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Eurocup Quarterfinals: Game 1 recap
The Eurocup has already thrown up thrills and spills aplenty throughout the season and the Quarterfinals are continuing that trend. Game 1 of this phase as now passed and fans around Europe were treated to high class Basketball as teams jostle to carve a path to the Semifinals. Home court advantage has proved pivotal so…
Read MoreLamar Odom exits Vitoria
Lamar Odom (208 cm, Rhode Island´99) has left Laboral Kutxa Vitoria (Spain, Lige Endesa and Euroleague) after his contract was waived. After one game with the team in the league and poor averages of 2.0 points and 1.0 rebound the forward departs. The former reality TV star also featured in one Euroleague game but did…
Read MoreEA7 Milan soars to fourth straight win
EA7 Armani Milan´s fairytale Euroleague Top 16 continued on Friday night as the Italian club defeated Laboral Kutxa Vitoria 65-83 on the road. Milan´s progress through the Last 16 phase has been nothing short of sensational and the largely unfavoured club has managed to disrupt some of Europe´s biggest teams. The club now sits on…
Read MoreLamont Mack joins BdR Valladolid
Spanish Liga Endesa team Blancos de Rueda Valladolid has signed American forward Lamont Mack (201 cm, Charlotte’09) this 2013-14. Valladolid is currently sitting in last place in the Liga Endesa standings, managing only two wins out of twenty two games played. He is being brought in to reinforce the team’s frontcourt. Lamont began the season…
Read MoreReal Madrid slips to defeat at Bayern
Bayern Munich inflicted only the second defeat of the season on Real Madrid after a determined 85-83 home win on Thursday. The German club surprised the Spanish giant as the teams clashed in the Euroleague Top 16, Round 10. Madrid has been cruising through much of the Euroleague season but this could be a worrying…
Read MoreEurocup: Quarterfinal teams decided
The Quarterfinal stage of the Eurocup has been locked in after game 2 of the Eighthfinals was completed on Wednesday. The qualified teams now take their place in the next round of the competition as the path to the title becomes clearer. Three of the eight Eighthfinals series games proved to be sweeps, but there…
Read MoreTravis Peterson to Rio Natura Monbus
Travis Peterson (208 cm, Samford’08) is headed to Spain’s Liga Endesa as he joins Rio Natura Monbus Obradorio CAB this 2013-14. Peterson initially began the season playing for Hoverla Ivano-Frankivsk from Ukraine’s Superleague. He managed to play in a dozen games for his former club and he produced averages of 14.3 ppg and 5.9 rpg.…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16, Round 9
The Euroleague Top 16 phase is in full swing as the best clubs on the continent tackled each other in eight exciting games of Basketball this week. Over Thursday and Friday the competition delivered all the thrills and spills we have come to expect as the big clubs further enhanced their prospect of qualification to…
Read MoreBarcelona rolls past Fenerbahce
Group E is where the action is during this season´s Euroleague Top 16, but Barcelona is proving unstoppable after gunning down Fenerbahce 93-73 at home. The table is packed with giants of European Basketball including Panathinaikos and Olympiacos. However, Barcelona´s progress through the group has been nothing short of sensational as the Spanish club swept…
Read MoreEurocup Eighthfinals Round 1
The Eurocup Eighthfinals are underway as Round 1 of the first knockout stage of the competition was completed on Wednesday evening. There were six clashes in cities around Europe following the two games from Tuesday, and the round produced typically dramatic Basketball. EIGHTHFINALS A In a game that was held in Lithuania due to the…
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