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League preview – Bundesliga: Miller gon’ give it to ya
BiE continues its preview of the leagues across Europe with a look to one of the most exciting, in terms of gameplay, on the continent. Here’s what Emmet Ryan is looking forward to with the upcoming Bundesliga season We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, there are few leagues more convenient to follow […]
Bavarian Shadow Boxing ends with Bamberg on top
As close encounters go, Brose Baskets win at FC Bayern was a little on the strange side. Emmet Ryan looks back on a game where neither side wanted to give anything away ahead of the post-season Fatigue presents itself in a variety of ways. Andrea Trinchieri’s look of exhaustion late in the fourth quarter on […]
The challenge remains the same for Brose Baskets Bamberg
The men from Freak City took a 2-1 lead over Bayern in the Bundesliga Finals on Sunday but Emmet Ryan says Brose Baskets’ future on the court is still dependent on closing the deal Game 1 could have been a lot worse. Two shellackings earlier this year in quick succession worse to be precise. Still, […]
All Malcolm Delaney does is win championships
At Virginia Tech, Malcolm Delaney was a star. In Europe, no matter what jersey he wears, Malcolm Delaney just can’t stop being a champion Back at the Euroleague Final Four, it all seemed like a gag. Sitting in a bar after the semi-finals, with a few beers imbibed, the rest of the season for the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bundesliga: Bayern stay perfect, Mike's Stock is falling
FC Bayern moved to 4-0 as their impressive start to Bundesliga continued while Artland Dragons claimed the scalp of Brose Baskets Bamberg. This is what you call ideal preparation for your debut season in Euroleague. FC Bayern already had a win over fellow Euroleague side Bamberg to their name in the Bundesliga this season and […]
Bundesliga: Bayern stay perfect, Mike’s Stock is falling
FC Bayern moved to 4-0 as their impressive start to Bundesliga continued while Artland Dragons claimed the scalp of Brose Baskets Bamberg. This is what you call ideal preparation for your debut season in Euroleague. FC Bayern already had a win over fellow Euroleague side Bamberg to their name in the Bundesliga this season and […]
Germany: Bayern contain Stockton, Bamberg rolls, Ulm squeeze it out
It was a busy night in the Bundesliga and FC Bayern maintained their perfect record with a comfortable 95-71 win at Ludwigsburg. Bayern didn’t stop Mike Stockton but they managed to contain the new favourite son of Ludwigsburg. Stockton scored 12 points, picked up 3 rebounds, and had 3 assists but this was well short […]
Diagramming an impressive debut for Mike Stockton, son of that Stockton
We’re not quite at the stage where if Simon Jatsch of In-the-game.org draws it up we’ll share it but we’re not far off. This chart from Ludwigsburg’s first two games of Germany’s Bundesliga season shows just how impressive a debut Michael Stockton, son of hall-of-famer John Stockton, made for his new team. Stockton scored 20 […]
Bundesliga best bits and Bayern vs Bamberg highlights
Good morning. Want to see what happened in the Bundesliga in Round 2? Here’s the Top 10 plays and game highlights from FC Bayern’s 84-74 win over Brose Baskets Bamberg as well as ratiopharm Ulm’s 87-47 shellacking of Bremerhaven. Unsurprisingly, a big play from FC Bayern’s win makes the Top 10 list but it isn’t […]