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VIDEO: Bobby Dixon talks about Fenerbahce’s spirit to fight back
He is the man who nearly guided Fenerbahce to the most extraordinary turnaround in Euroleague history. After his side’s loss to CSKA Moscow, Bobby Dixon spoke to BiE’s Emmet Ryan Despite losing the Euroleague championship game to CSKA Moscow, Bobby Dixon and Fenerbahce can return to Istanbul with their heads held high having delivered one […]
CSKA win insane Euroleague title decider over Fenerbahce in OT
It looked like it was going to be a coronation for so long but the 2016 Euroleague championship game turned into one of the craziest title games in history. Emmet Ryan reports from a wild Mercedes-Benz Arena. Out of nowhere a game that looked like a rout turned into one of the most extraordinary clashes […]
Preview: Fenerbahce vs CSKA Moscow – Euroleague title game
It all comes down to this, Fenerbahce in their first ever Euroleague final against a CSKA side looking for its seventh crown after four straight failures at the Final Four. Emmet Ryan looks ahead to the biggest game in European basketball We’re about to find out how much size matters at the top of the […]
That time MacGyver rode a coffin down the Spree
It’s the rest day at the final four and it’s going to be late, if at all, before I write anything basketball related today. Instead I’m dropping a piece of pop culture that was set not too far from the arena. In a first season episode of MacGyver, the eponymous hero was being smuggled from […]
VIDEOS: Vesely on how Fenerbahce’s fans give him energy
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with Jan Vesely, Pero Antic, Bobby Dixon, and Bogdan Bogdanovic after Fenerbahce’s epic overtime win over Laboral Kutxa Baskonia in the Euroleague Final Four Jan Vesely talked to BallinEurope about how he drew energy from the Fenerbahce crowd in Friday’s Euroleague Final Four victory over Laboral Kutxa Baskonia. Vesely also […]
Fenerbahce win an OT classic over Baskonia to make the Euroleague title game
It was an instant classic as Fenerbahce and Baskonia served up an extraordinary 45 minutes of basketball in the Euroleague Final Four. In the end it was Fener that was left standing to book a spot in Sunday’s final, writes Emmet Ryan Baskonia got the living hell beaten out of them in the game’s opening […]
VIDEOS: Jackson, Hines, and de Colo on CSKA’s win
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with CSKA Moscow’s Euroleague MVP Nando de Colo, defensive player of the year Kyle Hines, and an understandably relieved Aaron Jackson after their Final Four win over Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar Aaron Jackson is in his fourth Euroleague Final Four but he earned his first chance to play for the title […]
VIDEOS: Broekhoff and Delaney on Loko’s loss to CSKA
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with Malcolm Delaney and Ryan Broekhoff of Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar as their dream of lifting the Euroleague trophy ended at the hands of CSKA Moscow Ryan Broekhoff spoke to BallinEurope about an emotional defeat for Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar at the hands of CSKA Moscow in the Euroleague Final Four Lokomotiv […]
Nando De Colo fires CSKA into Euroleague Final
It was far from a free flowing game but with Lokomotiv Kuban recording their worst defensive half of the season and Nando De Colo scoring 30 points, CSKA did enough writes Emmet Ryan CSKA opted not to start Milos Teodosic letting Nando de Colo and Cory Higgins carry the load early. It gave the Moscow […]
Euroleague Final Four preview
The drinking and thinkpieces are why you come here but it would just be weird if we didn’t have a straight up preview of the Final Four. Here’s how Emmet Ryan sees it going down Nobody comes to Berlin without flaws but the team with the few holes looks pretty obvious. Fenerbahce don’t have a […]
VIDEOS: Fenerbahce’s Pero Antic and Bobby Dixon talk Final Four
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with the giant Pero Antic and the President of Swag Bobby Dixon ahead of Fenerbahce’s Euroleague Final Four clash with Laboral Kutxa Baskonia Pero Antic spoke to BallinEurope ahead of Fenerbahce’s Euroleague Final Four clash with Laboral Kutxa Vitoria. The big man talked about how his experience in the Final […]
VIDEOS: Adams and Bertans on Baskonia’s Final Four prep
BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan caught up with Darius Adams and Davis Bertans of Laboral Kutxa Baskonia on the eve of the Euroleague Final Four Darius Adams talked to the media ahead of Laboral Kutxa Baskonia’s Euroleague Final Four clash with Fenerbahce. Adams shared his thoughts on the mental side of the game and what his team […]