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Phoenix Suns Fire Igor Kokoskov
The Phoenix Suns announced on Monday that they will be firing Serbian head coach Igor Kokoskov after one season. The team finished with the worst record in the Western Conference (19-63), marking the third straight season that the franchise has ended a season at the bottom of the barrel. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN,…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda Reclaims ABA League Crown
On Monday night, Crvena Zvezda Beograd returned to the top of the podium and reclaimed their ABA League crown after a dominant 97-54 Game 5 win over KK Buducnost Podgorica in the finals. With this momentous victory, Red Star reasserts their dominance over the Adriatic region. They have four championships out of the last five…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda one step closer to the ABA League title
Crvena Zvezda dominated Buducnost at home in Belgrade on Friday night in Game 1 of the ABA League Finals (91-72). The visitors from Montenegro stayed close until the end of the first half (45-42). But, then Crvena Zvezda took over and was unstoppable. The Serbian team played very well on both ends of the floor…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda advances to the ABA League Finals
Crvena Zvezda crushed Partizan in Game 3 of the semi-finals series (84-63) and advanced to the Finals of the ABA League (or Adriatic League). Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) took control from the first half and never looked back (41-21). They led by as many as 35 points (78-43) and cruised to an easy victory. For…
Read MorePartizan beat Crvena Zvezda and forces Game 3
Partizan defended its home court on Saturday night and beat city rival Crvena Zvezda (70-67) to tie the ABA semi-final series and force a Game 3. It was a late thriller at the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall that was decided in the final seconds. Marcus Paige scored five of his eight points for Partizan in the…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda victorious in late thriller vs Partizan
Crvena Zvezda stepped up in overtime and defeated Partizan at home (106-101) in Game 1 of the ABA League best-of-three semi-final series. The game between the two arch-rivals from Belgrade was like a thriller. Crvena Zvezda was ahead but in the dying seconds of the game, Partizan’s guard Alex Renfroe made a lay-up to tie…
Read MoreAleksandar Djordjevic hired by Virtus Bologna
Virtus Bologna (Italy-Serie A) has landed experienced Serbian-Italian coach Aleksandar Djordjevic to take the helm of the team for the remainder of the 2018-19 season. He most recently was the coach of FC Bayern Muenchen (Germany-BBL) from 2016 to 2018. He successfully guided them to a German League championship in 2017. This comes at the…
Read MoreSasa Obradovic new coach of AS Monaco
AS Monaco (France-Pro A) has made a drastic change and signed experienced Serbian coach Sasa Obradovic to take over the head coaching duties of the team for the remainder of the season. Obradovic left Lokomotiv Kuban (Russia-VTB) in November 2018. He will be bringing a fresh perspective and a wealth of experience to the team…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda secures 1st place in ABA regular season
Crvena Zvezda crushed Mornar Bar on the road on Saturday (57-90) and thereby secured the top spot in the ABA League regular season standings. With three rounds to go in the regular season, no other team will be able to surpass the Serbians in the standings. They have four victories more than second-placed Buducnost (last…
Read MoreCrvena Zvezda suffers first loss in the ABA League
Cedevita dominated Crvena Zvezda at home (84-68) yesterday and handed the Serbians their first defeat in the ABA League. The Croatian hosts took the lead from the second quarter onwards and never looked back. They led by as many as 29 points (77-48) and cruised to an easy victory. The Serbian visitors cut the deficit…
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