National Leagues 376
A look at the WTF promos for a live double header
Basketball Ireland is holding a double header in the National Basketball Arena on Sunday. Those of you with a functioning understanding of the calendar will be aware that Sunday is not Halloween but we’ll give BI the benefit of the doubt here because: (A) You can watch both games for free here from 15.00 CET […]
Highlights: Top 10 from Round 5 of the LKL
Check out the top plays from round five in the top flight of Lithuanian hoops.
Blaž Mahkovic re-enacts THAT shot
All of two days after pulling off this ridiculous circus shot, Blaž Mahkovic re-enacted and made the shot for Slovenian TV. Watch the Union Olimpija man do it again. h/t Dave Hein.
Highlights: It’s Tayo Time
Tayo Ogendengbe of the Glasgow Rocks threw down a sick alley-oop in the Scottish club’s 80-71 win over Leicester Riders in the British Basketball League. Watch the dunk with the Phantom cam treatment.
Navarro suffers hamstring injury
FC Barcelona has just announced that Juan Carlos Navarro is set to miss some time with a first degree hamstring injury. In a statement the club said his “availability for forthcoming matches will depend on how the recovery progresses.” Injuries have hampered La Bomba for the last two seasons now and this is a blow […]
Highlights: Extended coverage of DCU Saints rout of UL Eagles
In pre-season, it looked like DCU Saints were facing a long season in the Irish League. The North Dublin club looked wildly behind schedule at the Harry Boland Cup but through three rounds of the regular season they have put paid to the doubters. After a narrow defeat to open the campaign, it’s been back […]
Highlights: Real survive, Barcelona cruise in ACB action
It was a busy weekend in the top flight of arguably Europe’s strongest league. Joventut Badalona gave Real Madrid all they could handle but eventually the home side pulled through to escape with the W 90-88. Barcelona had no such trouble with Gran Canaria, the Blaugrana cruised past the islanders 80-61. Bilbao Basket, whose very […]
Blaž Mahkovic makes a shot you need to see to believe
I would love to know how much confidence Blaž Mahkovic had when he did this, actually I already know he had to have none but luck smiled on the Union Olimpija man when he did this. The Ljubljana club won handily against Partizan, 87-58, at the Stožice Arena to move to 3-1 for the season. […]
Gottingen guns its way to upset of Bayern 81-95
FC Bayern suffered a first defeat of the 2014/15 Bundesliga season as Gottingen came away from Munich with the big upset. After hanging with Barcelona for 40 minutes in Euroleague on Friday, Bayern suffered a second defeat in three days as Gottingen knocked off the Bundesliga champions in convincing fashion on Sunday. After a tight […]
Nolan Smith throws a towel, Ataman says he could be done
Tensions flared early in Galatasaray’s 69-67 loss to Banvit as Nolan Smith threw a towel when being taken out for the Istanbul club. The game between Galatasaray and Banvit was barely finding its feet when Nolan Smith did this. Galatasaray coach Ergin Ataman left no doubt of his views on Smith’s behaviour after the game. […]
First blood to Zalgiris
The clash of the big two in Vilnius ended with a win for the visitors as reigning LKL champions Zalgiris Kaunas won 82-84 against Lietuvos Rytas. The LKL season, which is pleasantly sane this year, saw it’s first clash of the traditional powers on Sunday as Zalgiris Kaunas went to Vilnius and came away with […]
Ross finds his mean streak
After opening the season with a pair of narrow defeats, UCD Marian finally got their first W with a convincing 79-56 rout of Templeogue. Almost as important as the win however was Preston Ross ascending into his role on the floor with authority, writes Emmet Ryan. It’s the story of any import coming into the […]