Europe
90 points difference in Turkish league game
In yesterday’s Turkish league game, TOFAŞ beat HDI SİGORTA AFYON BELEDİYESİ with 145-55! It is European record for this season. After the first quarter, the home team led by “only” 27-15, but at halftime the difference was already 47 points (81-34). From there on, things got from bad to worse and via 116-48 in the…
Read MoreEuroleague Basketball announces rescheduled games
Following the ECA Shareholders approval of the modification proposal presented by Euroleague Basketball of the COVID-19 Special regulations, the following games have been rescheduled to be played on the stated new dates and times: ROUND 17 Zalgiris Kaunas vs. AX Armani Exchange Milan, February 8, 2022, at 20:00 Local Time. ROUND 18 AX Armani Exchange…
Read MoreBig Euroleague wins for UNICS Kazan and Baskonia
The final night of Turkish Airlines EuroLeague action in 2021 saw UNICS Kazan and Bitci Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz claim big wins at home, while Zenit St Petersburg rallied for an overtime win on the road. UNICS scored the first 17 points of the game and held on late to beat reigning champion Anadolu Efes Istanbul. Baskonia…
Read MoreZenit St.Petersburg signs Tyson Carter
Zenit St.Petersburg made official on Wednesday afternoon the addition of guard Tyson Carter until June of 2023. Carter (193 cm, 23 years old) arrives from the Greek League, where he played with Lavrio and averaged 16.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.9 assists this season. It was his first professional adventure after playing four years of…
Read MoreMonaco triumphs in lone Euroleague Wednesday game
The second half of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season began with a solitary Wednesday game in Round 18 that saw AS Monaco defeat Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 82-76. The final games of the calendar year will be played on Thursday. Among the highlights, UNICS Kazan will get things going when it hosts defending champion…
Read MoreIgokea clinch home-court advantage for FIBA Basketball Championsleague Play-In
Bosnian team Igokea has gained a home-court advantage for the Play-In round thanks to a 75-64 win over Greek team PAOK to close out group play. With the loss, PAOK will now have to begin the Play-In on the road. This was only the second win on the road for Igokea in the BCL. Turning point: There wasn’t…
Read MoreEuroleague games suspended due to COVID-19
The EuroLeague Regular Season Round 18 game between Fenerbahce Istanbul and Real Madrid, originally scheduled to be played on Wednesday, December 29, has been suspended. Real Madrid requested the suspension after several team members tested positive for COVID-19, which leaves it without the minimum eight players on the Authorization List fit to play. Following the…
Read MoreOnly one victory separates the first four teams in VTB standings
The intrigue of the battle for the 1st place in the VTB League persisted into the last game of this calendar year. By beating Zenit, UNICS Kazan would have regained the 1st place and left for the New Year holidays ranked as number one in the VTB standings. Zenit, which is among the Top-3 in…
Read MoreThe halfway point reached in the EuroLeague Regular Season
We reached the halfway point in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season after a thrilling slate of Round 17 games. Four games were decided in the final seconds, with first-placed Barcelona, defending champion Efes, Zenit, and ASVEL hanging on for tough wins. The only Round 17 road winners were the Reds in the Athens derby…
Read MoreHome teams win thrillers on Wednesday’s Euroleague action
Round 17 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season produced a pair of thrillers among the three Wednesday tip-offs. The champs rallied late to edge Crvena Zvezda behind a strong finish from EuroLeague MVP Vasilije Micic, and later first-place Barcelona erased a 20-point deficit to force overtime and defeat UNICS. In between, ALBA snapped a…
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