the Montepaschi Siena come-from-behind road win over Fenerbance Ulker. With the game firmly in hand and little time left, Brown broke for the basket after team mate David Moss grabbed an…
Read MoreEuroleague: Caja upsets Maccabi at home
The first day of Week 2 competition in the Euroleague Last 16 was a day of surprises as two regular season group winners took hard losses on Thursday. Maccabi Tel Aviv lost at home and found themselves with an 0-2 record and FC Barcelona Regal had a 17-game Last 16 win streak stopped by the…
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