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Home teams dominate in Euroleague round six
Winning on the road continues to become more valuable this season as the hosts won seven of Round 6’s nine games, taking the record for home teams to a 72.2 winning percentage. Thanks to another game-winning shot from Nikola Mirotic, Barcelona is now the only unbeaten team left through six rounds after outlasting Fenerbahce 74-76…
Read MoreSix teams unbeaten through Eurocup Round 2
Round 2 of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season began on Tuesday with four games which saw only one team manage to protect its home floor. Joventut Badalona did so by blitzing past Hamburg Towers to improve to 2-0. Joventut joined Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar atop Group A after it edged Lietkabelis Panevezys in Alan Williams’s return…
Read MoreBarcelona only undefeated team in Euroleague
Thanks to another game-winning shot from Nikola Mirotic, Barcelona is now the only unbeaten team left through six rounds after outlasting Fenerbahce 74-76 in Istanbul. Barca is alone at the top because Bayern turned back previously perfect Milan 83-77, getting revenge for their five-game playoff series result last spring. Three more home winners to open…
Read MoreLokomotiv and Joventut are first to 2 wins in Eurocup
Round 2 of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season began on Tuesday with four games which saw only one team manage to protect its home floor. Joventut Badalona did so by blitzing past Hamburg Towers to improve to 2-0. Joventut joined Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar atop Group A after it edged Lietkabelis Panevezys in Alan Williams’s return…
Read MorePAOK holds off Galatasaray for first win of FIBA Champions League season
Playing in front of their passionate home crowd, PAOK was able to get their first win of the Basketball Champions League season over previously undefeated Galatasaray 81-74. While PAOK picked up their first win, this was Galatasaray’s first loss in group play. Galatasaray got another strong game from DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, who finished with 21 points…
Read MoreGran Canaria shocks Real in Madrid
Gran Canaria has become the first team to win at the WiZink Center this season and also the first to topple Real Madrid in the Spanish ACB Liga Endesa. Herbalife Gran Canaria came to Madrid with a game plan; slow down the pace and focus on defense, and it worked. Real Madrid only scored 70 points and turned the ball over…
Read MoreBarcelona keeps a perfect record in the Euroleague
After a Thursday night with five games decided by five points or less, Friday saw three double-digit victories, including ALBA surprising Zvezda in Belgrade. Barcelona blasted Zenit, its playoffs opponent of last spring, one night after Milan survived at home against ASVEL as both remain unbeaten at 5-0. CSKA won its fourth straight against visiting…
Read MoreEuroleague; five thrillers
On a night that saw all five games decided in the final minutes, Anadolu Efes Istanbul and FC Bayern Munich captured their first season wins. At the same time, AX Armani Exchange Milan rallied to remain undefeated. As has been the theme this season, home courts were protected, with Bayern’s win in Kaunas the only…
Read MoreDaishon Knight to Geneva
Daishon Knight (185 cm, G) is on the move to Switzerland. There he will join Lions de Geneve and coach Andrej Stimac. Geneve is enjoying a 2-1 start to the SBL season. Knight played for four (!) clubs in three countries last season. He finished with the Manawatu Jets in New Zealand, where he averaged…
Read MoreEurocup recap; four out of five teams win on the road
The regular season tipped off with a new format – 20 teams split between two round-robin groups. The first five games were played on Tuesday. Partizan NIS Belgrade, Joventut Badalona, and Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana recorded the season’s first road wins in Hamburg, Germany; Trento, Italy; and Grand Canaria, respectively. Then on Wednesday, four of the…
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