Europe
Ties at the top of the Eurocup standings
The final night of action for the 7DAYS EuroCup in 2021 came with Wednesday of Round 8, after which five teams are tied for the best record in the competition at 6-2. Lokomotiv outlasted Partizan to leave the two even in Group A. Joventut pulled away late in Poland to join them in a three-way…
Read MoreThree road warriors shake up Eurocup Group B
Half of the teams in the 7DAYS EuroCup played their finals games of 2021 on Tuesday, and the results saw three road warriors shake things up in Group B. Buducnost left France with a victory over Bourg that sent it alone atop the group – at least for one day. Reyer was victorious in Patras…
Read MoreAvtodor Saratov beats Zenit St. Petersburg in VTB game of the week
Avtodor Saratov beat Zenit St.Petersburg on the road yesterday (83-74) in a game between the numbers two and three of the VTB League. Saratov is now firmly in second place of the standing with the same score (9-1) as Unics Kazan. RivalryThe rivalry between Zenit and Avtodor, which debuted in the VTB United League at…
Read MoreSeven sweepers shake up Euroleague standings
After seven teams completed 48-hour sweeps in a Round 16 full of tight games, a week that began with two teams on double-digit victories ended with five more joining them. On Thursday, the top two teams in the standings – Barcelona (14-2) and Real (13-3) – had to sweat out road wins. While on Friday,…
Read MoreEuroleague recap
The two-round week for December continued on Thursday with the first four games of Round 16. All four Thursday winners completed perfect weeks. The two Istanbul teams won easily, while the two Spanish teams had to sweat it out. Fenerbahce blasted Baskonia and Efes rode Shane Larkin’s hot had to victory in Tel Aviv. Barcelona…
Read MoreRoad warriors rule in Euroleague round 15
The two-round week for December began with four home teams winning big on Tuesday, but the opposite was true on Wednesday of Round 15 with three teams celebrating triumphs on the road. UNICS Kazan made history in its rout in Moscow, Zenit stifled ASVEL, and AS Monaco trumped Zalgiris in Lithuania in Coach Sasa Obradovic’s…
Read MorePartizan sits alone atop Eurocup Group A
The results on Wednesday of Round 7 in the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season left changes at the top of both groups. Hamburg stunned Lokomotiv in Group A, and Gran Canaria left Podgorica with a road win in Group B. Accordingly, Partizan, who survived a stiff challenge from Slask, sits alone atop Group A with a…
Read MoreFIBA Europe Cup Second Round Recap
The second week of FIBA Europe Cup Second Round action saw more overtime drama with four teams making it two wins from two. Unahotels Reggio Emilia secured a dramatic 80-79 overtime triumph on the road against Kyiv-Basket as Mikael Hopkins came up with the decisive score in the extra period. It was a balanced scoring effort from…
Read MoreBlowout wins in Euroleague
The two-round week for December began with a five-game son Tuesday, which saw four of them turn into blowouts for the hosts. Anadolu Efes, Fenerbahce, Milan, and Real Madrid all cruised to double-digit margins of victory at home. Only Fenerbahce, which bested Maccabi, defeated a team with a better record than it. League-leading Barcelona protected…
Read MoreRound 7 of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season
Round 7 of the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season opened on Tuesday with four games. Andorra and Joventut both won at home to move even on wins with the Group A co-leaders – Lokomotiv and Partizan, which play on Wednesday. Group A’s other Tuesday game featured the night’s lone road winner, Turk Telekom, triumphed in Trento.…
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