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Where now for CSKA?
It was a fourth straight stunning disappointment for CSKA Moscow in the Final Four. Emmet Ryan asks where now for Europe’s most affluent club? It was happening again. After 36 minutes of utter irrelevancy, Vassilis Spanoulis went up the court and nailed a three. Kostas Sloukas narrowed the gap more and Fabio to my left […]
Top 5 Plays of the Final Four semi finals
The top five plays from Friday’s games are up. Unsurprisingly, Spanoulis features.
CSKA pull a CSKA again as Olympiacos advance to Euroleague Final
Not for the first time, BiE had to change the intro on a Final Four game involving CSKA Moscow following a dramatic late collapse. It wasn’t a vintage performance in the semi-final but sometimes you just love a good slugfest. That’s what Emmet Ryan saw as Olympiacos topped CSKA Moscow to make it to Sunday’s […]
The Ballin After – Final Four Special
With the Euroleague Final Four starting on Friday, BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan hit the Barclaycard Centre to deliver a special edition of The Ballin After. We hear from the players and take a look inside the operation that makes an event like this happen. Press play to watch now:
It’s soccer town until Thursday
The heat hit Emmet Ryan but not enough to prevent the cause of drunk journalism. Here’s his first piece of commentary from Madrid. Destination Basketball. Upon landing the heat was a shock. The weather back home has been pretty awful of late but wow it is hot here. Basketball is irrelevant. With Real playing Juventus […]
The Ballin After: Question Time
In our last video before boarding the plane for Madrid, Emmet Ryan breaks down one key question for each of the teams in the Euroleague Final Four.
The Ballin After – Dear Patrick
The Ballin After continues its build-up to the Final Four by offering some advice for Jordi Bertomeu and Patrick Baumann, looking back at the announcements of the All-Euroleague 1st and 2nd teams, and a Twitter fight between a player and a league. Press play to watch now:
Could the Final Four take a leaf out of All Star weekend’s book?
The Euroleague Final Four is the culmination of the season but by the off day is just that for, a full off day. Emmet Ryan argues that taking a couple of ideas from the NBA All Star weekend could benefit Euroleague and fans. Last Monday I was in London, home to the 2013 Final Four, […]
Live chat: CSKA Moscow vs. Olympiacos for 2012 Euroleague championship
Hard to believe it’s open us — this season just flew by, it feels like, but nevertheless the beginning of the end tips off in about 40 minutes. Can Olympiacos win the biggest must-win of all to complete their amazing run? Or will CSKA Moscow, a team of destiny even before signing Andrei Kirilenko, earn […]
Eclipse watching: All-time records under threat at Euroleague Final Four 2012
For all the history/stat junkies out there – including myself, as BiE readers know – BallinEurope today takes a look at what all-time Euroleague Final Four records might fall this year … and some that seem unbreakable. • Under assault could be the all-time free-throw mark of 56 held by Nikos Galis. Galis set this […]
Watching the Euroleague Final Four on TV, online
Euroleague officials have announced that the 2012 Euroleague Final Four will be broadcast to some 174 countries via 66 television networks, with live on-site reportage in 13 languages. NTV Spor is the host broadcaster, making available for the first time live coverage of the Nike International Junior Tournament. The lead broadcast carrier to show the […]
Euroleague Power Rankings: Do-or-die Week Edition
The key word in week three of the 2011-12 Euroleague Top 16 round: Blowout. The closest game was decided by eight points (Bennet Cantù 82, Maccabi Tel Aviv 74) and the average match showed a 16-point differential as certain teams (CSKA Moscow, FC Barcelona, Montepaschi Siena) asserted their superiority, a couple of sleeping giants (Olympiacos, […]