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Euroleague: Laboral Kutxa downs Lietuvos Rytas
There was a lone Euroleague game last night, but it provided some good basketball action. In Group D we saw Spain’s Laboral Kutxa Vitoria battle Lithuania’s Lietuvos Rytas for the victory, 85-64. Laboral Kutxa reaped the benefits of a recent decision to retain Serbian-Montenegrin player Milko Bjelica (205 cm) for at least one more month.…
Read MoreNBA Tips Off: Rose returns, Lakers upset Clips
The NBA 2013-14 season is officially underway! The league kicked things off with three games, an Eastern Conference rivalry, a Los Angeles rivalry and a finally a clash between two of today’s young and promising big men. Derrick Rose returned to face the defending Champions, Miami Heat. Rose missed the entire 2012-13 season as he…
Read MoreIsrael: Ness Ziona downs Maccabi Electra
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv dropped to 1-2 in the Israel Winner League with a 72:71 loss on the road to Ness Ziona on Monday on a Preston Knowles triple at the buzzer. The win is especially significant for Ness Ziona as this was only their third game in the Winner League having been promoted this…
Read MoreSpain Liga Endesa: Four remain undefeated
They’ve finished Week 3 in Spain’s Liga Endesa and four clubs have made it through with unblemished records. Sitting on the top of the league are Real Madrid, Herbalife Gran Canaria, Canary CB, and FC Barcelona Regal with 3-0 records. On the other end of the standings are the winless clubs Rio Natura Monbus, Bilbao…
Read MoreEuroleague: Home comforts on Friday night
It was a case of home comforts in the Euroleague on Friday as only Anadolu Efes collected a win on the road with a 66-76 victory over Strasbourg. The rest of the round 2 games proved one sided for the home teams, with the close 72-67 win for CSKA Moscow over Budivelnyk Kiev being the…
Read MoreEuroleague: Real Madrid puts up 40 on Brose
Real Madrid led a series of blowout contests to open Week 2 of the 2013-14 Euroleague campaign as they pounded Brose Baskets Bamberg 98:58. In the rest of the games played Thursday, the only close game was played in Italy as EA7 Emporio Armani Milan defeated Zalgiris Kaunas 82:75. After that, the margins went into…
Read MoreEurocup: 13 teams remain unbeaten after Week 2
Week 2 of Eurocup competition is now in the books with 20 games being played Wednesday to complete this week’s schedule. With just two weeks completed, there are only 13 teams out of 48 still undefeated, with Groups A, D, E, F, and G sporting two undefeated clubs, the rest having just one. This week’s…
Read MoreEurocup: Kazan beats Banvit at the buzzer
Week 2 of Eurocup competition got underway on Tuesday with four games, while the remaining 20 will be contested on Wednesday across Europe. In Group G Unics Kazan got a buzzer-beating triple from Andrew Goudelock to defeat Banvit Bandirma 72:71. EWE Baskets Oldenburg went on the road and beat Elan Chalon 71:82 in Group B.…
Read MoreRomania – Steaua CSM suffers first loss
Romania – After four rounds in the preliminaries of the regular season at Romania’s Liga Nationala. Five teams stand tall, but none are unscathed as they have identical 3-1 records. The latest team to suffer its first loss was Steaua CSM, which now joins Oradea, Craiova, Ploiesti and CSU Sibiu in that upper pack. Expect…
Read MoreBelgium: No undefeated teams in Ethias League
Belgium – Competition is heating up in Belgium’s Ethias League as no team stands with an unblemished record. Even last season’s back-to-back Champions Base Oostende are 2-1 to start the regular season. They were downed in the third round match against the Antwerp Giants. Six teams have formed a pack with identical 2-1 records. They…
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