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Derek Ogbeide signs with Hapoel Eilat
Derek Ogbeide (203 cm; F) has joined the Israeli League’s Hapoel Eilat, giving the club an additional athletic presence in the frontcourt. The Nigerian-Canadian contributed 14.0 points, 10.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in 29 games for AEK Larnaca this season. Derek Ogbeide raises profile Ogbeide helped AEK Larnaca win the Cyprus playoffs finals in April.…
Read MoreFalco KC Szombathely three-peats in Hungary
Falco KC Szombathely has won the Hungarian championship for a third time in a row. In the fifth and desicive game of the final series they beat Szolnok with 74-53. Loser Szolnok actually finished first in the regular season and had won six out of eight league championships the pas decade. However, in recent years…
Read MoreSpisska Nova Ves wins Slovakian title
Spisska Nova Ves beat Levice with 76-75 and won the SBL final series with 3-1. After winning the first two games, Pisska Nova Ves got an unbelievable beating in the third game which they lost by 56-102. It just made yesterday’s victory and winning the SBL title sweeter. Spisska Nova Ves ranked 1st in the…
Read MoreWorldrecordholder Nymburk wins the Czech title, again.
Nymburk beat Opava with 108-89 in the Czech League final series and won the national title for the SEVENTEENTH time in a row. Nymburk has not lost a play off game since 2011 (28-0)! That’s a world record. Nymburk had already won the first game (102-73) in the best-of-three final series and had no problems…
Read MoreA.J. Brodeur from Iceland to Belgium
A.J. Brodeur (206 cm, F/C) will play for Kangoeroes Mechelen in the newly formed BNXT League (pronounced, ‘be next’) next season. The club recently signed a new coach in Kristof Michiels and now have their big man as well. A.J. Brodeur played this season in the Dominos League in Iceland. There he played 20 games…
Read MoreCSKA wins the VTB League semi-finals and faces Unics Kazan in the finals
CSKA Moscow beat Zenit at home in the VTB League semi-finals with 85:71 and won the series with 3-1. From the get-go, both teams pushed the pace and sharpshooters played a key role in the opening minutes. The teams shot 11 times from beyond the arc, with the home team leading the way: CSKA made…
Read MoreBudućnost ties Adriatic League final series and forces decisive 5th game
Budućnost VOLI has protected its home court in the ABA League Finals. After being 2:0 down in the series after the first two games, they have now tied it to 2:2. The 2020/21 ABA League Finals could not get more exciting. After four games the series are tied to 2:2. Budućnost VOLI has bounced back…
Read MoreUnics Kazan reaches VTB League finals
UNICS beat Lokomotiv-Kuban at home in Game 3 of the VTB League semi-finals – 74:70. Lokomotiv Kuban had lost the first two games of the VTB League semi-finals and ran out of options. Therefore, they decided to go all out and try something new. Lokomotiv started Grigory Motovilov and Andrey Martyuk for the first time…
Read MoreTsmoki Minsk wins the Belorussian title for the thirteenth time in a row
In the fourth match of the final series of the Belorussian national basketball championship, Tsmoki Minsk defeated Borysfen Mogilev with 85:52. The first two games of the series were held in Minsk. At first, Tsmoki Minsk unexpectedly lost (68:85) but then restored the balance by winning the second game convincingly (90:74). Then the series moved to Mogilev, where…
Read MoreBudućnost bounces back and stays in the race for the Adriatic League title
Budućnost VOLI defeated Crvena Zvezda in another epic clash between these two teams! Therefore, the blue-and-whites are still in the title race, although trailing 1-2 in the 2021 ABA League Finals. The man of the match was Budućnost’s Italian swingman Amedeo Della Valle (19 points). While the two teams were fighting a tough battle down…
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