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Real Madrid improves to 8-0 in league play
Real Madrid used impressive 3-point shooting and balanced scoring to defeat Spanish Liga Endesa rival Valencia 86-78 on Sunday. With the away victory, coach Pablo Laso’s team improved to 8-0 in league play this season. Real Madrid got off to a brilliant start on offense and led 28-6 after the opening quarter. The halftime advantage:…
Read MorePlayers of Virtus Roma have not gotten paid since the beginning of the season
The financial effects of the COVID-19 are now starting to take effect. Pallacanestro Virtus Roma (Italy, Serie A) has not paid any player salaries since the beginning of the season. Therefore, there was a symbolic protest yesterday in the game between Germani Brescia and Virtus Roma. The Virtus Roma players refused to play for the…
Read MoreNikola Mirotic hands Barcelona fourth straight EuroLeague win
Nikola Mirotic helped Barcelona survive a late thriller against Baskonia and register its fourth straight victory in the EuroLeague. The superstar forward of the Catalans made the game-winning block on Alec Peters and handed his team the win (71-72). Even though Baskonia led by 10 with three minutes to go (71-61), Barcelona closed the game…
Read MoreJaycee Carroll, Real Madrid snap two-game EuroLeague losing streak
With Jaycee Carroll leading the way, Real Madrid made an excellent offensive performance and put an end to a two-game losing streak in the EuroLeague. The “Whites” rallied past Bayern Munich at home (100-82) and earned their second victory in the competition. Real led for the majority of the night and cruised to the victory,…
Read MoreThree overtime games in the Eurocup
Round 5 was full of drama in the 7DAYS EuroCup. The visiting teams won six games, three games went to overtime, and another saw a team roar back from an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit to win in regulation! Joventut Badalona and Virtus Segafredo Bologna are sitting pretty with 5-0 records, and Mornar Bar made history by…
Read MoreEnd of an era for eight-time Chinese champion Bayi Rockets
The CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) announced on Tuesday that Bayi’s basketball team, the Bayi Rockets, had withdrawn from China’s professional basketball leagues. This is the result of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) downsizing and rearranging its sports teams. Consequently, the PLA has withdrawn them from professional national leagues to enhance their capabilities to serve…
Read MoreSteven Gray leads Peristeri in BCL victory over Rytas
Steven Gray of Peristeri hit 10 three-pointers and registered a new BCL (Basketball Championsleague) efficiency rating record to lead his team to a road win at Rytas Vilnius in Group E in the BCL. Yesterday was also a night that saw Turk Telekom edge out Hapoel Jerusalem in the big game of Group G. In…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda has the best offensive rating in the world.
The Serbian team Crvena Zvezda Belgrade currently has an offensive rating of 160,7 in the Adriatic league, meaning that they score 160,7 points per 100 possessions. That’s the best in the world right now. But there is more. Their eFG% (effective field goal percentage) is the 5th best in the world with 62,2, and they…
Read MoreSpanish Players Union says that we can’t continue like this.
The Spanish Basketball Players Union (Asociación de Jugadores Profesionales de Baloncesto – ABP) posted a powerful statement today on its website, basically saying that we can’t continue the season like this. They refer to the current second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. Every day, teams report new infections, games are rescheduled or postponed, teams go into…
Read MoreNBA salary cap to be reduced by $3 million to $12 million next season
NBA team executives are preparing to have a lower salary cap in place for the 2020-21 season. A report in the San Francisco Chronicle over the weekend stated the salary cap will be reduced by between $3 million and $12 million. The salary cap last season was $109.14 million. In addition, teams were required to…
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