Europe
Last round of the Eurocup regular season
The first duels of the last round of the Eurocup regular season were played yesterday. Frutti Extra Bursaspor 86-89 Buducnost VOLI Podgorica Buducnost will go into the playoffs on a high note after defeating Frutti Extra Bursaspor 86-89 on the road. Buducnost fended off every Bursaspor comeback in the closing minutes to finish Group B…
Read MoreThree more Euroleague playoff spots filled
Friday’s action saw reigning champs Anadolu Efes Istanbul rally from 15 points down to beat ALBA Berlin and clinch a place in the playoffs. With that outcome, AS Monaco also punched its playoffs ticket. FC Bayern Munich completed the playoffs picture by thrashing Crvena Zvezda Belgrade, while Olympiacos Piraeus downed league leaders FC Barcelona and…
Read MoreDen Bosch is the first team to beat Oostende in BNXT League
Den Bosch handed Oostende its first defeat in the BNXT League 75-66. Filou Oostende and Heroes Den Bosch defended intensively in the first quarter. In the first ten minutes, the teams came no further than 14-12. In the second quarter, things went much better on both sides, especially for Heroes Den Bosch. With 26-16, that…
Read MoreThree Euroleague showdowns on Thursday night
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…
Read MoreSweden cuts ex-NBA star Jonas Jerebko due to politics
Ex-NBA star Jonas Jerebko has been cut from Sweden’s national basketball squad; the federation said Thursday, a day after joining CSKA Moscow, despite international condemnation of Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. “A player on the national team represents the Swedish Basketball Federation,” the body said in a statement announcing his exclusion. Jerebko, 35, is…
Read MoreEurocup round 17
Eurocup Round 17 came to a close on Wednesday night with five games in which Reyer advanced to the eighth finals and Cedevita climbed in the standings. Lietkabelis Panevezys 75-77 Turk Telekom Ankara Turk Telekom recorded its first road win since mid-December by topping Lietkabelis 75-77 at Cido Arena on Wednesday. Turk Telekom improved to…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup semi-finals played
Bakken Bears and Bahcesehir College both took the next step toward the FIBA Europe Cup Finals after coming through hard-fought first-leg ties on Wednesday. The FIBA Europe Cup Semi-Finals action began with Bakken securing a close 74-72 triumph over Unahotels Reggio Emilia, while Bahcesehir came from behind to defeat ZZ Leiden 77-71 on the road with both games in…
Read MoreThree Euroleague make-up games played on Tuesday
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…
Read MoreOhod Medina inks Viacheslav Kravtsov
Ohod Medina has signed Ukrainian big man Viacheslav Kravtsov (212 cm). The 33-year-old veteran started the season with Dnipro in his homeland. Once the war broke out with neighboring Russia, the Ukrainian league stopped, and most of the players left the country and signed with foreign clubs. Ohod Medina is currently in 4th place of…
Read MoreImportant milestones in Euroleague round 32
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…
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