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On Olympiacos Euroleague championship: From crises emerge heroes +++ Austrian championship: Monster double-double, 21-point lead not enough as Dukes steal Game One +++ Taxi ride in the aftermath: Three Russians, a Turkish driver and the question why +++ Live chat: CSKA Moscow vs. Olympiacos for 2012 Euroleague championship +++ Live chat: Panathinaikos vs. FC Barcelona in Euroleague 2012 third-place game +++ NIJT wrap: Lietuvos Rytas takes title; plus, BiE’s nine European (and one Chinese) prospects to watch +++ Žalgiris Kaunas dance team (attempts to) Cheer Up Final Four fans +++ Kirilenko on playing for Utah Jazz, CSKA Moscow: “It’s hard to compare” +++ Jonas Kazlauskas vs. Dusan Ivkovic: Euroleague history will be made +++ D-Will meets with Prokhorov in Istanbul, snaps in-game pic of Kirilenko +++
Apr
0

Euroleague Final Four preview: Olympiacos Piraeus

As regular season preview writer Akilas is not available these days because of business issues, we asked David Hein to give us his opinion about Olympiacos’ chances during the Final Four in Berlin. Read on for the interesting piece that David prepared for you.

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Apr
0

Euroleague Final Four Preview: CSKA Moscow

CSKA Moscow was the team I covered since before the season, so I have to go with it again now that the Final Four is approaching. Ettore Messina has once again put together a team that can win the supreme title, but this season, the task of winning the cup looks a bit more challenging than the years before.

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Apr
Apr
3

Monday’s cigarettes

Yes, it’s finally Final Four week again. European basketball fans have waited a full year to get these feelings back again. And to start the week, well, here we go for some nice stories from around the globe.

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Apr
9

Basketball Travel Tips: Berlin

As the Final Four approaches, BallinEurope gives you a few interesting tips how to spend the time between games and how to best use your time in one of the most exciting cities in the world. We talked to an ex-Berliner, but still a Berliner at heart, to give us his favorite spots in the city.

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Apr
1

Euroleague Final Four Preview: Regal FC Barcelona

After we did the Euroleague preview by asking experts from the different countries representing the various Euroleague teams to give their opinion, we did the same exercise again to see what these experts think about the upcoming Euroleague Final Four. Jaime Martinez Lafargue has sent us his preview on Regal FC Barcelona from Spain. Jaime writes for Solobasket.com in Spain, one of our main sources for news from the ACB, as the website also features news in English. So here we go for Jaime’s preview.

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Apr
3

Euroleague Final Four: the expert view

Before the Euroleague season started, we asked experts from all around the continent to give us their opinions about their home country’s team(s). They also had to predict the regular-season record of their team and which four teams would reach the Final Four. So it’s time to check the results and see who the über-expert is.

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