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The Ballin After: Question Time
In our last video before boarding the plane for Madrid, Emmet Ryan breaks down one key question for each of the teams in the Euroleague Final Four.
Fearless Predictions: BallinEurope’s Euroleague Playoff Picks
It’s playoff time with two fantastic match-ups, one we are a little shaky on, and a fourth we are worried will be a blow-out. The Euroleague playoffs tip-off tomorrow, following a thrilling end to the Top 16 despite not one team changing positions in the playoff rankings in the final round of games. There was […]
Olympiacos roll past Rethymno
Olympiacos moved to 18-1 for the regular season in the A1 Ethniki as they cruised past AGO Rethymno on Monday. Check out the highlights.
Fearless predictions: Euroleague playoffs
BallinEurope only went 6 of 8 in picking the teams to make the post-season and one of those sides we didn’t have faith in won’t be happy with how we see the playoffs shaping up. It’s fearless prediction time. Barcelona vs Galatasaray Pick: Barca in 3. So we didn’t think Galatasaray would make it this […]
The Dish: Let’s keep this brief
It was another big week in the Top 16 of Euroleague, the Greek stars narrowly won their own All Star game, and Killester claimed the title in Ireland. My keyboard is acting up and I hate writing on a touchscreen so this won’t be too long. Is that breathing room I see in Milan? The […]
The dish: A nice relaxing start
Round 1 of the Top 16 was a little crowded, we’ll get to that, but by and large it was awfully relaxing basketball. We open with the game that closed the openung round if action. Vassilis Spanoulis went nuts in the SEF as he ripped Zedijko Obradovic a new one on the coach’s first trip […]
Group E: The knowns and the unknowns
The slate is clean for the Top 16. Today and tomorrow we’ll break down what we know about each team in the second phase, what we want to know, and what we think we still won’t know sfter 14 rounds of action. We start with the eight participants. Fenerbahce Ulker What we know: This is […]
Strange sounds as Olympiacos top Panathinaikos
Tuesday’s Greek A1 League opening round game between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos was also going to be strange. Two of the biggest sides in Europe weren’t just playing early in the season, they were doing so in an empty house due to past crowd trouble. The derby of eternal enemies may not have had any fans […]
Game Tape: Breaking down key plays from the Intercontinental Cup Final
In a new feature on BiE we use game highlights and Coachnote software to break down some key plays from big games. First up it’s Olympiacos and Pinheiros as the Euroleague champions secured an 86-69 victory in the second leg of the Intercontinental Cup final.
Olympiacos lift Intercontinental Cup with dominant 86-69 win over Pinheiros
Olympiacos completed a comfortable victory in the Intercontinental Cup as they stormed past Pinheiros to lift the title in Brazil. Having held an 81-70 lead from the first leg, the European champions took Sunday’s second leg 86-69 to win by an aggregate score of 167-139. The Pinheiros defence early was way too loose and Olympiacos […]
Real games are back so spare me the 'world' champion debate
Olympiacos and Pinheiros will shortly play the second leg of the Intercontinental Cup. Emmet Ryan explains that while it’s great to see such an event take place, it brings with it the most moronic of debates. I blame America. Well no, that’s unfair. I’m blame marketing and these marketers happen to be based in America. […]
Real games are back so spare me the ‘world’ champion debate
Olympiacos and Pinheiros will shortly play the second leg of the Intercontinental Cup. Emmet Ryan explains that while it’s great to see such an event take place, it brings with it the most moronic of debates. I blame America. Well no, that’s unfair. I’m blame marketing and these marketers happen to be based in America. […]