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Preview: Real Madrid vs Olympiacos – Euroleague Final Four
lt’s a rematch of last year’s champions game as Chus Mateo and Real Madrid battle Georgios Bartzokas and Olympiacos in the Euroleague Final Four. Who comes out on top to progress to Sunday’s title game? Real Madrid enter the Euroleague Final Four in Berlin as defending champions. Chus Mateo is hungry to claim a 12th […]
Preview: Panathinaikos vs Fenerbahce – Euroleague Final Four
lt’s a return to the Euroleague Final Four for Panathinaikos while Fenerbahce face an old foe in Ergin Ataman. Who emerges on Friday to proceed to Sunday’s title game? The first of the Euroleague Final Four match-ups sees Sarunas Jasikevicius and Fenerbahce take on Ergin Ataman’s Panathinaikos. There’s lots of respect but no love lost […]
Real Madrid have a target on their back in the Euroleague Final Four
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. The defending champions led the standings in the Euroleague regular season and swept Baskonia in the playoffs. Now, Real Madrid seek back to back titles for the first time since 1968. Absolutely everyone is gunning for them. Real Madrid entered this Euroleague season as the clear favourites […]
Olympiacos seek more than redemption at Euroleague Final Four
The narrative will, naturally, be about how Olympiacos lost last year’s Euroleague title game. The reality is about the focus on the now and what the Reds need to take that extra step in Berlin. When your semi-final match-up is a repeat of last year’s title game, minds will naturally wander to the revenge game […]
Fenerbahce will lean on courageous unselfishness in Euroleague Final Four
This has been a strange season for Fenerbahce in Euroleague. Sometimes, strange things can turn out to be good. At least that’s been the case so far under Sarunas Jasivkevicius. In the second of our deep dives into the four competitors in Berlin, it’s time to look at the Istanbul giants. There may be no […]
Panathinaikos return to Euroleague’s top table, now what?
In the first of our deep dives into all four competitors at the Euroleague Final Four, Emmet Ryan takes a look at Panathinaikos. The Greeks are back in the big show for the first time since 2012 but will they make a big impression? They have the most known owner in all of Euroleague basketball. […]
VIDEOS: Jackson and Hines react to CSKA’s Euroleague triumph
Aaron Jackson didn’t so much do an interview as cut a promo while talking to Emmet Ryan in the mixed zone after CSKA Moscow’s Euroleague title win. We got react from Jackson and Kyle Hines after the game On his third trip to the Euroleague Final Four, Aaron Jackson finally won the big one. A […]
So a dude dropped his condoms
In his final drunkventure from Madrid, Emmet Ryan reports on everything that happened at and around the Euroleague championship game. It’s the freaking myth of Spanoulis man. Real could have been up 20 with 2 minutes to go (yes, I am aware they won by 19) and you still wouldn’t have thought they were safe. […]
Real Madrid end 20 year famine to win Euroleague title
Real Madrid survived a third quarter charge by Olympiacos and shut down Vassilis Spanoulis to end a 20 year wait and win the Euroleague title for 2014/15. Emmet Ryan reports from the Barclaycard Centre. Whatever amount of Real and Olympiacos fans were in the house on Friday, their numbers had clearly surged for this one. […]
CSKA win the third place game
It’s the game nobody wants to play in and few want to watch. CSKA looked well on course for a blowout but a Fener rally in the second half made for a surprisingly exciting finish. The third place game got off to an uninspired start, CSKA went up 12-0 before Fenerbahce got off the mark. […]
So now the end is near
Real Madrid face Olympiacos in the Euroleague final later today. Two teams steeped in history meet in a game that will dominated by contemporary narrative. It’s been 20 long years since Real Madrid were kings of Europe. They had their near misses along the way but nothing can hurt quite like the last two years. […]
We fixed everything
After taking it relatively easy the last two nights, BiE’s editor was fearlessly back on the beer on Saturday at the Euroleague Final Four. The best bar conversations are the ones where you solve all the problems on one broad issue. Tonight we fixed European and NCAA basketball, you’re welcome. The day however began with […]