Olympiacos Piraeus 62
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 E: The knowns and the unknowns
The slate is clean for the Top 16. Today and tomorrow we’ll break 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 sfter 14 rounds of action. We start with the eight participants. Fenerbahce Ulker What we know: This is […]
Strange sounds as Olympiacos top Panathinaikos
Tuesday’s Greek A1 League opening round game between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos was also going to be strange. Two of the biggest sides in Europe weren’t just playing early in the season, they were doing so in an empty house due to past crowd trouble. The derby of eternal enemies may not have had any fans […]
Game Tape: Breaking down key plays from the Intercontinental Cup Final
In a new feature on BiE we use game highlights and Coachnote software to break down some key plays from big games. First up it’s Olympiacos and Pinheiros as the Euroleague champions secured an 86-69 victory in the second leg of the Intercontinental Cup final.
Olympiacos lift Intercontinental Cup with dominant 86-69 win over Pinheiros
Olympiacos completed a comfortable victory in the Intercontinental Cup as they stormed past Pinheiros to lift the title in Brazil. Having held an 81-70 lead from the first leg, the European champions took Sunday’s second leg 86-69 to win by an aggregate score of 167-139. The Pinheiros defence early was way too loose and Olympiacos […]
Real games are back so spare me the 'world' champion debate
Olympiacos and Pinheiros will shortly play the second leg of the Intercontinental Cup. Emmet Ryan explains that while it’s great to see such an event take place, it brings with it the most moronic of debates. I blame America. Well no, that’s unfair. I’m blame marketing and these marketers happen to be based in America. […]
Real games are back so spare me the ‘world’ champion debate
Olympiacos and Pinheiros will shortly play the second leg of the Intercontinental Cup. Emmet Ryan explains that while it’s great to see such an event take place, it brings with it the most moronic of debates. I blame America. Well no, that’s unfair. I’m blame marketing and these marketers happen to be based in America. […]
Ugly turnovers, dumb fouls, but hey some drama in pre-season
The Rixos Cup final was exactly what one would expect from a pre-season tournament. The play was sloppy, the rosters weren’t complete, but at least Besiktas and Olympiacos provided some excitement in Istanbul. We don’t expect much when the main focus for teams is to get warmed up and stay healthy but there were enough […]
Olympiacos and Panathinaikos to meet behind closed doors in first round of A1 League
Euroleague champions Olympiacos will meet Greek champions Panathinaikos in the first round of the Greek League. It’s going to be quiet in the SEF when the two biggest rivals in Greece square off in week 1. Greek A1 draw just took place: Olympiacos vs Panathinaikos on Day 1, behind closed doors. — TalkBasket (@TalkBasket) September […]
The Greek League explained
Trying to give more oomph and interesting themes to a league dominated by Panathinaikos and Olympiacos ever since 1992, the Greek Federation opened the doors to a third non-European player per team in a move aimed to achieve a better balance between those teams whose goals are merely to challenge by only attempting toapproach the […]
Olympiacos to take on Cleveland Cavaliers, US creditors tonight
Tonight will see the Cleveland Cavaliers play host to Olympiacos in Ohio and while the game will surely bring in the paying audience – if only to see the monster Shaq-King James tandem – the Greek side could well be leaving America $400,000 lighter. According to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, U.S. District Court judge Christopher A. […]
Whoa, how much is Von Wafer making?
OK, so immediately upon hearing of the Von Wafer signing made official by Olympiacos and Euroleague representatives, you knew the Angelopoulos brothers had overpaid at least slightly for the 24-year-old NBA jumper. But then Wafer went on Houston’s FOX affiliate station KRIV-TV to say a few choice words about the contact that explained the not-so-mysterious […]