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Hereda San Pablo Burgos wins 2020 Basketball Champions League winners
Spanish team Hereda San Pablo Burgos became a professional club back in 2015. Five years later, they are the winners of the Basketball Champions League, taking down Greek hosts AEK in the title game on Sunday, celebrating an 85-74 triumph. Burgos became the first team to win the Basketball Champions League coming from the Qualifying Rounds, and…
Read MoreBarca head coach Jasikevicius tests positive for COVID-19
FC Barcelona announced on Saturday that head coach Sarunas Jasikevicius and assistant Darius Maskoliunas have tested positive for COVID-19. They are both in good health and isolated at home, the club said in its statement, adding that it is cooperating with all the health authorities on the matter.
Read MorePau Gasol finalizing contract with FC Barcelona: reports
Veteran big man Pau Gasol is on the verge of rejoining FC Barcelona for the final chapter of his pro career. According to published reports, Gasol plans to agree to a one-year deal with the Spanish club in his hometown. The 213-cm star has said he wants to compete for the Spain men’s national team…
Read MoreNikola Mirotic, FC Barcelona rally for victory
Nikola Mirotic’s first season with FC Barcelona is filled with impressive achievements. Already, he’s won two Spanish Liga ACB monthly MVP awards (October, January). And last week he became the first player to collect four EuroLeague monthly MVP accolades, following a stellar December when he bagged the honor for the third time. On Sunday, Mirotic…
Read MoreReal Madrid collects 17th Spanish Liga ACB victory of season
Real Madrid maintained its solid form on Sunday, defeating Unicaja Malaga 92-88 in the Spanish Liga ACB. Coach Pablo Laso’s club earned the victory by building a comfortable lead and holding off the hosts down the stretch. Jaycee Carroll and Walter Tavares scored 17 points apiece for Real Madrid, with Tavares also pulling down nine…
Read MoreKlemen Prepelic leads Joventut Badalona past Real Madrid
For Joventut Badalona, the loan acquisition of Slovenian guard Klemen Prepelic from Real Madrid for the 2019-20 season is paying dividends. Prepelic is averaging a career-high 22.4 points with 20 games completed for Joventut Badalona, including Sunday’s 86-83 upset victory over Real Madrid. The backcourt dynamo scored a game-high 22 points to lead Joventut Badalona’s…
Read MoreBaskonia shocks Real Madrid
Baskonia recorded a stunning 95-94 upset victory over reigning Spanish Liga ACB champion Real Madrid on Sunday. In a game featuring dramatic momentum shifts, with both clubs dominating for large stretches in the first half, it came down to the final second. Tornike Shengelia clanked two free throws with 5 seconds left in the fourth…
Read MoreMirotic powers Barcelona passed Real Madrid at Liga Endesa
It was an exciting send-off for 2019 in the Spanish Liga Endesa on Sunday. Fans were treated to nothing but the best basketball had to offer. On tap was an El Clasico matchup between perennial rivals, FC Barcelona Lassa and Real Madrid. It was, as expected, a packed-stadium affair. Thanks to Real Madrid nursing injured…
Read MoreToney Douglas signs with Estudiantes
Former NBA guard Toney Douglas (188 cm, FSU’09) has agreed to terms with Movistar Estudiantes Madrid (Spain-Liga Endesa) and will be bolstering their roster for the remainder of the 2019-20 season. Douglas last saw action for Darussafaka Istanbul (Turkey-BSL) in 2018-19. He played 20 games for them in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and produced averages…
Read MoreReal Madrid suffers first loss at Liga ACB
It was a wild and exciting weekend in Spain’s Liga ACB or Liga Endesa as Round 9 action was. Out of the eight games played over the weekend, definitely none other was more thrilling, and surprising than the upset victory of now-7th-ranked Retabet Bilbao Basket over the previously undefeated league leaders Real Madrid 82-81, on…
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