Europe
FC Barcelona secures top spot in EuroLeague regular season
FC Barcelona rallied past Fenerbahce on the road (73-82) and clinched the first place in the EuroLeague regular season. The Catalans used a 5-20 run between the third and the fourth quarter and took control of the game to never look back. Fenerbahce couldn’t recover after that and dropped to 20-13, as they are still…
Read MoreTel Aviv to host FIBA Europe Cup Final Four
The FIBA Europe Cup season will conclude at the Shlomo Group Arena in Tel Aviv, Israel, with Ironi Ness Ziona, confirmed as the host club for the Final Four, to be organized from April 23-25. With the 2020-21 campaign conducted in single venue hubs to ensure all participants’ health and safety, this year’s event marks the…
Read MoreBraxton Huggins to Larissa BC
Braxton Huggins (196 cm, G) is on the move to Greece. There he will join Larissa BC and coach Nikos Papanikolopoulos. Larissa is 11th in the A1 standings with a 5-14 record. Huggins finished the season in Finland. He played 22 games for KTP and didn’t make the PlayOffs. Huggins averaged 20.4 ppg and 3.7…
Read MoreBayern Munich advances to EuroLeague playoffs for first time in club history
Bayern Munich made history on Thursday night and advanced to the playoffs of the EuroLeague for the first time in club history. The Bavarians endured a late thriller at Audi Dome and edged Zalgiris Kaunas to secure their place in the postseason. With the hosts down by one and three second remaining (69-70), Vladimir Lucic…
Read MoreKaleb Wesson signs with Oostende
Kaleb Wesson (206 cm, F/C) is on the move to Belgium. Wesson has signed with champions Filou Oostende. Before he can play, Wesson has to go into quarantine, according to Belgian Law. Wesson started this season in the G League. There, he played twelve games for Santa Cruz. Wesson averaged 11.1 ppg and 9.5 rpg…
Read MorePotential match-fixing in Dutch basketball?
Several former basketball players of Dutch Basketball League club Aris from Leeuwarden are suspected of match-fixing at the end of the 2018-19 season. The suspicion is that they cooperated with Korean gamblers, with tens of thousands of euros riding on the matches. The Institute of Sports Justice (ISR) has been investigating the case for the…
Read MoreHolon edge Brindisi in FIBA Championsleague playoffs thriller
Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon outlasted Happy Casa Brindisi in a gripping overtime drama on Wednesday to punch their ticket to the Final 8, entering the BCL Quarter-Finals stage for the first time in club history. Meanwhile, in Group K action, SIG Strasbourg and Turk Telekom picked up big wins, over Nizhny Novgorod and AEK, respectively, and…
Read MoreValencia’s EuroLeague playoff hopes suffer critical blow after loss to Olympiacos
Olympiacos rallied past Valencia at La Fonteta on Wednesday night (79-88) and trimmed the EuroLeague playoff chances of the Spaniards. The “Reds” played excellent for 30 miutes and endured Valencia’s comeback in the fourth quarter to seal the deal. Olympiacos led by 13 at halftime (31-44) and by as many as 33 points late in…
Read MoreMonaco, UNICS complete Eurocup semifinals picture
The two Eurocup quarterfinal series that went the distance proved to be highly entertaining in Game 3. In the end, home-court advantage proved vital as both AS Monaco and UNICS Kazan won to advance to the semifinals. Monaco edged Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 90-87 to advance to the semis for the first time in club history.…
Read MoreCSKA Moscow, Anadolu Efes, Armani Milano, Fenerbahce secure spot in EuroLeague playoffs
CSKA Moscow, Anadolu Efes, Armani Milano and Fenerbahce joined FC Barcelona in the EuroLeague playoffs, following the first part of Round 32. The Muscovites rallied past Zenit Saint Petersburg on the road (74-86) and sealed its place in the postseason. CSKA improved to 21-10 and will play in the postseason for another year. On the…
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