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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: No wild cards here
Fenerbahce are in free fall while the Greens and the Blaugrana served up another gem. Take your mind off the FIBA World Cup for a minute and take in this week’s edition of The Dish. The top two in Group E squared off in the OAKA and at half-time it looked like the Blaugrana would […]
The Dish: If it bleeds we can kill it
You’d be forgiven for thinking this week’s Euroleague slated consisted of one game and one shot, we begin with the latter. Efes? Really Efes did this? And Planinic? Wow, it’s like all the mockery of the club and Zoran (there was plenty on Twitter through the evening) was channeled into one wild moment of positive […]
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 F: The knowns and the unknowns
The slate is clean for the Top 16. We’re breaking 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 after 14 rounds of action. We went through Group E yesterday, now it’s time to look at Group F. Real Madrid […]
Euroleague Heats Up As Barcelona & Nanterre Record Dominant Victories
The Turkish Airline Euroleague continued as Group A and D matches were underway. The highlight came from Group A as FC Barcelona as it defeated CSKA Moscow 79 – 70 in a hard-fought game. Barcelona’s Juan Carlos Navarro was the key difference as he scored 17 of his 20 points after halftime, making 3 of […]
Euroleague Heats Up As Barcelona & Nanterre Record Dominant Victories
The Turkish Airline Euroleague continued as Group A and D matches were underway. The highlight came from Group A as FC Barcelona as it defeated CSKA Moscow 79 – 70 in a hard-fought game. Barcelona’s Juan Carlos Navarro was the key difference as he scored 17 of his 20 points after halftime, making 3 of […]
Budivelnik & Nanterre record historic Euroleague victories on Halloween Night
The third series of games in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague got underway on Halloween night, but instead of frights and scares, it was a night filled with thrilling matches and shocking victories as the season gathers momentum. Budivelnik Kiev had a night to remember as it became the first Ukranian team to win a game […]
Budivelnik & Nanterre record historic Euroleague victories on Halloween Night
The third series of games in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague got underway on Halloween night, but instead of frights and scares, it was a night filled with thrilling matches and shocking victories as the season gathers momentum. Budivelnik Kiev had a night to remember as it became the first Ukranian team to win a game […]
VTB League: CSKA cruise, more heartbreak for Neptunas
Neptunas are doing everything they can to be the lovable underdog of the VTB United League but CSKA Moscow remain the class of the league. Lietuvos Rytas meanwhile secured an important win over Lokomotiv Kuban, just four days before the sides meet again in Euroleague. Omar Cook had 7 assists and Juan Palacios scored 12 […]
Euroleague: Group A wins for Barcelona, CSKA, and Fenerbahce
Group A saw wins for the three favourites on Thursday night but in rather different styles. Barcelona’s woes from the free throw line saw them make hard work of Partizan, Fenerbahce won a a shootout with Budivelnik Kiew, while CSKA Moscow had to dig deep for a road win at Nanterre. A dominant fourth quarter […]
Sergey Belov: A Soviet Icon
In a guest post, Uygar Karaca reflects at length on the late Sergey Belov and his legacy in Russia and Europe. On a recent visit to the website of Spartak St. Petersburg club, I found an interesting article with some famous names. It says that the club and players made a visit to the graveyard […]