Euroleague

Game 1 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs came to Piraeus, Greece, and Madrid, Spain, on Wednesday and left the home fans feeling good about the chances of their teams reaching the Final Four. Olympiacos Piraeus 71-54 AS Monaco Olympiacos Piraeus celebrated its first Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs game in four years with a defensive…

The Euroleague playoffs bracket is full of classic confrontations after the final standings. The four best-of-five series going forward were decided on Wednesday with the final result of the regular season. The playoffs start on Tuesday, April 19, and will last until Wednesday, May 4, if any of the series go the five-game distance. Top-seeded…

Daryl Macon’s buzzer-beating three-pointer gave Panathinaikos a road win at Fenerbahce in Friday’s opener. Playoff-bound Bayern rallied to knock off Real Madrid, sending the hosts to a fourth-place finish, with Olympiacos in second and Milan third. Efes lost the chance to seal fifth place by losing at Zvezda. And Monaco waltzed past already eliminated ALBA…

The Euroleague regular season’s final round started with a huge upset as Barcelona lost at home to Maccabi. The night’s other game was decided in the closing seconds, but everyone will have to wait until the end of Round 34 on Friday to know the full playoffs bracket. FC Barcelona 80-104 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv…

Anadolu Efes Istanbul 81-76 FC Bayern Munich Efes pushed closer to finishing fifth in the regular season when it downed Bayern 81-76 in their rescheduled Round 19 game on Tuesday. Efes improved to 16-11 with the victory. Bayern fell to 13-14 and is now sure of finishing in eighth place and, therefore, will meet top-seeded…

March ended with three exciting Euroleague showdowns on Thursday night to start Round 33. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 87-86 Real Madrid Panathinaikos pulled off a late-season upset when it knocked off Real Madrid 87-86 at home to snap a 13-game losing streak to the Spanish side. Panathinaikos fended off every Real comeback attempt to win its…

The penultimate week of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season got underway on Tuesday, with a trio of makeup games carrying major significance in the race for the playoffs. Panathinaikos OPAP Athens 83-95 Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv Maccabi continued its late EuroLeague Playoff push and came on the verge of punching a post-season ticket with…

Whether reaching important milestones or staying alive, it was a big night for every winner in four games on Friday to close Round 32. AS Monaco 78-68 Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz Monaco improved its chances of reaching the playoffs – and eliminated a potential opponent in that race – by downing Baskonia by 78-68 at home…

Zalgiris Kaunas 68-72 LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne ASVEL snapped an eight-game losing streak by topping Zalgiris 68-72 on the road. Elie Okobo led the winners with 21 points, including three clutch threes in the fourth quarter, and teenager Victor Wembanyama posted 14 points and five blocks. Edgaras Ulanovas paced Zalgiris with 15 points, and Arturas Milaknis…