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Greek A1 Regular Season Round 16
Panathinaikos Athens continued to maintain its iron-like grip on the Greek A1 standings through Round 16 of the competition. The runaway league leaders G.Larissa-Faros in comfortable fashion to enhance its position at the top. Arch-rival and biggest title threat Olympiacos Piraeus played on Tuesday and crushed Trikalla on the road. Lavrio, AEK Athens, and Promitheus…
Read MoreFIBA Basketball Champions League: path to final plotted
The final round of the FIBA Basketball Champions League closed last week and we have been looking ahead to the Play-Offs. Knockout hoops will commence in the competition on March 6 and today the draw was held to determine who will meet who in the next round. During an event at the House of Basketball…
Read More2018 Copa del Rey to happen, players will not strike
After plenty of confusion and political infighting, the 2018 edition of the Copa del Rey will be played this season. Spain’s cup competition was in danger of cancellation, but a meeting held by the Higher Sports Council resolved a dispute between the ACB (Spanish League) and ABP (Basketball players’ union). The disagreement stemmed from the…
Read MoreStephon Marbury Retires From Basketball
Stephon Marbury (188 cm, Georgia Tech’96) has officially retired from basketball after his last game in China this February 2018. Marbury, who turns 41 years old in a week’s time, played the 2017-18 season for the Beikong Fly Dragons (China-CBA). In 35 games, the guard recorded averages of 14.7 ppg and 4.8 apg. The veteran…
Read MoreItalian Serie A: Three-way Race at the Top
Things are heating up atop of the Italian Serie A standings lately. There’s a tight three-way race for the league leadership at the moment. Scandone Avellino, EA7 Emporio Armani Milano, and Umana Reyer Venezia all have identical 14-5 records. Former top team, Germani Basket Brescia is just one game behind the trio (13-6), hot on…
Read MoreVTB League: CSKA and Zenit in action
CSKA Moscow used the VTB League to stretch out a midweek defeat in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. The 8-times (six consecutive) champs eased passed Tsmoki Minsk in Belarus and keep pace on the teams at the top of the standings. Elsewhere on Sunday in the VTB League, BC Astana stunned high-flying Zenit St. Petersburg in…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Fenerbahce and Olympiacos close gap
After Turkish Airlines EuroLeague leaders CSKA Moscow lost yesterday, it was an opportunity for the chasing pack to make up ground on the league leaders. Reigning champs Fenerbahce and former winner Olympiacos are the closest teams and won their games today to get closer to CSKA. Real Madrid lost more ground on its loss at…
Read MoreCavs Undergo Instant Rebuild at NBA Trade Deadline
It was a frenetic NBA trade deadline with trades going down, left and right. One of the biggest movers and shakers were the Cleveland Cavaliers. The team essentially re-tooled its roster via a series of trades with various teams. The Cavs needed a mid-season reset to clear out an increasingly toxic locker room environment and…
Read MoreTurkish Airlines EuroLeague: Valencia hits CSKA
Round 22 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague is underway with four games on Thursday before the competition breaks for a week for the FIBA international qualification games. Heading to the week off, Valencia Basket will be on a high after defeating Turkish Airlines EuroLeague leaders CSKA Moscow. Panathinaikos managed to edge Baskonia at home, while…
Read MoreEuroCup Top 16: Zenit and UNICS progress
And that’s a wrap. The EuroCup Top 16 closed for business on Wednesday and we now look forward to the quarter-final and the first knockout hoops of the competition. There were six games on the evening to close the EuroCup Top 16, with all eyes on Group F and Group H, which still had qualification…
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