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Cup finals highlights: Barca dominates Valencia; Siena squeaks past Cinderella; PAO bests “club of filth” Olympiacos; Korac Cup final postponed

February 11, 2013

Congratulations go out from BallinEurope this morning to FC Barcelona, Montepaschi Siena and Panathinaikos, perhaps each respectively their nation’s top basketball club, for taking domestic cup titles this weekend.

In Spain, FC Barcelona showed no letup after outlasting Real Madrid in Thursday’s barnburner from the Copa Del Rey quarterfinal round and cruised through Valencia BC in the finals, 85-69. Nice to note that BiE fave Pete Mickael snagged this year’s MVP award from within a relentless and balanced Blaugrana attack.

In Italy, Euroleague side Montepaschi Siena may have put some fear into Serie A Cinderella Cimberio Varese. Despite Varese’s two-game lead over the perpetual champs of Italia (not to mention the upset victory in week three), Bobby Brown (with 23 points and seven assists in the final) and tourney MVP Daniel Hackett were too much for Bryant Dunston and the upstarts. Siena added to the trophy case with a 74-67 win.

Meanwhile, in Greece and Serbia, things weren’t so calm – sadly too often the case.

Greece saw its cup final interrupted by fandom, producing yet another “Final of Shame” in that country. Held on a neutral homecourt, both sides of fans within the reduced crowd of 1,800 behaved badly to say the least: Olympiacos’ Kyle Hines reportedly fainted after being hit by a flare which burned some of the hair on his head; and after Mike Bramos was struck by an object thrown from the stands in the 13th minute, the referees stopped the game. Rioting ensued, the gym was evacuated and the game was finished in front of empty stands.

In case anyone cares – and it’s apparent these Green and Red fans don’t really mind about, you know, scores and results – Panathinaikos won the ‘Cup, 81-78. Olympiacos players refused to collect their silver medals after the game.

Describing Olympiacos as a “club of filth,” Panathinaikos owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos went on to tee off on the Reds’ history of fan violence: “It’s unthinkable that something like this happens. What else is left to be seen? What we should remember? The stones that were thrown in our team’s bus last season, something that had also happened before? … It’s not acceptable that the victim and the violator receive the same punishment. They ‘destroy’ the game when it’s in their favor…”

In Serbia, the finish of the Korac Cup final between Red Star Belgrade and Partizan was postponed in the third quarter with the score at 43-43, after some sort of incendiary device was release and Partizan fans stormed the court. The game will be concluded tonight in front of an empty house – kind of a buzzkill, but one can’t say these fans didn’t get the minimum of what they deserved.

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Comments: 19
  1. Gabe
    12 years ago

    Congratulations on Bobby Brown and Siena on their Italian league championship! Looks like Bourousis is a loser in every league he plays in.

    Greek final played in front of empty stands. ROTFLMAO

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    • Paulo
      12 years ago

      That was not the Italian Championship. It was the Italian Cup. There is a HUGE difference between the two.

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    • Bobby Brown Can't Win MVPs In Italy
      12 years ago

      What’s funny is that Gabe keeps telling us all for months here that Bobby Brown is for sure “best player in all of Europe”.

      But now he is 0 for 2 in competition MVP awards.

      He was NOT named MVP of the Italian Supercup.

      He was NOT named MVP of the Italian Cup.

      Strange thing, if he is really “best player in Europe by far” as this Gabe claims, how he cannot even win MVPs in minor Italian competitions.

      As Gabe would say, “if a player cannot win the MVP award of the Italian Supercup and the Italian Cup, then it proves that he is NOT the best player in Europe. In fact, it proves that he is a SCRUB”.

      I just take that word for word of what Gabe would say about Bourousis or any other European (as in non-American player) that he talks about here with his extreme pro USA biases.

      So using Gabe’s own standards, Bobby Brown is NOT and CANNOT be the “best player in Europe”.

      Or as “mike” likes to say here, “the facts cannot be disputed and do not match the claims. If Brown was really the best player in Europe, he could at least win an MVP award in of these Italy only minor competitions. But he can’t, so that proves that Gabe is just lying, trolling, and is insane.”

      I just substituted again on what “mike” would say about any non-American player here, due to that he is an American zealot.

      BOBBY BROWN CANNOT EVEN WIN MVP AWARDS IN MINOR ITALIAN COMPETITIONS

      GABE: “BEST PLAYER IN EUROPE BY FAR”…………………………..

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      • Gabe
        12 years ago

        What that really shows is that Euroleague is really not much higher than domestic leagues like the Italian, German, Australian leagues, etc…Bobby Brown is dominating Euroleague but in a little domestic league he is doing worse.

        Euroleague is a lot closer to the Italian League and Australian League than it is to the NBA.

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        • Bobby Brown Can't Win MVPs In Italy
          12 years ago

          What it really shows is that “Gabe” is a psychopathic LIAR and a NUTCASE.

          Hundreds of time she has been proven to be wrong and flat out LYING here. Not once, has he ever apologized, or admitted he was wrong.

          This guy is a TRUE PSYCHOPATH.

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  2. Paulo
    12 years ago

    http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=290245

    More info please on what happened at Greek Cup final.

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  3. Zisi
    12 years ago

    “Greece saw its cup final interrupted by fandom, producing yet another “Final of Shame” in that country. Held on the Reds’ home court”

    Actually, that is not the home arena of Olympiacos B.C. That is actually the home arena of the Greek club Panionios B.C. Two different clubs. Olympiacos is a Euroleague team and they play at Peace and Friendship Arena.

    Panionios is a Eurocup team and they play at Hellinicon Arena, which is where this game was held.

    See for yourself,

    Olympiacos arena:

    http://www.euroleague.net/competition/teams/showteam?clubcode=OLY

    “Arena PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP STADIUM”

    Panionios arena (where this game was held):

    http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/eurocup/competition/teams/showteam?clubcode=NIO&seasoncode=U2012

    “Arena OLYMPIC COMPLEX-HELLINIKON”

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  4. Derrick
    12 years ago

    ‘Please everyone ignore the hater’

    It’s not surprising that in his first comment, Gabe,
    refers to his big love (BB) and his big hate (Greece).
    He actually refers to Greece/Greeks twice, one with Bourousis, and one with the Greek Final.

    So, I want to remind everyone that he is a hater,
    and should be ignored by everyone in the forum!

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  5. Gabe's racist
    12 years ago

    He’s not a hater. He’s a demented racist.

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  6. Gabe
    12 years ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s-wzTRwJMg

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  7. Vince
    12 years ago

    what’s up with the so-called fans? Yes, a nice hot crowd makes the game very lively, but this is taking it to the extreme. After all, it’s just a game

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  8. mike
    12 years ago

    The Troll (just one person) is truly back spouting his world turned upside down. ..In his world, anyone who thinks the obvious that the NBA is the best league in the world is a hater and racist.

    Hey, why don’t you tell everyone how they treat you in InsideHoops forums. You are the butt of jokes there, right?

    In one thread, headlined by a gigantic Anthony Parker statue overlooking the entire continent(pretty funny), the Troll who is called “Crazed Troll” there by the moderator is ridiculed and laughed out of the site by everyone there. Everyone should check it out, it’s really funny. Go to InsideHoops forums and check out the ” D-league, international basketball forum”. The Troll is named Euroleague, but is dubbed by the moderator as “Crazed Troll”.

    Even the troll’s only friend there, a guy named “FIBA Basketball” thinks Kirilenko should have been MVP last season( he was during the Euroleague season ), and not mama’s boy Spanoulis, as the troll believed. In one thread, the troll concocts an elaborate theory on why Siena beat his mama’s boy blaming it on the Mafia.

    The Troll is basically isolated there, but he still thinks everyone is a troll, and not him. How sad ! LOL

    Phileus was right. No one should treat him seriously.

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    • Gabe
      12 years ago

      This is a post in the thread about the Anthony Parker statue:

      “Poster Euroleague succeeded and trolld you, so now you hate european basketball. He’s american who forced you american posters of ish to hate on european basketball.”

      This was posted by a Lithuanian poster, Sakkreth, who is a fan of Zalgris. You see not only has the poster “Euroleague” become a total joke and a known troll on ISH he has also turned any discussion of European basketball and Euroleage into a joke. He has ruined ish for any real fans of European basketball because any mention of Euroleague or European basketball will immediately bring out many trolls who have been created in response to the troll here who goes by Euroleague on ISH.

      For some reason, I don’t know how it started, many people on ISH believe the the troll is not European at all but instead lives in Arkansas? In fact many posters, especially the European posters, actually believe the troll to be anti-Euroleague because he has created so much ill will about European basketball and has made just the topic of Euroleague an ongoing joke in the forum.

      I don’t agree though. I think the troll actually is trying to get people to respect Euroleague more but with his over the top exaggerations and insulting posts he has probably done more to belittle Euroleague in the opinions of Americans fans than anyone or anything. Very ironic.

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      • Gabe
        12 years ago

        Even on this site. I admit mike and I have become somewhat of trolls but we have been created by the king troll himself. If he was not here to respond to us with insults and crazy exaggerations we would fade away, or at least tone down our responses.

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  9. Gabe
    12 years ago

    Someone trolled me. I didn’t write any of that.

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    • Gabe
      12 years ago

      Some one trolled me. I didn’t write that I didn’t write that.

      ReplyCancel
      • Gabe
        12 years ago

        Someone trolled me. I didn’t write that I didn’t write that I didn’t write that.

        ReplyCancel
        • Gabe
          12 years ago

          Someone trolled me. I didn’t write, that I didn’t write, that I didn’t write, that I didn’t write that/.

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  10. mike
    12 years ago

    @Exactly Gabe. The irony is that, even though he hates you , you actually treat the crazed troll with more respect than the guys at insidehoops who don’t even try to argue facts with him but just ridicule him and insult him.

    Many times here and and on insidehoops, I’ve seen you argue and try to reach the Troll, but to no avail. Once a troll, always a crazed troll, I guess.

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