Europe
Maccabi beats Khimki in final Euroleague home game of the season
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv gave its home fans a fond farewell to the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague with an emphatic 92-62 victory over Khimki Moscow Region in a Round 24 makeup game – the club’s final home game of the competition. Ante Zizic and Scottie Wilbekin both scored 13 points to pace six Maccabi scorers in…
Read MoreHome teams win first game in Eurocup semifinals
There were no surprises in the first games of the best-of-three 7DAYS EuroCup Semifinals as the home teams fended off stern challenges from the spirited visitors to win on Tuesday. In the early game, AS Monaco led by 18 at halftime but saw Herbalife Gran Canaria rally to within 4 late in the game. Later,…
Read MoreKarsiyaka outguns Brindisi and claims FIBA Championsleague Final 8 spot
Pinar Karsiyaka scored a century for the first time in this BCL campaign to overpower Happy Casa Brindisi at home and grab second place in Group I – and a coveted Final 8 berth – ahead of the Italian team. Here’s a closer look at all five games on Tuesday, which saw Lenovo Tenerife take…
Read MoreZenit wins VTB regular season after beating CSKA
The VTB League regular season leaders met in the game of the week. If CSKA was successful, the distance between the two teams would be down to two wins. Zenit, on the other hand, could have secured their regular-season win and did just that. In the first four minutes, the home team stunned the Red…
Read MoreFenerbahce whips Pinar Karsiyaka by 58 points
Fenerbahce pounded Pinar Karsiyaka in their Turkish League showdown on Sunday, winning 117-59. Pinar Karsiyaka pulled a stunt to protest a recent ruling by the Turkish Basketball Federation. The TBF rejected a request to have the Fenerbache match postponed because it was just two days before Pinar Karsiyaka’s Basketball Champions League game against Brindisi. So…
Read MoreASVEL Villeurbanne sweeps EuroLeague season series vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv
ASVEL Villeurbanne rallied past Maccabi Tel-Aviv on the road (67-74) and swept the regular season series with the Israelis in the EuroLeague. The French outscored the Israelis 26-43 between the second and third quarter and cruised to an easy victory, as Maccabi never recovered after that. “Defense has been our strength, When we play defense…
Read MoreRelegation candidate Giessen shocks Bayern Munchen!
Just two days after Bayern Munchen qualified for the Euroleague final four, they were beaten in the German Bundesliga by relegation candidate Giessen 94-95. Maybe the Bayern players were tired after their Euroleague adventures, or maybe they underestimated the opponent? Maybe it was a combination of both, plus the fact that they had to do…
Read MoreZeljko Obradovic awaits next coaching challenge
For Zeljko Obradovic, there isn’t a discernible distinction between winning and breathing. Both acts are intrinsically connected. What’s more, they define his coaching career. He’s been called the greatest European coach. He’s been labeled the best basketball bench boss not working in the NBA. Since the early 1990s, Zeljko Obradovic’s track record of success is…
Read MoreDanilo Ostojic to Greece, Charilaos
Danilo Ostojic (205 cm, F) is on the move from Poland to Greece. The 24-year-old Serbian power forward played 29 games in the Polish EBL for Radom. He notched 9 ppg and 7.3 rebounds. Ostojic joins a Charilaos Trikoupis Mesologiou team that is last in the Greek A1 with a 4-15 record. They are two…
Read MoreAapeli Alanen signs with Brno
Aapeli Alanen (201 cm, F) has left Kataja. He has signed in the Czech Republic’s NBL with Mmcite 1 Basket Brno. Kataja just lost the quarter-final series in the Finnish PlayOffs, and that ended Alanen’s season. It didn’t take him long to find a new team. He averaged 13.6 ppg and 5.6 rebounds in 24…
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