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VTB United League: Lokomotiv downs Samara
Round 7 of the VTB United League Regular Season saw two games take place on Saturday as Lokomotiv went big to defeat Krasnye Krylia Samara in an all-Russian clash. In the other game Finnish club Nilan Bisons Loimaa continued to struggle as they fell at home to Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar vs. Krasnye…
Read MoreReal Madrid and Galatasaray win in Euroleague
Real Madrid survived a road test by a dogged Zalgiris Kaunas as the Spanish team got back on track in the 2014/2015 Euroleague season. Los Blancos were not the only team tasting victory on Friday as Round 6 wrapped with three other games on the night. In the rest of the action, Nizhny Novgorod kept…
Read MoreEuroleague: CSKA, Barca, and Olympiacos in Top 16
The busiest Thursday of the Euroleague season so far tipped off this evening with eight games getting Round 6 underway. We are past the halfway stage of the Regular Season now and are starting to see the teams that look most likely to progress to the last 16. However, there is all to play for…
Read MoreEurocup Round 6 of Regular Season
We are deep into the competition now as the Eurocup Round 6 brought another week of action to the continents second biggest club competition. There were plenty of thrills through the two days, and the odd spill too as only two teams now remain unbeaten, one of them booking passage to the Last 32, the…
Read MoreEvgeny Pashutin appointed Unics head coach
Evgeny Pashutin will continue his career with the Russian Unics Kazan. The Russian specialist was confirmed as the head coach of the team. The well-known former Unics Kazan and CSKA Moscow player started his coaching career with the Moscow giant, leading the junior team through the 2003/2004 season. He moved up through the ranks at CSKA…
Read MoreD.J. Kennedy departs Krasny Oktyabr
D.J. Kennedy (198 cm, St. John’s’11) has left Russian club Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd after playing a total of seven games for the team this 2014-15 season. Kennedy played four games for them in the VTB United league and averaged 19.3 ppg and 6.0 rpg. He also played in three games for them in Eurocup action…
Read MoreBC Astana downs Avtodor in VTB League
The VTB United League is starting to take shape as the competition enters its sixth round of games, with BC Astana claiming a win. One game tipped off Week 6 on Saturday as Astana and Avtodor clashed in Kazakhstan, with the home team narrowly emerging victorious. BK Astana vs. Avtodor Saratov, 86-85 A tight and…
Read MoreEuroleague, Real Madrid slip to Efes
Round 5 of the 2014/2015 Euroleague season brought with it a big surprise as Anadolu Efes Istanbul shocked Real Madrid to hand the Spanish club its first defeat of the season. Elsewhere on Friday CSKA Moscow stayed perfect in the Euroleague this term, as did Barcelona by gunning down Panathinaikos in a clash of the…
Read MoreLevan Patsatsia to Nizhny Novgorod
Levan Patsatsia (198 cm, Troy’11) will join the ranks of BC Nizhny Novgorod and will play for the club in the VTB United League and the Euroleague this season. The player started the 2014/2015 season on the books at MIA Academy Tbilisi (Superleague) in his native Georgia and over three games he offered 13.3 points,…
Read MoreDaniels leaves Nizhny Novgorod
Will Daniels (203 cm, Rhode Island’08) will no longer represent the colours of BC Nizhny Novgorod (Russia, VTB and Euroleague) after parting ways with the club. The American joined Nizhny at the start of this season and through four VTB games he logged numbers of 2.0 points and 1.3 rebounds per game. Daniels also hit…
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