Posts by Bryce
Holon hands Maccabi first opener loss in 23 yrs
The Israel Winner League opened it’s 2013-14 season with three games on Sunday and two on Monday and for the first time in 23 years league powerhouse Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv came up on the short end of the opening day score. Hapoel Holon welcomed the 50-time Super League champions Monday night and earned a…
Read MoreItaly Serie A: New season tips off in Italy
The 2013-14 season of the Italian Serie A tipped off on Sunday with all 16 teams in action across the country. This is the first week of 15 on the first round of competition in the Serie A, with the league completing two full rounds of play Leading the scorers this week was Keith Langford…
Read MoreSpain Liga Endesa: 2013-14 season tips off
The Spanish Liga Endesa tipped off their 2013-14 season with two contests on Saturday, they’ll play six on Sunday, and the remaining contest between Real Madrid and Valladolid will take place on Tuesday. The first game of the season pitted CB Canarias against Rio Natura Monbus, with Canarias coming out on top of a wild…
Read MoreReal Madrid comes from behind to defeat Beijing
Real Madrid used a big fourth quarter comeback to pick up a 92:86 win against the Beijing Ducks in Beijing on Friday. The contest wraps up the Euroleague’s World Tour and gives them a 5-1 record with Olympiacos taking two games in Brazil, CSKA Moscow splitting with NBA teams having beaten the Minnesota Timberwolves and…
Read MoreIsrael: Maccabi Electra wins League Cup
For the fourth consecutive year and the fifth time in seven years, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv has won the Israel Basketball League’s pre-season tournament, currently call the Chance Cup, sponsored by Pais Lotto. The 2013 edition featured the Tel Aviv squad squaring off against Hapoel Jerusalem, who has finished runners-up in the Cup twice in…
Read MoreCSKA Moscow falls to San Antonio Spurs in OT
CSKA Moscow wrapped up their two-game US tour on Wednesday in San Antonio, Texas, were they fell to the Spurs in overtime 95:93. The loss gives the Russian squad a 1-1 record against NBA teams this year, both games coming down to overtime, and both games being decided by two points. It was a game…
Read MoreSweden Basketligan: Three unbeaten after G2
The Swedish Basketligan completed the second round of league competition on Tuesday with three clubs remaining unbeaten, Borås, Södertälje, and Norrkoping. Borås used a big first frame over Jämtland to pick up their second win in as many games. Norrkoping came from down six to win by six after outscoring LF Basket 32:20 in the…
Read MoreCSKA Moscow beats Timberwolves in OT
In their first of two games against NBA clubs in the US, CSKA Moscow traveled to Minneapolis, Minnesota and squared off against the Timberwolves in the Target Center on Monday. CSKA playmaker Milos Teodosic dropped a pair of singles with 7.5 seconds to play to send the contest into an extra frame and the Russian…
Read MoreBilbao takes 76ers to the wire
Bilbao Basket took part in the NBA Global Games Europe as they hosted the Philadelphia 76ers Sunday in a pre-season
Read MoreReal Madrid downs Barça in Supercopa Endesa
While most of Europe was tipping off the start of their leagues, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona were squaring off in the finals of the “Supercopa de España de Baloncesto 2013″, Spain’s annual pre-season Supercup. In the 2013 edition, Real Madrid held off a late challenge
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