April 2016 9
Cold blooded Lokomotiv Kuban headed for Berlin
Lokomotiv Kuban won Game 5 against Barcelona in bizarre style, fortunately Emmet Ryan reflects on a good night to be Giorgios Bartzokas This game was over so many times. At the buzzer for the half, there was the cold blooded dagger by Malcolm Delaney. Then Barcelona ran riot in the third, making Loko look like […]
Bavarian Shadow Boxing ends with Bamberg on top
As close encounters go, Brose Baskets win at FC Bayern was a little on the strange side. Emmet Ryan looks back on a game where neither side wanted to give anything away ahead of the post-season Fatigue presents itself in a variety of ways. Andrea Trinchieri’s look of exhaustion late in the fourth quarter on […]
Navarro and Delaney crossing in the night
One is the ascendant import guard in Europe, the other a legend who is looking for one more effort from his body but on Tuesday Juan Carlos Navarro and Malcolm Delaney will both be the emotional core for their sides in Game 5, writes Emmet Ryan The arguments over when we last saw the true […]
Randolph’s five minutes of fury
The opening 40 minutes of Lokomotiv Kuban’s win over Barcelona weren’t bad but those 5 minutes of overtime were pure beast mode from Anthoony Randolph, writes Emmet Ryan The Palau Blaugrana is hardly the most intimidating arena on the continent but it was in full voice as OT got under way in Game 4. A […]
Too many things happened tonight
Euroleague’s decision to schedule three playoff games within 30 minutes of each other was only the start of the madness on a wild Tuesday, writes Emmet Ryan In reverse order… Sasha Djordjevic is no longer coach of Panathinaikos Fenerbahce completed a sweep of Real Madrid Dimitris Diamantidis ended his career in pan European basketball Baskonia […]
The Basketball Champions League – FIBA’s brand of hard ball
After a lengthy absence, part three of BallinEurope’s look at the civil war in European basketball continues with analysis of what the Champions League actually means for the sport. For past coverage check out Emmet Ryan’s features on the problems with a closed shop Euroleague and the need for a strong Eurocup FIBA wants back […]
CSKA progress and leave every other question unanswered
CSKA completed the 3-0 sweep of Crvena Zvezda in front of a hot crowd at Kombank Arena but Emmet Ryan says we still don’t know what type of team is coming to Berlin There weren’t all that many surprises in this series. Pretty much everyone expected a CSKA sweep, likewise most folk expected at least […]
Bogdanovic shines as Fenerbahce turn Real into roadkill
This was one of those ‘oh I’m here’ moments from Bogdan Bogdanovic and it didn’t get lost amid the rout Fenerbahce inflicted on Real Madrid, writes Emmet Ryan It is not a stretch if you didn’t think Bogdan Bogdanovic was the best or most influential man in a Fenerbahce jersey tonight. There were plenty of […]
Fener’s lust to be more than winners
Fenerbahce’s win tonight over Real Madrid wasn’t just about going 1-0 up in their playoff series, it was about the Istanbul club showing that they are now the power and everyone else better show some respect Galway Bay is a damn good brewery and it’s just lost its head brewer. Chris Treanor is off to […]