Anadolu Efes wins Turkish title

Anadolu Efes on June 7 sealed Turkey’s ING Basketball Super Lig title with a 3-0 series sweep over Fenerbahçe Beko in the playoff finals. Anadolu Efes secured a comfortable 93-66 win over Fenerbahçe Beko in game 3 at Istanbul’s Ülker Sports and Event Hall. Fenerbahçe Beko had a better start with a 25-21 lead in the first quarter. But Anadolu Efes took control…

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Titanes de Barranquilla undefeated Columbian champion

Titanes de Barranquilla are the true titans of Columbian basketball. Yesterday, they beat Tigrillos de Antioquia 89-88 and swept the final series 3-0. Thus, not only did Titanes de Barranquilla sweep the series but the entire championship. They didn’t lose a single game this season! But that’s not all; the club was only founded in…

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Maccabi Tel Aviv wins playoff semifinals opener

Omri Casspi sparked Maccabi Tel Aviv with 17 points in an 88-72 victory over visiting Hapoel Eliat on Sunday in the Israeli League semifinals. Yovel Zoosman poured in 16 point, Ante Zizic contributed 11 and Scottie Wilbekin finished with eight points and eight assists for the hosts. Chris Jones had a 10-point outing. Game 2…

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James Harden to miss Game 2 against Bucks

James Harden, who left the Brooklyn Nets’ last game early in the first quarter, won’t play in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Monday at Barclays Center. The star guard is nursing a right hamstring injury that limited him to 43 seconds of playing time in the Nets’ 115-107 victory over the…

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MZT Skopje sweeps the North Macedonian series and wins the title

MZT Skopje Aerodrom beat Euro Nickel 89-78 in game three of the North Macedonian league finals and thereby swept the series 3-0. It was a remarkable feat since MZT only ended fourth in the regular season. However, in the quarter-finals of the playoffs, they first beat Kumanovo, and in the semis, they swept the number…

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Three teams withdraw from playoffs, fourth crowned Bosnian champion!

Široki Brijeg is the new Bosnian champion, without playing a minute or scoring a single basket. That’s because their opponent in the semi-finals, Igokea, didn’t show up. In the other semifinal series, both teams Borac and Spars also refused to play. In the end, Široki Brijeg was declared Bosnian champion, but the chaos is only…

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Efes Pilsen demolishes Fenerbahçe in game two of the Turkish final series

The second finals match of the Turkish basketball playoff series was marred with fights and discharges as Anadolu Efes clinched its second win over powerful rival Fenerbahçe Beko. Saturday’s 95-73 victory at Istanbul’s Sinan Erdem Arena gave fresh EuroLeague champion Anadolu Efes a significant advantage in its 15th title bid. Rodrigue Beaubois scored 27 points to carry…

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KK Zadar wins Croatian championship after a 13-year drought

Since Croatian independence, Zagreb teams Cedevita and Cibona have mostly dominated the Basketball Championships (25 of 28 seasons). Split was able to pull off one title in 2003, while Zadar was able to win two in 2005 and 2008.  Tonight, the two Dalmatian teams had to battle to find out who would be forever remembered…

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CSKA takes 1-0 lead in VTB League finals

CSKA Moscow beat UNICS in Kazan in the first game of the VTB League finals – 85:77. The rivalry between UNICS and CSKA has become principal in Russian basketball for many years. Finals are expected to be a hard-fought, uncompromising rivalry. The early minutes met those expectations. The opponents spent some time adjusting, after which…

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