Posts by Vasiliy
Crvena Zvezda secures 1st place in ABA regular season ahead of playoffs
Crvena Zvezda Belgrade has sealed 1st place in the Adriatic League regular season ahead of the Playoffs. The Serb team triumphed on the road against Zadar from Croatia in the final round of the regular season. The red-and-whites knew before the match that only a win would secure them the top spot on the standings, so…
Read MoreIroni Ness Ziona in FIBA Europe Cup Final
Wayne Selden’s go-ahead three-pointer with 9.5 seconds remaining proved decisive as Israeli team Ironi Ness Ziona edged a dramatic duel to defeat BC Parma 81-80 to reach the FIBA Europe Cup Final. Having seen an 11-point advantage wiped out in the first half, Ness Ziona had to dig deep to prevail in an exciting finish in front…
Read MoreGerman Cup Final Four postponed one hour before tipoff
The top four tournament for the German basketball cup planned for Saturday and Sunday has been postponed just under an hour before the start. After positive corona tests at the BG Göttingen, the second semi-final against defending champion Alba Berlin on Saturday evening was canceled due to a quarantine order from the Munich health department.…
Read MoreZenit wins VTB regular season after beating CSKA
The VTB League regular season leaders met in the game of the week. If CSKA was successful, the distance between the two teams would be down to two wins. Zenit, on the other hand, could have secured their regular-season win and did just that. In the first four minutes, the home team stunned the Red…
Read MoreHolon edge Brindisi in FIBA Championsleague playoffs thriller
Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon outlasted Happy Casa Brindisi in a gripping overtime drama on Wednesday to punch their ticket to the Final 8, entering the BCL Quarter-Finals stage for the first time in club history. Meanwhile, in Group K action, SIG Strasbourg and Turk Telekom picked up big wins, over Nizhny Novgorod and AEK, respectively, and…
Read MoreMonaco, UNICS complete Eurocup semifinals picture
The two Eurocup quarterfinal series that went the distance proved to be highly entertaining in Game 3. In the end, home-court advantage proved vital as both AS Monaco and UNICS Kazan won to advance to the semifinals. Monaco edged Buducnost VOLI Podgorica 90-87 to advance to the semis for the first time in club history.…
Read MoreCSKA ends 10-game winning streak of Unics Kazan
Reinig VTB champion CSKA Moscow beat Unics Kazan 102-86 yesterday and thereby ended Kazan’s 10-game winning streak in the VTB league. With this victory, CSKA Moscow now moves up to 2nd place in the standings and trails leader Zenit by two wins. In yesterday’s game between CSKA and Unics, CSKA entered the game with the…
Read MoreLokomotiv rolls over UNICS to force Game 3 in Eurocup quarterfinals
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar enjoyed an outstanding night from its guards in defeating UNICS Kazan 86-74 on Thursday night at Basket Hall Krasnodar. The victory tied their best-of-three 7DAYS EuroCup Quarterfinals series at 1-1 and forced a decisive Game 3 in Kazan next week. Nigel Williams-Goss was perfect on 4 shots from downtown in amassing 25…
Read MoreEttore Messina will be the new coach of the Italian National Team
For the third time in his career, Ettore Messina will lead the Italian National Team. However, that will be AFTER the Tokyo Pre-Olympic Tournament. The current National Team coach is Romeo Sachetti. His relationship with the Italian Basketball Federation has been problematic, so he is expected to leave the bench after the Pre-Olympic Tournament. Ettore…
Read MoreDragan Miletic pens with Kapfenberg
Slovenian Dragan Miletic (195 cm) has signed with ECE Bulls Kapfenberg (Austria-A Bundesliga). The player is well-known in the country as he spent last three seasons in Austria. Through the 2012/13 season he was signed to UBSC Graz in December as an injury replacement for Mike Dale who was the top points gatherer for the…
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