Euroleague: Giants Flex Their Muscles

What a week of Euroleague action we are being treated to. Because there are two rounds being played in one week, we are getting the hottest hoops action on the continent on four consecutive days. On day three of this festival of Basketball, four more contest happened as the best clubs in Europe gathered for…

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Euroleague: Real Madrid stunned, CSKA Moscow marches on

An early start for the Euroleague this week opened round three of the 2016/2017 Regular Season. There will actually be two rounds this week in the busiest Euroleague week for many years. Four contests took place on Tuesday, with another four closing Round 3 on Wednesday. Round 4 will then tip off on Thursday and…

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Euroleague: Real Madrid and Milan stay unbeaten

Four contests opened Round 2 of the 2016/2017 Euroleague Regular Season, with the remaining four games to be contested on Friday. Real Madrid and EA7 Armani Milan maintained 100% records to move to 2-0 in the standings. Olympiacos and Brose Baskets Bamberg got off the mark, while Unics Kazan and Maccabi Tel Aviv are still…

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Latavious Williams sticks with Unics

Latavious Williams (202 cm) has received a contract extension from Unics Kazan (Russia-VTB) and will return to the team for the 2016-17 season. He joined the team in 2015-16 and represented the club in two leagues that season. He appeared in 18 games during their run in the Eurocup and Latavious posted averages of 8.8…

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Keith Langford remains with Unics

Keith Langford (193 cm, Kansas’05) will continue to be an important member of Unics Kazan (Russia-VTB) for the upcoming 2016-17 season. Langford is a 32-year-old American player who also holds a Turkish passport. He played 16 games for Unics during their stretch run in the Eurocup and he was able to average 19.7 ppg and…

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CSKA Moscow retains VTB League title

CSKA Moscow defeated Unics Kazan in Game 4 of the VTB League finals series to claim yet another title in the competition. The Army Men cemented its dominance of the league with a 74-81 road win in Kazan, a hard fought victory that had plenty of thrills and spills. The success continues CSKA’s unprecedented control…

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CSKA Moscow a step closer to VTB success

CSKA Moscow is once again on the verge of being champions of the VTB League after thwarting Unics Kazan’s in leg 2 of the best of 5 finals run. The Army Men are capping a wonderful season which of course included the Euroleague title back in May. The finals run is looking increasingly like a…

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CSKA Moscow takes title advantage in VTB League

CSKA Moscow took a giant step towards retaining the VTB League title with a cruising 84-76 home win over Unics Kazan in game one of the finals series. The two best teams of the Regular Season are clashing over two legs to decide the location of the champions in 2016. CSKA now has an 8…

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Zenit St. Petersburg forces VTB decider against Unics Kazan

Unics Kazan and Zenit St. Petersburg will play a deciding game in their VTB League semifinal series after Zenit used home court advantage to force a decider. Awaiting the winner of the series in the final is six time VTB League champ CSKA Moscow, after the Army Men swept into the title game with a…

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VTB League: Unics Kazan edges Game 1 of semis

The VTB League semi-finals tipped off on Wednesday as Unics Kazan played host to Zenit St. Petersburg and emerged from a classic with a 94-93 home win. Unics was the season’s success story, finishing second during the Regular Season behind runaway leaders and recently crowned Euroleague champions CSKA Moscow. Speaking of the Moscow giant, CSKA…

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