December 31, 2016 - Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season Round 15 MVP: Keith Langford, Unics Kazan Keith
Langford played an instrumental role in leading his team back from a
14-point third-quarter deficit to defeat Panathinaikos Superfoods
Athens 83-81 on Friday, and in doing so claimed MVP honors for Round 15
of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. Read more here.
December 31, 2016 - Unics storms back from 14 down to beat Greens Unics
Kazan rallied back from a 14-point third-quarter deficit to stun
Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens 83-81 on Friday. Keith Langford starred
with 27 points and 5 assists to lead the winners, who won their third
straight game to improve to 6-9 and move within one victory of the
playoff zone. Read more here.
December 31, 2016 - Theis stars as Bamberg beats Galatasaray in Istanbul Brose
Bamberg routed Galatasaray 75-90 to claim its fourth win in the last
five games and advance to 6-9 at the midway point of the EuroLeague
Regular Season. After a closely contested opening quarter, the German
champs surged clear in the second and never looked back. Read more here.
December 31, 2016 - Tomic leads Barcelona to late win over Darussafaka FC
Barcelona Lassa reached the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular
Season's halfway mark by downing Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul 81-77 at
home on Friday. Barcelona improved its record to 7-8 while Darussafaka
dropped to 8-7. Read more here.
December 31, 2016 - Karpos Sokoli scored 5th consecutive win at home court Karpos
Sokoli have finished the year in the best possible way as they downed
Mornar at home court. Boris Trajkovski Hall is becoming a real
basketball fortress. Kendrick Perry was the MVP of this match as he had
17 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, while his overall index rating was
32. Read more here.
December 31, 2016 - Partizan NIS keep on winning Even
Cibona were not a strong enough obstacle to stop Partizan NIS’ march
towards obtaining a final second place in the standings. Thanks to
their excellent 3rd quarter performance, Aleksandar Dzikic’s squad
outscored the Zagreb squad on the road in Drazen Petrović Arena. Read
more here.
December 31, 2016 - Buducnost came back from -17 and ended their losing streak Buducnost
VOLI have come up with a major comeback at home in Moraca, after being
behind already by 17 points at the beginning of the 2nd quarter and won
their first game after 4 defeats in a row. Marcus Williams ended the
game with 22 points, 9 assists. Read more here.
December 30, 2016 - L'Hospitalet and ANGT welcome 2017 with a new edition The
2016-17 edition of the EUROLEAGUE BASKETBALL ADIDAS NEXT GENERATION
TOURNAMENT tips off in the suburbs of Barcelona with the ANGT
Qualifying Tournament - Torneig de Bàsquet Junior Ciutat de
L’Hospitalet from January 6 through 8, 2017. Read more here.
December 30, 2016 - Brose Bamberg extends Heckmann until 2019 German
champ Brose Bamberg announced a contract one-year extension with
forward Patrick Heckmann until the end of the 2018-19 season. Heckmann
(1.98 meters, 24 years old) is averaging 2.3 points in almost 13
minutes per game in this Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season. Read more here.
December 30, 2016 - ABA league, Round 16 Round
16 in regular season in ABA league will start today, still in 2016 and
will finish in January 3, 2017. Crvena zvezda mts is still undefeated
after 15 played rounds. Partizan NIS is on second place with 12-3
record. Cedevita, Buducnost VOLI, Cibona will keep their fight for
spots in Play-offs. Read more here.
December 30, 2016 - Voigtmann, Larkin star as Baskonia dumps Maccabi Baskonia
put a great end to a glorious 2016 by downing Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv
101-88 in front of over 14,800 fans at Fernando Buesa Arena on
Thursday. Baskonia improved to 10-5 at the halfway mark of the Turkish
Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season while Maccabi dropped to 5-10. Read
more here.
December 30, 2016 - Fourth quarter heroics deliver Zalgiris victory in Milan Zalgiris
delivered a powerful fourth quarter to improve to 6-9 with a 70-78
victory over EA7 Milan, which slipped to 4-11 with its eighth
consecutive loss. Zalgiris led the entire first half before Hickman and
Sanders inspired a 13-0 run for Milan and the game was tied at 56-56
after 3 quarters. Read more here.
December 30, 2016 - Olympiacos first shuts down, then holds off Fenerbahce Olympiacos
welcomed back a couple of familiar faces and went on to hold off
visiting Fenerbahce Istanbul 71-62 on Thursday night at Peace and
Friendship Stadium. The win improved Olympiacos to 10-5 and a share of
the second place at the halfway point of the regular season. Read more here.
December 30, 2016 - Crvena Zvezda leads from start to finish in routing CSKA Crvena
Zvezda mts Belgrade never trailed in defeating defending champion CSKA
Moscow 78-67 on Thursday at Kombank Arena. The hosts scored the first
13 points of the game and kept their fans involved with spectacular
plays and great hustle the rest of the way. Read more here.
December 30, 2016 - Doncic's late heroics lead Real Madrid to road win at Efes Real
Madrid reached the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season's halfway
mark in style by downing Anadolu Efes Istanbul 78-80 on the road on
Thursday. Madrid improved to 10-5 despite being without injured
superstar Sergio Llull while Efes dropped to 7-8. Read more here.
December 29, 2016 - Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Round 15 The
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague season reaches its midway point with a
flurry of festive fixtures, including two powerhouses going head to
head to break their tie for joint second place. The action starts in
Istanbul, where Anadolu Efes will host Real Madrid. Read more here.
December 29, 2016 - Lietuvos Rytas adds playmaker Hannah Lietuvos
Rytas strengthened its frontcourt by inking point guard Clevin Hannah
for the remainder of the season. Hannah (1.79 meters, 29 years old)
arrives from Demir Insaat Buyukcekmece, where he averaged 9.5 points
and 4 assists in 8 Turkish League games this season. Read more here.
December 29, 2016 - ABA league Round 15 MVP: Marko Simonovic, Crvena zvezda mts We
have the MVP of the 15th round of the season and it is Marko Simonovic
of Crvena zvezda mts, for the first time this season. Simonovic
dominated the court of Dom sportova in Zadar during the match of the
round, against Cedevita. Read more here.
December 28, 2016 - Olympiacos bolsters backcourt with Waters Olympiacos
Piraeus filled the void in its backcourt by signing point guard Dominic
Waters for the remainder of the season, the club announced Tuesday.
Waters (1.85 meters, 30 years old) comes in as a replacement for Daniel
Hackett. Read more here.
December 28, 2016 - Galatasaray adds Fitipaldo to backcourt Galatasaray
Odebank Istanbul has added a fresh face to its backcourt by signing
point guard Bruno Fitipaldo, the club announced on Tuesday. Fitipaldo
(1.84 meters, 25 years old) arrives from the Italian side Betaland Capo
d’Orlando. Read more here.
December 28, 2016 - Mornar left no chance to Cibona The
winning streak of Cibona has ended in Bar, as Mornar defeated the
Wolves in front of home crowd. Mornar had 6 players with double-digits
this evening, while Vukota Pavic had the highest index rating. He
scored 13 points, had 6 rebounds and collected 21 index points. Read
more here.
December 28, 2016 - Olimpija better than Krka for the second time this season For
the second time this season in the ABA League, Olimpija Ljubljana have
triumphed in a local derby against Krka. This time the Dragons are
carrying home the two points from Novo mesto. Nikola Jankovic was the
top scorer of the guests with 16 points. Read more here.
December 28, 2016 - Nemanja Kapetanovic signs with Mega Leks Mega
Leks have just got another reinforcement for the rest of the season, as
Nemanja Kapetanovic has signed a contract with the club. Kapetanovic
was born on February 3, 1997 and he is 195 cm tall. He used to play for
the youth selections of Partizan and Crvena zvezda. Read more here.
December 28, 2016 - Darussafaka adds young star center Zizic Darussfaka
Dogus Istanbul invested in its frontline by signing young center Ante
Zizic, who has been tearing up the Adriatic League with Cibona Zagreb.
Zizic (2.10 meters, 19 years old) leads the Adriatic League in scoring
(20 ppg.), shooting percentage (69.5%). Read more here.
December 27, 2016 - Major upset in Visnjik – Zadar beat Buducnost VOLI In
the only game of ABA League's Monday programme, Zadar have outscored
Buducnost VOLI at home in Kresimir Cosic Arena and are continuing to
fight for a spot in the upper half of the standings. Ivan Marinkovic
scored 22 points, grabbed 5 rebounds. Read more here.
December 26, 2016 - Mega Leks exit the danger zone by overpowering FMP Mega
Leks were the ones that managed to exit the danger zone in the derby
battle of the bottom of the standings. FMP resisted adequately only in
the opening half of the game in Pinki Hall. Alpha Kaba's dominance was
the key to Mega Leks' stability of the game. Read more here.
December 26, 2016 - Crvena zvezda mts - 15 wins out of 15 rounds Crvena
zvezda mts beat Cedevita on the road and kept the perfect score in
2016-17 ABA League season. The red & white crew have 15 wins out of
15 rounds. Marko SImonovic is playing in incredible form. Crvena zvezda
mts forward finished the match with 27 points! Read more here.
December 25, 2016 - Igokea are back at winning track Thanks
to their convincing display, Igokea have returned back to the winning
track after two defeats, as they have outplayed Karpos Sokoli at the
home court of Laktasi Sports Hall. They remain in the race for a spot
in the Playoffs! Read more here.
December 25, 2016 - The black & white winning streak continues as Partizan down MZT Partizan
NIS have scored their 6th win in a row in ABA League after beating MZT
Skopje Aerodrom in Belgrade. Great return of Novica Velickovic. He
finished the match with 21 points and 5 rebounds, while his overall
index rating was 23. Read more here.
December 25, 2016 - Maccabi hires Bagatskis as head coach Maccabi
FOX Tel Aviv announced on Saturday that Ainars Bagatskis has been hired
as the team’s head coach. The contract is for the remainder of this
season with a club option for the 2017-18 campaign. Bagatskis, 49,
arrives from Darussafaka Dogus Istanbul. Read more here.
December 25, 2016 - Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season Round 14 MVP: Keith Langford, Unics Kazan Keith
Langford missed Unics Kazan’s Round 13 game with an ankle injury. But
on Thursday, he came back and dominated to lead Unics to a
come-from-behind 80-88 road win at Zalgiris Kaunas, earning with it the
title of MVP for Round 14 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular
Season. Read more here.
December 24, 2016 - ABA league, Round 15 Same
old story. Crvena zvezda mts is still undefeated after 14 games played
in ABA league Regular Season. Partizan NIS is on the second place with
11-3 record. Cedevita, Cibona, Buducnost VOLI have identical 10-4
record and will keep fight for the first 4 position. Read more here.
December 24, 2016 - Dixon leads Fenerbahce to memorable overtime win in Moscow History
repeated itself as CSKA and Fenerbahce went to overtime, just as they
did in last season’s EuroLeague Championship Game. But the final
outcome was very different on this occasion as Bobby Dixon inspired a
spectacular finish for Fenerbahce, which triumphed 79-95. Read more here.
December 24, 2016 - Darussafaka rallies from 19 down to beat Maccabi Darussafaka
erased a 19-point deficit to defeat Maccabi FOX 86-84 on Friday.
Scottie Wilbekin poured in a career-high 23 points and Will Clyburn had
20 points and 12 rebounds for his first EuroLeague double-double as
Darussafaka won its third straight game to improve to 8-6. Read more here.
December 24, 2016 - Singleton, Calathes lead Panathinaikos over Baskonia for fourth straight win In
a thriller that went down to the final second, Panathinaikos defeated
Baskonia 69-68. Panathinaikos and Baskonia now have 9-5 records in the
Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season, just like Real Madrid,
Olympiacos Piraeus and Fenerbahce Istanbul. Read more here.
December 24, 2016 - Barcelona, Rice set club assists marks in vital win FC
Barcelona Lassa set a new club record with 30 assists while never
trailing in a no-doubt-about it 89-75 win over visiting EA7 Emporio
Armani Milan on Friday night. Victory improved Barcelona to a 6-8
record, while Milan dropped to 4-10, extending its losing streak to
seven games. Read more here.
December 23, 2016 - Brose Bamberg dominates Olympiacos Brose
Bamberg led from start to finish en route to beating Olympiacos Piraeus
82-68 at Brose Arena on Thursday night. The win improved Bamberg to 5-9
in the standings, while snapping Olympiacos’ four-game winning streak
and dropping the Reds to 9-5. Read more here.
December 23, 2016 - Simonovic's 20 points lead Zvezda to big home win over Madrid Crvena
Zvezda Telekom mts Belgrade grabbed its second consecutive home win by
downing Real Madrid 82-70 in front of a sellout crowd at Aleksandar
Nikolic Arena in the Serbian capital on Thursday. Marko Simonovic led
the winners with 20 points, Marko Guduric added 12. Read more here.
December 23, 2016 - Unics erases 11-point deficit to win in Kaunas Unics
Kazan produced a big, late comeback to claim a vital 80-88 road win at
Zalgiris Kaunas and tie the Lithuanian champs with a 5-9 record. The
visitors trailed by 11 points with just 10 minutes remaining. Keith
Langford finished with 26 points respectively. Read more here.
December 23, 2016 - Newcomer Paul shines for Efes in derby victory Anadolu
Efes prevailed over Galatasaray 76-86 in what was considered a home
game for the latter at the arena they both call home, Abdi Ipekci
Arena. In just his second EuroLeague game, Brandon Paul stood tall with
19 points and 5 steals to held Efes snap a two-game slide and improve
to 7-7. Read more here.
December 22, 2016 - Turkish Airlines Euroleague Game Center, Round 14: Non-stop action in double-header week The
action continues thick and fast in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague as
Round 14 takes place on Thursday and Friday, highlighted by a rematch
of last season’s Championship Game. The first tip-off delivers a local
derby in Istanbul. Read more here.
December 22, 2016 - Turkish Airlines Euroleague Round 13 Co-MVPs: Luka Doncic and Mike James One
is an up-and-coming teenage sensation and the other is coming back from
injury that sidelined him for the opening two months of the season, but
Luka Doncic and Mike James had one thing in common in Round 13; they
accumulated the highest performance index ratings. Read more here.
December 22, 2016 - Mesicek is no longer a member of Olimpija Olimpija
Ljubljana have officially confirmed that Blaz Mesicek is no longer a
member of their senior team, as the player has decided to terminate the
agreement with the club from Stozice and to reinforce Italian side Enel
Brindisi. Read more here.
December 22, 2016 - Mega Leks prevailed over Mornar in Basketball Champions League Mega
Leks scored their 3rd win in the Basketball Champions League after
beating Mornar at home court. Cibona suffered road defeat against
Avellino away. The top scorer in the winning team was Jovan Novak with
14 points. Read more here.
December 22, 2016 - Larkin's late heroics lift Baskonia past Barcelona In
an intense battle that literally came down to the final shot, Baskonia
Vitoria Gasteiz rallied from a double-digit deficit to edge FC
Barcelona Lassa 65-62 in front of over 14,200 fans at Fernando Buesa
Arena on Wednesday. Read more here.
December 22, 2016 - Panathinaikos dominates on the road in Milan Panathinaikos
Superfoods Athens dominated in the middle two quarters en route to a
comfortable 72-86 road win at EA7 Emporio Armani Milan on Wednesday
night. The win improved Panathinaikos’s record to 8-5 and a share of
fifth place, while Milan lost its sixth consecutive game to fall to
4-9. Read more here.
December 22, 2016 - Wilbekin, Clyburn carry Darussafaka over Fenerbahce Darussafaka
showed its heart to seal a hard-fought and vital 64-71 win in a highly
intense local derby against Fenerbahce. The visiting team led for most
of the second half, withstanding a powerful Fenerbahce comeback thanks
to top scorers Scottie Wilbekin and Will Clyburn. Read more here.
December 22, 2016 - Bamberg strengthens backcourt with McNeal Brose
Bamberg signed veteran guard Jerel McNeal to a two-month contract to
help strengthen the backcourt. The team has the option to extend the
deal for the remainder of the season. McNeal (1.91 meters, 29 years
old) last played for Aris Thessaloniki in Greece. Read more here.
December 22, 2016 - Barcelona's Perperoglou to miss six weeks Just
when FC Barcelona Lassa seemed to be getting out from the injury hole
it had been in the past few weeks, more bad news hit the Catalan team
when the club announced on Wednesday that forward Stratos Perperoglou
will miss six weeks of action due to injury. Read more here.
December 22, 2016 - Efes swaps Korkmaz for Mutaf Anadolu
Efes Istanbul has acquired swingman Can Maxim Mutaf on loan from fellow
Turkish club Banvit Bandirma for the remainder of the season in
exchange for young guard Furkan Korkmaz. Mutaf averaged 8.7 points and
2.2 rebounds in 11 Turkish League games this season. Read more here.
December 22, 2016 - Aleksandar Marelja returns to Mega Leks Mega
Leks have strengthen the roster for the upcoming challenges by signing
Aleksandar Marelja. He actually returns to the club for which he played
in the 1st part of the 2014-15 season. Aleksandar Marelja was born on
December 6, 1992, he is 207 cm tall. Read more here.
December 21, 2016 - Olympiacos cruises past Zvezda Olympiacos
Piraeus extended its winning streak to four games after defeating the
visiting Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 73-65 at Peace & Friendship
Stadium on Tuesday night. Olympiacos improved to a league second-best
9-4 record, while Zvezda dropped to 5-8 on the season. Read more here.
December 21, 2016 - Doncic sparkles as Real Madrid mauls Bamberg Real
Madrid delivered an outstanding all-round performance to cruise to a
95-72 victory against Brose Bamberg, securing a fifth straight win in
the Spanish capital. The outcome was never in doubt after the Spanish
side needed just three minutes to establish a double-digit lead. Read
more here.
December 21, 2016 - Pangos leads Zalgiris to big road win Zalgiris
Kaunas sent a message that echoed all around the competition by downing
Anadolu Efes Istanbul 71-84 on the road on Tuesday. Zalgiris improved
to 5-8 and recorded its second road win in the Turkish Airlines
Euroleague regular season, while Efes dropped to 6-7. Read more here.
December 21, 2016 - Another thriller and another win for Partizan NIS Partizan
NIS triumphed against Zielona Gora on the road. After overtime! Adin
Vrabac scored the game-winning two-pointer on 3 seconds before the end.
Partizan NIS played another thrilling basketball match in this season
and, more importantly, they scored another win. Read more here.
December 21, 2016 - Voronov’s career night sparks Unics past Galatasaray With
the league’s top scorer sidelined, Evgeny Voronov stepped into his
place and led Unics Kazan to a 73-60 victory over Galatasaray. Voronov
poured in a career-best 22 points with a mere 2 missed shots in his
first start of the season in place of the injured Keith Langford. Read
more here.
December 21, 2016 - Maccabi forward Alexander to miss several weeks Maccabi
FOX Tel Aviv forward Joe Alexander will miss several weeks after
undergoing knee surgery on Monday. Alexander suffered a cut during an
Israeli League game last week and the wound became infected. The
surgery was conducted at Tel Aviv’s Ichilov Hospital. Read more here.
December 21, 2016 - MZT Skopje Aerodrom to miss Daniel Clark the following three weeks New
MZT Skopje Aerodrom head coach Ante Nazor can not see the end of the
problems upon him, as he is now left without one of the greatest
reinforcements of the Skopje side for this season Daniel Clark, that
got injured last week and will be out for a solid period of time. Read
more here.
December 20, 2016 - Turkish Airlines Euroleague Round 13: Early games in double week will be crucial The
first games of another fast and furious double week in the Turkish
Airlines EuroLeague arrives on Tuesday and Wednesday, with Round 13
highlighted by a battle of traditional powers going head to head in the
Game of the Week. Read more here.
December 20, 2016 - Panathinaikos signs star forward Gentile One
of the best young wingmen in European basketball switched Turkish
Airlines EuroLeague teams on Monday when Panathinaikos Superfoods
Athens announced the arrival of Alessandro Gentile for the remainder of
the season. Read more here.
December 20, 2016 - ABA league Round 14 MVP: Dragan Apic, FMP We
have the MVP of the 14th round of the season and it is Dragan Apic of
FMP, for the first time this season. Apic dominated the court in the
game against Zadar as he achieved 22 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists,
alongside a steal and a block – and overall valuation of 34. Read more here.
December 19, 2016 - Beware of the Wolves - Fourth win in a row for Cibona Another
dominant performance of Cibona who left no chance to Igokea in the 14th
round of ABA League. Ante Zizic had another great perofrmance as he
finished the game with 17 points, team captain Marin Rozic also added
17. Read more here.
December 19, 2016 - Drama in Podgorica, Cedevita beat Buducnost Cedevita
scored huge away win against Buducnost VOLI in Podgorica. Marko Tomas
made the game-winning two-pointer on 4 seconds before the end. John
Shurna led Cedevita with 17 points, followed with Ra'Shad James and
Ryan Boatright who scored 16 each. Read more here.
December 19, 2016 - Stozice celebrate Olimpija's sixth win Olimpija
Ljubljana have put on excellent performance at the home court against
Mega Leks and of course, achieved a new victory, their sixt one this
season in the ABA League. Nikola Jankovic had 19 points, 3 steals
and just as many blocks, alongside one rebound and one assist. Read
more here.
December 19, 2016 - After a big battle in Belgrade, Partizan prevailed over Mornar Partizan
NIS extended their winning streak in ABA League by defeating Mornar at
home court. Amazing shooting night for the black & white crew. Will
Hatcher the leader of Partizan NIS one more time. He had 17 points and
the overall index rating of 21. Read more here.
December 19, 2016 - Karpos Sokoli aren't givin points away at home anymore Karpos
Sokoli have achieved their fourth win in a row, when it comes their
home court games and they have done it against Krka in the battle of
two teams from the lowerr half of the standings. Yet again, Zoran Vrkic
came up with another brutal performance. Read more here.
December 18, 2016 - Zvezda beat MZT and keep unbeaten record after 14 games played Even
after fourteen games played this season in the ABA League, Crvena
zvezda mts are keeping their unbeaten record alive, as they have
outgunned MZT Skopje Aerodrom on the road in Jane Sandanski Arena. Read
more here.
December 17, 2016 - Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season Round 12 MVP: Fabien Causeur, Brose Bamberg Brose
Bamberg recorded its second-straight victory and the hero of the
victory was Fabien Causeur, who claimed title to the honor of MVP of
Round 12. In doing so, Causeur became the second-straight Bamberg
player to snag weekly MVP honors after Nicolo Melli did so in Round 11.
Read more here.
December 17, 2016 - Teodosic and hot-shooting CSKA down Barcelona Milos
Teodosic starred with a double-double and CSKA Moscow was hot from long
range to continue its winning streak at home by downing FC Barcelona
Lassa 92-76. The victory marked CSKA’s 17th consecutive home win and
improved its record to a league-leading 11-1. Read more here.
December 17, 2016 - Tyus, Micov carry Galatasaray past Milan for 4th straight home win Galatasaray
survived a late challenge from EA7 Milan for an 83-80 victory. Vladimir
Micov scored a career-high 23 points and Alex Tyus delivered a pair of
spectacular blocks before scoring the go-ahead with a put-back as
Galatasaray won its 4th straight home game to improve to 4-8. Read more
here.
December 17, 2016 - Nikola Rebic will continue career in Mega Leks Nikola
Rebic has officially parted ways with Crvena zvezda mts and signed a
contract with Mega Leks. Rebic is currently recovering from
mononucleosis, while after being sidelined for two months he should get
back to trainings in January. Read more here.
December 17, 2016 - Filip Covic puts on a show as FMP beat Zadar FMP
have finally stopped their losing streak after winning the home match
against Zadar in the 14th round of ABA League. Superb performance of
Filip Covic. He led FMP with 30 points and 10 assists. Apic added 22
points. Read more here.
December 17, 2016 - Hadar steps down from Maccabi bench Maccabi
FOX Tel Aviv is going to have at least its third coach this season
after Rami Hadar resigned from its bench on Friday, the club has
announced. Hadar, 50, had taken the reins from Erez Edelshtein in
October after the team started the season with back-to-back losses in
the EuroLeague. Read more here.
December 16, 2016 - ABA league Round 14 Crvena
zvezda mts stayed unbeated after 13 played rounds. They have perfect
13-0 record, while Partizan NIS and Buducnost VOLI follows with 10-3
record. Cedevita and Cibona keep fight for fourth position with 9-4
record. Read more here.
December 16, 2016 - Causeur's big night leads Bamberg to big home win Brose
Bamberg grabbed its second consecutive win by downing Anadolu Efes
Istanbul 91-83 at home on Thursday. Bamberg improved to 4-8 in the
standings while Efes dropped to 6-6. Fabien Causeur paced the winners
with 28 points. Read more here.
December 16, 2016 - Zvezda routs Maccabi on a record-setting night Crvena
Zvezda mts Belgrade registered its largest-ever Turkish Airlines
EuroLeague win, routing visiting Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 83-58 on Thursday
night at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall in the Serbian capital. Both teams now
hold 5-7 records. Read more here.
December 16, 2016 - Wanamaker shines as Darussafaka routs Madrid Darussafaka
Dogus scalped another big name at Volkswagen Arena by beating Real
Madrid 81-68. Coach David Blatt’s men have now defeated the past two
EuroLeague champs. Brad Wanamaker set a career-high with 27 points on
4-of-6 three-point shooting to lead the winners. Read more here.
December 16, 2016 - Shengelia's late free throw lift Baskonia past Unics In
a thriller that literally came down to the final second, Baskonia
Vitoria Gasteiz edged Unics Kazan 91-92. Larkin led the winners with 22
points and 6 assists. Shengelia added 19 on 10-of-11 free throw
shooting; he had hit 15 of 27 (55.6%), entering this game. Read more here.
December 15, 2016 - 7DAYS EuroCup Round 10 MVP: Janis Timma, Zenit St Petersburg The
7DAYS EuroCup regular season has come to an end! With it, 16 teams
advanced to the Top 16 and one of them, Zenit St Petersburg, did it as
group champ. In the last round, forward Janis Timma led the team to a
home win over Unicaja Malaga to earn weekly MVP honors. Read more here.
December 15, 2016 - Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Round 12 The
excitement continues as Round 12 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
delivers another batch of crucial clashes, including a coaching legend
returning to his former home for the Game of the Week. Read more here.
December 15, 2016 - Zenit clinches first place in Group C by beating Unicaja Zenit
St. Petersburg clinched first place in Group C by beating Unicaja
Malaga 82-72 at Yubileyni Arena behind a masterful performance by Janis
Timma. The forward shined with a career-high 33 points plus 10 rebounds
to lead Zenit, which concluded the regular season with a 6-2 record.
Read more here.
December 15, 2016 - Shved leads Khimki past Bilbao Khimki finished
the 7DAYS EuroCup Regular Season in style by downing RETAbet Bilbao
99-78. Khimki upped its record to 6-2 atop Group B, while RETAbet fell
to 3-5 and needs already-qualified Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius to beat
Montakit Fuenlabrada later to make it to the Top 16. Read more here.
December 15, 2016 - Cedevita holds off Nizhny for sixth straight win, second place in Group A Cedevita
never trailed, but had to hold off Nizhny Novgorod in a dramatic finish
for an 82-84 victory on the road on Wednesday. Cedevita notched its
sixth consecutive win and clinched second place in Group A with a 6-2
record. Nizhny finishes the regular season third with a 4-4 record.
Read more here.
December 15, 2016 - Baskonia's Bargnani to miss next two weeks Baskonia
Vitoria Gasteiz big man Andrea Bargnani might miss up to two weeks of
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague action as he receives treatment for a knee
injury, the club announced. Bargnani (2.13 meters, 31 years old) is
averaging 12.6 points and 2.7 rebounds for his team, mainly as a
starter. Read more here.
December 14, 2016 - Dusko Bunic reinforced Krka Krka
of Novo mesto have decided to strengthen their roster at the position
of center. Therefore, 27-year old and 207 cm tall BiH center Dusko
Bunic will be a part of their team in the forthcoming period. Bunic
began his professional career in Novi Sad, where he played between 2007
and 2011. Read more here.
December 14, 2016 - 7Days Eurocup Regular Season Round 10 Round
10 of the regular season will bring some drama as three teams battle
for two tickets to the Top 16 from Group B. Three teams are also in the
hunt for first place in Group C, while head-to-head clashes in Groups A
and D will decide second place. So much still to play for! Read more here.
December 14, 2016 - Fuenlabrada: Llorca, out for the season Days
before its do-or-die 7DAYS EuroCup showdown against Lietuvos Rytas
Vilnius, Montakit Fuenlabrada announced that combo guard Alex Llorca is
set to miss the remainder of the season due to a knee injury. Llorca
got injured in a Spanish League game against ICL Manresa. Read more here.
December 14, 2016 - Olympiacos guard Hackett out six months Olympiacos
Piraeus will have to face the rest of the season without a key
performer, combo guard Daniel Hackett, who will miss the next six
months with a leg injury, the club announced Tuesday. Hackett (1.97
meters, 28 years old) suffered a detached femur tendon. Read more here.
December 14, 2016 - Anadolu Efes adds swingman Paul Anadolu
Efes Istanbul added fire power to its roster by inking swingman Brandon
Paul for the remaining of the season. Paul (1.93 meters, 25 years old)
arrives from Joventut Badalona, where he averaged 13.2 points and 2.7
rebounds in 33 Spanish League games last season. Read more here.
December 13, 2016 - ABA league Round 13 MVP: Nikola Jankovic, Olimpija Ljubljana We
have the MVP of the 13th round of the season and it is Nikola Jankovic
of Olimpija Ljubljana, for the first time this season. Jankovic
dominated the court of Tivoli Sports Hall in Ljubljana in the game
against Zadar. Read more here.
December 12, 2016 - Olimpija celebrate after a thriller against Zadar In
a thrilling ending in legendary Tivoli Hall in Ljubljana, Olimpija
Ljubljana prevailed over Zadar and celebrated their fifth win this
season, which ties them with the Dalmatians in the standings. Nikola
Jankovic led his team in scoring with 24 points, while adding 7
rebounds, 2 blocks. Read more here.
December 12, 2016 - Zvezda stormed through Podgorica and completed "beat 'em all" achievement Crvena
zvezda mts have defeated all of their rivals in the 1st part of the
2016-17 ABA League season! In the derby match of the 13th round, the
reigning champions downed Buducnost VOLI on the road, so they now have
13 wins out of 13 games! Read more here.
December 12, 2016 - Excellent shooting display in Belgrade gave Cedevita 9th win Cedevita
have achieved their ninth win of the season by overcoming FMP on the
road in Belgrade. The Zagreb side therefore stay in the race for the
Playoffs, while FMP continue their fierce battle to avoid relegation.
Read more here.
December 12, 2016 - Powerful display of Cibona, Krka had no chance in Zagreb Cibona
scored a valuable home win against Krka in the 13th round of ABA
League. Another double-double achievement of Ante Zizic. Zeljko Sakic
had the highest index rating in the winning team. He made 16 points and
had 6 rebounds & 4 assists which brought him 26 index points. Read
more here.
December 11, 2016 - Karpos Sokoli keep winning at home, Mega have fallen in Skopje After
beating Buducnost VOLI and Cedevita, Karpos Sokoli have scored their
3rd consecutive win at home court. This time the league newcomers
defeated Mega Leks in a very close and exciting match. Dragan Labovic
played a fantastic match. He put up 28 points for Karpos Sokoli.
Read more here.
December 11, 2016 - Phenomenal Hatcher took Partizan NIS over Igokea Partizan
NIS stay in the race for the top positions in the league with fourth
win in a row, against Igokea at home court. William Hatcher shined for
his Partizan to take them towards the victory with an amazing shooting
performance from beyond the arc (6/7 or 86%). Read more here.
December 11, 2016 - Mornar down MZT Skopje Aerodrom, Lamont Jones is the hero Another
thrilling game in Bar! Mornar beat MZT Skopje Aerodrom and scored their
4th win in the 2016-17 ABA League season. Lamont Jones made the crucial
2-pointer in the final seconds. Antabia Waller led Mornar with 11
points. Read more here.
December 11, 2016 - Semen Shashkov left Ljubljana Olimpija
Ljubljana parted ways with Russian power forward Semen Shashkov, who
arrived to Ljubljana this summer. The club used the clause in the
contract that enabled it to terminate the contract without any
expenses. Read more here.
December 10, 2016 - Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season Round 11 MVP: Nicolo Melli, Brose Bamberg The
title of MVP for Round 11 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular
Season was a virtual lock after the week's first game ended on
Wednesday. Nicolo Melli's performance for Brose Bamberg on the road in
a convincing 70-85 victory over Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv was filled with
career highs. Read more here.
December 10, 2016 - ABA league Round 13 Time
for new excitements in ABA league regular season. Round 13 is already
here and still nothing much changed at the top of standings. Crvena
zvezda mts still rule competition with perfect 12-0 record. Read more here.
December 10, 2016 - Defense, team effort lead Baskonia part Darussafaka Baskonia
Vitoria-Gasteiz grabbed its fourth consecutive home win in the Turkish
Airlines EuroLeague regular season by downing Darussafaka Dogus
Istanbul 73-52 at Fernando Buesa Arena on Friday. Baskonia moved up to
7-4 while Darussafaka dropped to 5-6. Read more here.
December 10, 2016 - Olympiacos uses defense to rout Unics Olympiacos
led from start to finish, thrashing visiting Unics Kazan 88-59.
Olympiacos improved to a 7-4 record, while Unics dropped to 3-8, tied
for the last place in the standings. An Olympiacos win was never in
doubt, as it controlled things from the get-go behind its defense. Read
more here.
December 10, 2016 - Panathinaikos pulls away to 27-point blowout win Panathinaikos
got back in the win column and continued climbing in the standings with
a no-doubt-about it 85-58 home win over Galatasaray. Panathinaikos
moves to 6-5 and erased the memory of its 57-point offensive
performance a week early by getting admirable scoring distribution in
this one. Read more here.
December 10, 2016 - Anadolu Efes outlasts Barcelona in Game of the Week thriller Anadolu
Efes Istanbul survived a late comeback from FC Barcelona Lassa and
pulled out a 72-68 victory on Friday in the Game of the Week at Abdi
Ipekci Arena. Jayson Granger scored 16 points and dished 5 assists and
backcourt mate Thomas Heurtel added 14 to lead the winners. Read more here.
December 10, 2016 - Marko Mladjan is leaving Ljubljana Olimpija
Ljubljana and Marko Mladjan have reached an agreement to terminate
their contract on mutual consent. The player is leaving Ljubljana.
Marko has appeared in only three games this season in the ABA League
due to injury problems and averaged 4 points, 2 rebounds per contest.
Read more here.
December 10, 2016 - Mornar parted ways with Dickerson and Krstic What
has been expected has now officially happened: Cole Dickerson and
Nemanja Krstic are no longer members of Mornar, since ABA League side
of Bar have terminated the contract with the duo. Head coach Djordjije
Pavicevic was not satisfied with their contribution this season. Read
more here.
December 9, 2016 - Locked in Petrovic leads Top Performers It
was a case of lock, load and knock them down for Sonja Petrovic this
week, with the ZVVZ USK forward leading the week 5 Top Performers. The
Serbian Olympian went five-of-six from beyond arc for 28 points to take
her team within a whisker of claiming a major scalp on the road. Read
more here.
December 9, 2016 - Doncic leads Madrid past Zalgiris at the finish With
its top player this season sidelined and its home court under threat,
Real Madrid relied on their teenage sensation to squeeze out a 96-91
home win on Friday against feisty Zalgiris Kaunas. Doncic scored a
career-high 17 points. Gustavo Ayon followed with 13. Read more here.
December 9, 2016 - CSKA impresses in Milan without Teodosic, De Colo Defending
champion CSKA Moscow put on an offensive clinic in the third quarter
and made a series of defensive stops in the second half, racing away to
a 64-79 road win against EA7 Emporio Armani Milan on Thursday night at
the Mediolanum Forum despite missing its top two scorers. Read more here.
December 9, 2016 - Fenerbahce Istanbul overpowers Crvena Zvezda Fenerbahce
chalked up its fourth consecutive victory by overpowering Crvena Zvezda
mts Belgrade 87-72 on Thursday at Fenerbahce Ulker Sports Arena. Ekpe
Udoh dominated inside with 15 points, 9 rebounds and 5 blocks and Jan
Vesely added 14 points to lead the Turkish champs. Read more here.
December 9, 2016 - Owen Klassen new Buducnost VOLI center Buducnost
VOLI has officially announced the cooperation with Canadian center Owen
Klassen, who used to play in the ABA League courts before, as a member
of MZT Skopje Aerodrom. 208 cm tall player is coming to Podgorica from
German side Phoenix Hagen. Read more here.
December 8, 2016 - 7Days Eurocup Regular Season Round 9 MVP: Elmedin Kikanovic, ALBA Berlin For
the second time this season, and against the same opponent, Elmedin
Kikanovic of ALBA Berlin has earned the MVP of the Week honor in the
7DAYS EuroCup. Kikanovic led ALBA to a Top 16-clinching 97-99 road win
on Wednesday against Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius with 29 points. Read more here.
December 8, 2016 - Bamberg, Melli bury Maccabi and losing streak Brose
Bamberg broke its series of big leads that resulting in heartbreaking
losses with style by steamrolling host Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 70-85. With
its first road win this season, Bamberg broke a five-game losing streak
and lifted its record to 3-8 while Maccabi fell to 5-6. Read more here.
December 8, 2016 - Gran Canaria downs Lietkabelis, clinches first place in Group A Herbalife
Gran Canaria Las Palmas locked first place in Group A by downing
Lietkabelis Panevezys 73-92 in Lithuania on Wednesday. Gran Canaria
improved to 7-1, while Lietkabelis finished the regular season with a
3-5 record. Read more here.
December 8, 2016 - Unicaja edges Murcia after overtime In
an all-Spanish clash of two Top 16-bound teams that went into overtime,
Unicaja Malaga held off UCAM Murcia 89-86 on Wednesday night. Unicaja
improved to 4-3, while UCAM finished the regular season with a 4-4
record in Group C. Read more here.
December 8, 2016 - Zenit downs Buducnost on Markovic’s game-winner Zenit
St. Petersburg moved into first place in Group C by edging Buducnost
VOLI Podgorica 95-97 on Stefan Markovic’s buzzer-beater. Zenit improved
to 5-2 in Group C and will win the group if it defeats Unicaja Malaga
at home next week. Buducnost fell to 0-7. Read more here.
December 8, 2016 - Valencia edges Olimpija to finish first in Group D Valencia
Basket clinched first place in Group D by edging Union Olimpija
Ljubljana 72-75 in the Slovenian capital on Wednesday. Valencia
improved to 6-1 in Group D and locked up first place in the process,
while Olimpija finished the regular season in fifth place with a 1-7
record. Read more here.
December 8, 2016 - Boris Bakic signs with Mornar Montenegrin
basketball player Boris Bakic signed a contract with Mornar. He can
cover positions of point guard and shooting guard, while he arrives to
Bar from Mladost Zemun where he has played so far in the 2016-17
season. Read more here.
December 8, 2016 - Mega Leks and Cibona suffered road defeats Another
tough night for ABA League clubs in Basketball Champions League. Both
Mega Leks and Cibona suffered defeats in the 8th round of this
competition. Mega Leks played against Avellino on the road, but this
evening the boys from Sremska Mitrovica failed in their offense. Read
more here.
December 7, 2016 - Partizan NIS celebrated, Mornar defeated In
the eighth round of the Basketball Champions League Regular Season,
Partizan NIS have beaten MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg for the second time
this year, while Mornar were defeated on the road in Oostende. Read
more here.
December 7, 2016 - Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season, Round 11 More
vital wins will be up for grabs as the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
heads into Round 11, featuring two of the competition's highest-scoring
teams going head to head and a Game of the Week between two teams
looking to break into the all-important top eight. Read more here.
December 7, 2016 - 7Days Eurocup Regular Season, Round 9 As
we enter the penultimate round of the 7DAYS EuroCup regular season,
there is much attention focused on Group B, where four teams are
engaged in a battle for three open spots in the Top 16. And in the
other three groups, there is still much to fight. Read more here.
December 7, 2016 - ALBA Berlin inks English, releases Johnson ALBA
Berlin shook up its backcourt by signing veteran scorer Carl English
and releasing Dominique Johnson. English (1.92 meters, 35 years old)
signed with Berlin for the rest of the season. He arrives from Spanish
side Iberostar Tenerife, where he had signed a short-term deal. Read
more here.
December 7, 2016 - ABA league Round 12 MVP: Ante Zizic, Cibona We
have the MVP of the twelfth round of the season and it is Ante Zizic of
Cibona, for the third time this season. Zizic dominated the court of
Pinki Sports Hall in Sremska Mitrovica in the game against the home
Mega Leks side. Read more here.
December 7, 2016 - Mega Leks sent Milenko Veljkovic to Mladost Admiral Mega
Leks center Milenko Veljkovic will spend the rest of the season in
Mladost Admiral, which compete in the Serbian Basketball League. This
21-year old center played only one match in ABA League in the ongoing
season. Read more here.
December 6, 2016 - Olimpija won the big domestic derby Olimpija
Ljubljana returned to winning path after three games lost, by beating
Krka at home in Stozice Arena thanks to their excellent third quarter
performance. They now have four triumphs on their record. Read more here.
December 6, 2016 - Crvena zvezda mts keep the perfect score: 12 out of 12 Crvena
zvezda mts scored a convincing win against FMP in the 12th round of ABA
League. The red & white crew are still the only undefeated team in
the ongoing season. Charles Jenkins led winners with 16 points, Marko
Guduric added 15 points. Read more here.
December 5, 2016 - Baskonia brings back legendary playmaker Prigioni A
familiar face is back to Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz, which announced
Monday that veteran playmaker Pablo Prigioni has joined for the rest of
this season the club where he made a name for himself as one of the
great point guards of his generation. Read more here.
December 5, 2016 - Gran Canaria lands center Hollins One
of the group leaders in the 7DAYS EuroCup, Herbalife Gran Canaria Las
Palmas, has added size and strength to its roster by inking center Ryan
Hollins for the remainder of the season. Hollins (2.13 meters, 32 years
old) arrives from Memphis of the NBA. Read more here.
December 5, 2016 - Elijah Johnson is no longer a member of Cibona Cibona
have confirmed that Elijah Johnson, who did not appear in the last
three games of his team in the ABA League, is no longer a member of
their club. He averaged 9.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 0.8
steals per game in the ABA League. Read more here.
December 5, 2016 - Nizhny adds size with Zubcic Nizhny
Novgorod bolstered its frontcourt by inking experienced big man
Tomislav Zubcic for the remainder of the season. Zubcic (2.11 meters,
26 years old) arrives from Avtodor Saratov, where he averaged 11.8
points and 5.2 rebounds in six VTB League games this season. Read more here.
December 5, 2016 - Cibona grab a valuable win on the road in Pinki Cibona's
brathtaking performance in the third quarter of the game in Sremska
Mitrovica has earned them an important win on the road against Mega
Leks in the battle for the Playoffs, their eighth of the season! Ante
Zizic led his team with 35 points, 12 rebounds. Read more here.
December 5, 2016 - MZT Skopje Aerodrom down Buducnost VOLI MZT
Skopje Aerodrom pulled off a major upset by beating Buducnost VOLI in
the 12th round of ABA League! The home team had an incredible shooting
night. Josh Scott is the MVP of the match according to the numbers as
he had 15 points, 11 rebounds and overall index rating of 24. Read more
here.
December 4, 2016 - It's that Orange offense - Cedevita down Olimpija by scoring 102 points Cedevita
shined offensively this Saturday evening as they made 102 points vs.
Olimpija Ljubljana and scored an important home win. Outstanding
performance of Dzanan Musa. He was the top scorer of the team with 26
points. Read more here.
December 4, 2016 - Partizan NIS returns from Novo mesto with two points Partizan
NIS have beaten Krka on the road in Novo mesto in the match of the 12th
round of the season. This is the ninth triumph for Aleksandar Dzikic’s
squad this season, while Krka stays with 5 on their record. Novica
Velickovic led Partizan to the win with 18 points, 5 rebounds, 2
assists. Read more here.
December 4, 2016 - Third win in a row for Igokea Igokea
prevailed over Mornar and scored their 3rd consecutive win in ABA
League. The visitors missed a big chance to make a stunning comeback in
the last quarter. Although he did not have the highest index rating in
his team, Vuka Radivojevic was definite the match-winner. Read more here.
December 4, 2016 - Fenerbahce, Obradovic to stay together three more years Last
season's Turkish Airlines EuroLeague runner-up and the winningest coach
in European club basketball history will stay together through the end
of the decade after Fenerbahce Istanbul announced an agreement with
Zeljko Obradovic on a three-year contract extension. Read more here.
December 3, 2016 - Turkish Airlines Euroleague Regular Season Round 10 MVP: Derrick Brown, Anadolu Efes Istanbul For
the second straight week, Anadolu Efes Istanbul forward Derrick Brown
put on a stellar performance to lead his team to an important win. And
this time he also recorded the highest performance index rating among
all Turkish Airlines EuroLeague players to claim the MVP honor for
Round 10. Read more here.
December 3, 2016 - Barcelona's defense locks down Panathinaikos FC
Barcelona Lassa used lockdown defense to get back on track with a 72-57
victory over visiting Panathinaikos Superfoods Athens on Friday.
Barcelona ended its three-game winning streak and raised its record to
5-5, the same as Panathinaikos after the loss. Read more here.
December 3, 2016 - Baskonia fights off Galatasaray for sixth win Baskonia
Vitoria Gasteiz protected its home court and improved to a 6-4 record
on the season by holding off the visiting Galatasaray Odeabank Istanbul
69-62 on Friday night at the Fernando Buesa Arena. Read more here.
December 3, 2016 - Zalgiris Kaunas stops Zvezda for its first road win Zalgiris
Kaunas claimed its first road win in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague in
nearly a year by stopping Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade 79-88 on Friday at
Aleksandar Nikolic Hall. Antanas Kavaliauskas scored 8 of his 20 points
in the fourth quarter. Read more here.
December 3, 2016 - Reds hold off Darussafaka for important road win Olympiacos
Piraeus turned to its defense and its bench in holding off Darussafaka
Dogus Istanbul 71-77 on the road on Friday at Volkswagen Arena.
Olympiacos improved its record to 6-4 ,while Darussafaka dropped its
third straight game and fell to 5-5. Read more here.
December 3, 2016 - Zadar stands up after 2 defeats with a win over Sokoli Zadar
have achieved their fifth win of the season and ended their 2-game
winless streak in the 12th round game at home against Karpos Sokoli,
which did not manage to achieve their first ever road win in the ABA
League. Read more here.
December 2, 2016 - ABA league, Round 12 Still
waiting for the first defeat for Crvena zvezda mts as so far they have
perfect 11-0 record. At the second place, Buducnost VOLI have 10-1
record. Partizan NIS holds third position with 8-3 record, and Cedevita
at position four have 7-4 record. Read more here.
December 2, 2016 - Brown, Honeycutt lead Efes past Maccabi in Tel Aviv Anadolu
Efes Istanbul relied on stellar offensive rebounding and strong defense
to ambush Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv with a 77-86 road win on Thursday. Efes
improved to 5-5 after having started the season with three defeats.
Read more here.
December 2, 2016 - CSKA tops Bamberg in Fridzon’s jumper at the buzzer Vitaly
Fridzon nailed a baseline jumper as time expired to lift CSKA Moscow to
a thrilling 88-90 road win over Brose Bamberg on Thursday night. CSKA
improved to a league-best 9-1 record, while Bamberg remains in the
cellar at 2-8. Read more here.
December 2, 2016 - Nunnally lifts Fenerbahce over Madrid in thriller Fenerbahce
Istanbul moved into second place in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague
after a thrilling 78-77 victory over Real Madrid on Thursday at
Fenerbahce Ulker Sports Arena. James Nunnally had his best game yet in
a Fenerbahce uniform with 18 points. Read more here.
December 2, 2016 - Unics breaks losing streak with club scoring record Unics
Kazan got back to winning ways in style on Thursday, beating EA7
Emporio Armani Milan 100-79 in the Round 10 opener and breaking its
club scoring record in a Turkish Airlines EuroLeague game. Its previous
best was 99 points set earlier this season in a road loss to Anadolu
Efes. Read more here.
December 1, 2016 - 7DAYS EuroCup Round 8 MVP: Ivan Strebkov, Nizhny Novgorod Eight
rounds of the 7DAYS EuroCup have gone by and three of the four regular
season groups have already allocated all tickets to the Top 16. One of
the teams that advanced this week was Nizhny Novgorod, whose Ivan
Strebkov earned MVP of the week honors. Read more here.
December 1, 2016 - Turkish Airlines Euroleague, Round 10 Regular
Season Round 10 delivers another set of mouth-watering fixtures in the
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague, including a rematch of a playoff series
from last season and a coach returning to his long-time home in an
historic match-up. Read more here.
December 1, 2016 - EuroCup Women Preview: Thursday 1 December There's
a busy Thursday in store with ten EuroCup Women Regular Season games to
enjoy and with several teams already beginning to eye safe passage to
the next phase of the competition. Another win would give many teams a
great chance of progressing - or even an early pass through. Read more here.
December 1, 2016 - EuroLeague Women Preview: Thursday 1 December Hatay
BSB have had a difficult initiation and that has mirrored some
struggles domestically, having initially started the season in style by
landing the Turkish League Supercup with a famous win against
Fenerbahce. Read more here.
December 1, 2016 - Lietuvos Rytas bests RETAbet to remain unbeaten at home Lietuvos
Rytas won its third straight game in the 7DAYS EuroCup by defeating
RETAbet Bilbao Basket 83-71. Rytas improved to 3-3 in Group B. The
result also gave Rytas the potential head-to-head tiebreaker over
RETAbet, which won the first meeting between the sides in Spain by 4.
Read more here.
December 1, 2016 - Khimki captures Top 16 berth by beating ALBA Khimki
Moscow Region used a 14-0 fourth-quarter run to come from behind and
beat ALBA Berlin 88-77 on Wednesday at the Basketball Center of Moscow
Region. The win lifted Khimki’s record to 5-2 for first place in Group
B and secured its spot in the Top 16. Read more here.
December 1, 2016 - Bayern edges Unicaja to go top of the group In
a clash of two previously qualified teams, FC Bayern Munich rallied
late behind Nick Johnson to edge Unicaja Malaga 72-69 at Audi Dome on
Wednesday. Bayern moved in sole possession of first place in Group C
with a 5-2 record, while Unicaja dropped to 3-3 and fourth place. Read
more here.
December 1, 2016 - Cedevita crushes MZT for its fifth straight win Cedevita
Zagreb used a big third quarter en route to a 95-61 win over winless
MZT Skopje Aerodrom on Wednesday night in the Croatian capital. It was
not only Cedevita’s fifth consecutive win, but also the club’s
biggest-ever margin of victory in the 7DAYS Eurocup. Read more here.
December 1, 2016 - Cibona and Mega Leks unsuccessful on the road This
was definitely not a good week for ABA League clubs in the Basketball
Champions League. After Partizan NIS and Mornar suffered defeats on
Tuesday, the two other ABA League representatives faced the same fate
one day later. Read more here.
