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Euroleague: CSKA hands Madrid third straight
As the Euroleague Top 16 round began, it was clear that Real Madrid was going to end up somewhere at the top Group E after they went 6-0 before losing their first match to Anadolu Efes. Three consecutive wins later they sported a 9-1 record and a two game lead on CSKA Moscow, who was…
Read MoreEuroCup: Uxue Bilbao – Lokomotiv Kuban Final
The finals of the 2012-13 EuroCup have now been set as Uxue Bilbao Baskets and Lokomotiv Kuban came out on top in their respective semifinal matchups and will now play April 13th for the title. Bilbao took both semifinal games with BC Budivelnik Kiev to qualify for the finals, and Kuban split their two-game series…
Read MoreCoupe de France: Field for Final Four now set
The field for the Coupe de France is now complete as Paris Levallois ended the impressive run through the tournament by NM1 club Sorgues, 91:71, on Tuesday. Paris will now square off against Lyon-Villeurbanne in the semifinals, while Nanterre will face Pro B club Boulogne-sur-Mer in the other semifinal. The semifinals will be held on…
Read MoreItaly SerieA: Montepaschi snaps losing streak
Coming into their Week 24 SerieA contest with Lenovo Cantu, Montepaschi Siena had lost three straight SerieA contests and three straight Euroleague games, including the most recent loss that gave Besiktas JK Istanbul their first Top 16 win on the season. To say that the Montepaschi men had fallen on hard times as of late…
Read MoreGermany BBL: ALBA Berlin wins German Cup
ALBA Berlin clinched the German Cup on Sunday with an 85-67 win over Ratiopharm Ulm. The win marked the German capital’s team’s first peace of silverware since 2009 while it was also the seventh time that ALBA has lifted the German Cup. ALBA Berlin was hosting the Beko BBL TOP FOUR in the O2 World…
Read MoreLiga Endesa: Bubble teams have rough week
Liga Endesa No. 1 club Real Madrid and No. 2 club Caja Laboral got back to their winning ways with their Week 26 contests. Six clubs currently in the middle of the standings, fighting for the top eight spots and the league playoffs, lost this week, bringing eight teams within four games of each other.…
Read MoreAdriatic League: All-Serbian Final Four
Regular season play in the Adriatic League wrapped up on Saturday allowing the Final Four to be determined and amazingly the clubs that will be participating are all Serbian. No. 1 club KK Igokea is technically in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but from Republika Srpska which is the Serbian part. The other three, No. 2 KK…
Read MoreEuroleague: Besiktas upsets Montepaschi Siena
It took them 12 weeks of Euroleague Top 16 play, but Besiktas JK Istanbul have finally earned their first win, at the expense of Montepaschi Siena, 74:72. Siena’s loss and the Maccabi Electra’s win over Olympiacos puts the two clubs in a tie for the second spot in Group F with two other teams, Khimki…
Read MoreEuroleague: Madrid falls, Barcelona rolls on
The quarterfinal picture in Euroleague Group E got much clearer on Thursday as three clubs clinched spots. It was very unceremonious as three of the four teams involved lost their Week 12 matches, but the key loss was No. 5 club Unicaja Malaga falling to CSKA Moscow to give them a three-game cushion with only…
Read MoreEuroCup: Visitors rule Game 1 of semifinals
The 2013 EuroCup competition entered into its semifinal round on Wednesday with Game 1 of both legs being contested. It was a night for the traveling teams as both games ended up going to the visitors by 10 points, setting up Game 2 in each semifinal series on the home courts of the series leaders.…
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