BC Partizan crew has sailed in the Euroleague Top 8 seas for the third
consecutive year! Barcelona took their revenge over the Black and
Whites, the only team that has beaten them in this Euroleague, beating
them in 'Blaugrana' by the score 82:64 (22:16, 14:14, 25:12, 21:22).
Read more here.
Euroleague Top 16 Week 6 MVP: Romain Sato, Montepaschi Siena
The Top 16 came to an end with a farewell performance by Romain Sato of
Montepaschi Siena being good enough earn him the MVP honor for Week 6.
It marked second time this season that he won the weekly award. Sato
led Montepaschi to a 93-87 home win against Efes Pilsen with 22 points
on 6-of-9 two-pointers and 7-of-7 free throws. Read more here.
EuroLeague Quarterfinal Playoffs 2010
The road to the 2010 Final Four in Paris saw eight more teams get off
at the end of the Top 16 and only eight remain for the Quarterfinal
Playoffs. One of them will be the new Euroleague champion on May 9. But
first they need to get through the best-of-five playoffs! Read more here.
NLB League, General Assembly: New basketball rules
The ABA Sidro General Assembly, which was held in Ljubljana on Monday,
8th of March 2010, confirmed the latest change of basketball rules,
which was announced by FIBA. The new rules will be in use since the
beginning of the 2010/11 season. At the same time it was decided that
all basketball halls in which NLB League games are played should have
the minimum capacity of 2.000 seats since the 2010/11 season.
EuroCup, Last 16 Game 6 MVP: Marc Salyers, Le Mans
A big performance in a winning effort to leave the competition in style
was required for Marc Salyers of Le Mans to become the Last 16 Week 6
MVP. Salyers led Le Mans to a 79-75 home win against Aris BSA 2003 with
25 points on 6-of-9 two-point shooting and 4-of-5 free throws. He added
8 rebounds, an assists, 2 steals, a block and 5 fouls drawn for a
performance index rating of 33. Read more here.
14 clubs also in the future, Nymburk joining the NLB League
The NLB League General Assembly, which was held in Ljubljana on Monday,
finished with some important decisions. In the upcoming season 2010/11
the league will count 14 clubs and not 12 as it was previously decided
and will also welcome a newcomer, which doesn't come from the region.
The Czech club Nymburk was given one of three wild-cards for the
2010/11 season.
