Recaps
Euroleague Top 16 tips off
Every game is massive now as the Euroleague Top 16 tipped off with round one action, ushered in by three contests on Tuesday. There will be a further six games on Wednesday in what is the only Top 16 round to be played in 2015, the rest of the Euroleague will now be competed in…
Read MoreBuducnost still Tops Adriatic League
Two Adriatic League games were played on December 28th. Fourth-ranked Mega Leks managed to squeeze out a tight win against MZT Skopje on the road. Mega Leks has been doing well in the Adriatic league and are holding steady with their 11-6 record, while MZT Skopje is still very much in the mix for a…
Read MoreAdriatic League: Partizan Slides Further Down
Two popular Serbian clubs closed out Round 17 of 2015-16 Adriatic League action, but ended up with mixed results. Crvena Zvezda “Red Star” Telekom Beograd continued its winning streak with a 63-73 road victory over Tajfun Setjur. The struggles this season of BC Partizan continued with a tough 66-73 loss at home to KK Igokea…
Read MoreVTB United League: win for CSKA
CSKA Moscow will hold top spot of the VTB United League heading into 2016 as the Army Men closed this year with a cruising 94-64 win over Enisey Krasnoyarsk. The victory consolidated CSKA Moscow at the top of the VTB United League standings with a 13-1 record, while Siberian based Enisey stayed ninth with a…
Read MoreKhimki keeps pressure on CSKA
Khimki Moscow Region collected its fourth consecutive victory with a slick road win over Kalev/Cramo Tallin in Estonia on Wednesday night. Last season’s VTB United League runner-up Khimki is hunting down leader CSKA Moscow once again and now sits in third place with a 10-3 record, while CSKA sits top with a 12-1 showing. The…
Read MoreVTB United League, CSKA top at Christmas
Tuesday in the VTB United League saw some of the larger teams flex their muscles, particularly current five time champs CSKA Moscow with a win over Bisons Loima. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar and Nizhny Novgorod, two of the clubs who could dethrone CSKA got back on track with victories, both clubs have suffered patchy form of…
Read MoreBuducnost wins over Crvena Zvezda in Adriatic
The final game of Round 15 of Adriatic League basketball action was a clash between two of the league’s titans. Top-ranked KK Buducnost Voli Podgorica (Montenegro) took down defending champions, Crvena Zvezda Telekom Beograd (Serbia) 68-54. In the case of this round, the best was truly saved for last. Buducnost holds a league-best 13-2 record.…
Read MoreValencia Basket’s Streak now at 11 Wins
Valencia Basket is in the midst of one its best starts in the Spanish Liga Endesa this 2015-16. The club notched its 11th straight victory, defeating La Bruixa d’Or Manresa 62-74, to remain undefeated. It was one of six games that closed out Round 11 of regular season action for the Spanish ACB. Justin Hamilton…
Read MoreEuroleague: Real Madrid makes Top 16
The door to the Top 16 is closing this week in the Euroleague as the Regular Season enters its final week, with six games on Thursday and a further six contests on Friday. Two more spots were taken in the next round this evening as Real Madrid completed a turnaround to progress from Group A…
Read MoreEurocup: Regular Season wraps
Group A Union Olimpija Ljubljana edged already qualified EWE Baskets Oldenburg 75-77 on the road to slip into the Last 32 and end its Eurocup Regular Season on a high. The victory allowed Union Olimpija to leapfrog Oldenburg for sole possession of third place (5-5), while the German hosts slipped to fourth (4-6). Despite it…
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