Posts Tagged ‘Panathinaikos Athens’
Euroleague Top 16, Unicaja Malaga loses again
After a really interesting opening to Round 5 of the Euroleague Top 16 on Thursday, there was plenty to live up to on Friday, with three games wrapping the week’s action. While not throwing up as many clear talking points as yesterday, Friday managed to keep the quality high as Barcelona got back on track…
Read MoreGani Lawal heads to Panathinaikos
Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos Athens (Greece-A1) has landed a talented big man in Nigerian-American Gani Lawal (205 cm, Georgia Tech’10). Panathinaikos is currently reeling from injuries to some of its players and are in desperate need for a warm body to fill up their ranks. Lawal just recently left Trabzonspor Basketbol from Turkey’s TBL. He played…
Read MoreEuroleague Top 16 Round 2, Friday
After Real Madrid, CSKA, Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Olympiacos all grabbed wins on Thursday in the Euroleague Top 16, the gauntlet was firmly thrown down to the other giants of the European game. Fenerbahce responded with a convincing road win over Nizhny Novgorod, but there could only be one winner from Barcelona and Panathinaikos as…
Read MorePAOK upsets Panathinaikos to kick off 2015
PAOK Thessaloniki and Panathinaikos Athens took to the hardwood court early in 2015 to play out a postponed game from Round 6 of the regular season. The result was a surprising one as the Black and Whites came up with an amazing upset over the previous league leader in a 71-54 victory. Olympiacos (10-1) now…
Read MoreJulian Wright left Panathinaikos
Julian Wright (203 cm, Kansas’07) has parted company with Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos Athens (A1 and Euroleague) after two months with the club. The American joined The Greens on a month contract back in October, before extending for another month to see him into December. He has now left the club after nine A1 games and…
Read MoreEuroleague, Galatasaray and Panathinaikos win
Christmas may have gone, but the gift of Basketball keeps on giving with two Euroleague games taking place that kept the festivities going. With the competition kicking into full gear again in the New Year, the two clashes on Tuesday were the perfect Top 16 opener as Galatasaray and Panathinaikos both started their second phase…
Read MoreOlympiacos beat Panathinaikos
Greek teams Olympiacos and Panathinaikos clashed this weekend. Both are former Euroleague winners and considered among the best teams in the world outside of the NBA. Entering the “eternal derby” Olympiacos had a 10-1 record and Panathinaikos a 9-0 record. In the end, Olympiacos got a narrow 81-75 home win in the 2nd show down of…
Read MoreEuroleague Regular Season, Barcelona loses
A thrilling opening to Round 9 of the Euroleague Regular Season left just one club remaining with an unblemished record in the competition this year. That accolade goes to CSKA Moscow, but the Russian powerhouse scraped to victory over Unicaja Malaga on the road, taking the win after overtime. Barcelona’s untouched record was snapped as…
Read MoreEuroleague, Madrid and Efes reach Top 16
It was a busy Thursday of Euroleague action as two more teams booked their places in the Top 16. Both progressing clubs came from Group A as Anadolu Efes and Real Madrid won away from home to move to the next round of the competition. There were four other games on the night as the…
Read MoreEuroleague Round 7, Friday recap
A further six Euroleague Round 7 games took place on Friday as this week’s action drew to a close with some big games around Europe. You can catch up on yesterday’s action by heading here, while our full game report for Barcelona vs. EA7 Armani Milan can be found here. Before that though, check out…
Read More