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Ireland win first ever promotion to A divison with victory over Poland
It was a ferocious battle in the National Basketball Arena as Poland and Ireland left everything on the hardwood in a bid to claim a spot in Europe’s top flight. It took every ounce of fight from both sides and gallons of sweat on the media tribune from BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan but Ireland topped Poland […]
VIDEO: Nikola Mirotic on his fellow Chicago Bull Pau Gasol’s performance
Nikola Mirotic talked about Pau Gasol’s extraordinary night for Spain against Poland and his team’s overall performance following their victory earlier. BallinEurope is in the running for two awards at Blog Awards Ireland. Go here to vote for BiE
VIDEO: AJ Slaughter on how his side fought and Pau Gasol’s performance
AJ Slaughter praised the performance of Pau Gasol and of his own Polish team mates as his side went down valiantly to Spain at EuroBasket 2015. Watch the full interview below. BallinEurope is in the running for two awards at Blog Awards Ireland. Go here to vote for BiE
Pau Gasol beats Poland, Spain also advances
It was another horrible outing for Spain where they got the win but over-relied on you know who. Emmet Ryan is wondering what has happened to the side that Europe once feared What will Spain do for scores when Pau Gasol eventually hangs up his kicks? Through six games in this tournament to two-time NBA […]
EuroBasket 2015: Group A Preview
With the big one just a few weeks away, we’re going to go group by group each of the next four Wednesdays with our unique take on what to expect. We start, predictably, with Group A Venue: Parks&Suites Arena, Montpellier, France Capacity: 10,700 Is Oguz Savas playing here?: No Your contenders Reigning EuroBasket champions France, […]
Thomas Klepeisz shows you how to celebrate a winning bucket
Technically it wasn’t a buzzer beater. Practically, who cares? Austria pulled off a big upset win over Poland tonight in the EuroBasket 2015 qualifers. Considering Austria hadn’t exactly impressed to date in qualification, this is a huge result as they are now tied with Poland and Germany at 2-1 in Group C.
EuroBasket 2015: No Vesely no problem and Gentile steps up
It was another busy night in the second qualifying round for EuroBasket 2015, with Russia dropping their second straight while Germany and the Czech Republic bounced back. In case you need a re-cap on what the teams involved need to do to qualify, the seven group winners progress to EuroBasket 2015 along with the top […]
Highlights: Turkey beat Latvia 78-53 at FIBA Europe U18s
Turkey locked up the fourth and final spot in today’s FIBA Europe Under 18s men’s semi finals with a convincing 78-53 win over Latvia. After a tight first quarter, the hosts pulled away in Konya. Furkan Korkmaz led Turkey in scoring with 22 points and 6 rebounds, as Turkey took a commanding 14 point lead […]
BiE's Favourite Plays of Eurobasket Stage 1
The first stage is in the books and it will be all but stricken from our memory by around 14.29 CET. Before we cast it off to history, BiE’s rounded up our favourite plays from the opening stage. Best face Oh man Janis Blums. You’re the best.
BiE’s Favourite Plays of Eurobasket Stage 1
The first stage is in the books and it will be all but stricken from our memory by around 14.29 CET. Before we cast it off to history, BiE’s rounded up our favourite plays from the opening stage. Best face Oh man Janis Blums. You’re the best.
Eurobasket 2013: Which NBA players are in, which are out?
Because it’s never too early to start looking ahead to Eurobasket 2013 – wait a minute, there’s only 11 weeks left until tipoff? Definitely not too early, then, to take a look at the formative rosters for the big Continental tournament. While only a few national teams (Croatia and Lithuania among them) have released preliminary […]
NBA site spotlights Marcin Gortat’s days with Anaheim Arsenal
Friday saw the NBA official website launch a new feature on its pages devoted to the D League. The new “D-League Alumni Spotlight” page currently sports six highlight videos featuring current-day NBA players who came into the big league the hard way. BallinEurope was pleased to see the Phoenix Suns’ Marcin Gortat among the half-dozen. […]