Posts by CJ Clarkson
Home teams dominate in Euroleague round six
Winning on the road continues to become more valuable this season as the hosts won seven of Round 6’s nine games, taking the record for home teams to a 72.2 winning percentage. Thanks to another game-winning shot from Nikola Mirotic, Barcelona is now the only unbeaten team left through six rounds after outlasting Fenerbahce 74-76…
Read MoreLokomotiv and Joventut are first to 2 wins in Eurocup
Round 2 of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season began on Tuesday with four games which saw only one team manage to protect its home floor. Joventut Badalona did so by blitzing past Hamburg Towers to improve to 2-0. Joventut joined Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar atop Group A after it edged Lietkabelis Panevezys in Alan Williams’s return…
Read MorePAOK holds off Galatasaray for first win of FIBA Champions League season
Playing in front of their passionate home crowd, PAOK was able to get their first win of the Basketball Champions League season over previously undefeated Galatasaray 81-74. While PAOK picked up their first win, this was Galatasaray’s first loss in group play. Galatasaray got another strong game from DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell, who finished with 21 points…
Read MoreGran Canaria shocks Real in Madrid
Gran Canaria has become the first team to win at the WiZink Center this season and also the first to topple Real Madrid in the Spanish ACB Liga Endesa. Herbalife Gran Canaria came to Madrid with a game plan; slow down the pace and focus on defense, and it worked. Real Madrid only scored 70 points and turned the ball over…
Read MoreBarcelona keeps a perfect record in the Euroleague
After a Thursday night with five games decided by five points or less, Friday saw three double-digit victories, including ALBA surprising Zvezda in Belgrade. Barcelona blasted Zenit, its playoffs opponent of last spring, one night after Milan survived at home against ASVEL as both remain unbeaten at 5-0. CSKA won its fourth straight against visiting…
Read MoreEuroleague; five thrillers
On a night that saw all five games decided in the final minutes, Anadolu Efes Istanbul and FC Bayern Munich captured their first season wins. At the same time, AX Armani Exchange Milan rallied to remain undefeated. As has been the theme this season, home courts were protected, with Bayern’s win in Kaunas the only…
Read MoreUnicaja wins first-ever BCL game in Malaga while Falco stuns VEF in Riga
In the battle of two national champions, VEF Riga suffered a tough defeat at home to Falco Szombathely, splitting Group D in half after just a couple of Gamedays. Meanwhile, Unicaja defeated Lavrio Megabolt to stay unbeaten. The Latvian champions were looking for a bounce-back win at home against the Hungarian champions, but the atmosphere…
Read MorePartizan, Joventut, Cedevita start Eurocup with road wins
The 2021-22 7DAYS EuroCup season is upon us. The regular season tipped off with a new format – 20 teams split between two round-robin groups. The first five games were played on Tuesday. Partizan NIS Belgrade, Joventut Badalona, and Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana recorded the season’s first road wins in Hamburg, Germany; Trento, Italy; and Grand…
Read MoreFenerbahce demolish Efes in Turkish derby
In a game between the two Turkish titans, Fenerbahce played with enthusiasm and energy and easily defeated Anadolu Efes 90-68. Fenerbahce now has a 4-0 Turkish league record, while Efes lost for the first time. Anadolu Efes had five turnovers in the first 5 minutes, and Fenerbahçe quickly took the lead in the game. In…
Read MoreBarcelona and Milan still unbeaten in Euroleague
Barcelona and Milan share first place with unbeaten 4-0 records after closing out the Euroleague season’s first double-round week with victories on Friday. Barca suffered into overtime before stopping host Monaco while Milan held off still-winless defending champion Efes. Olympiacos, CSKA, Zenit, and Real stayed on the heels of the leaders with home wins to…
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