This is a game between two sides that lost their opening Group F EuroCup game so the winning side knows that they’ll be off the bottom and in the middle of the table. The losing side knows that they’ll be sitting with a 0-2 record and that they’ll be the only team in the group... Continue Reading »
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11 January 2017 EuroCup Group F – Lietkabelis Panevezys v ratiopharm Ulm
11 January 2017 EuroCup Group E – Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar v UCAM Murcia
Both of these teams won their opening Top 16 game last week and with Gran Canarias losing on Tuesday night, the winner will create a bit of a gpa between themselves and the initial favourite for the group stages. That should be a strong incentive when these two sides clash in Krasnodar, for what is... Continue Reading »
10 January 2017 EuroCup Group E – Montakit Fuenlabrada v Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas
These two Spanish sides clash in Group E in the EuroCup on Tuesday night and both of these teams will be looking to bounce back after a defeat in their opening Top 16 game. While these two sides are very familiar when it comes to domestic competition, this is the first time that they have... Continue Reading »
4 January 2017 EuroCup Group E – Herbalife Gran Canaria Las Palmas v Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar
All of the Group E clashes this week take place in Spain, a feature that will be quite common in the Top 16, given that three out of the four sides hail from Spain. Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar are the outsiders in the group, with respect to odds and geography, and they know that they’ll have... Continue Reading »
4 January 2017 EuroCup Group E – UCAM Murcia v Montakit Fuenlabrada
Group E in the Top 16 of the Eurocup gets underway with a clash between two Spanish sides. Both teams will be looking for their first ever win in the Top 16, and given that the two sides will be very familiar with each other, we could be in for a tight battle. This is... Continue Reading »
4 January 2017 EuroCup Group H – ALBA Berlin v Unicaja Malaga
This is a game between two sides who held a 4-4 record in the regular season, making this Group H Top 16 EuroCup clash a perfect chance for one of the sides to boost their chances of progress. There have been 8 European meetings of these teams and the Spaniards have a healthy 6-2 lead... Continue Reading »
4 January 2017 EuroCup Group F – ratiopharm Ulm v Bayern Munich
This is an all-German clash so the two sides will know each other very well coming into this game. The teams have met twice in European competition so far and both side has a single victory each, so there is a lot at stake in this game. The hosts had a 4-4 record in the... Continue Reading »
4 January 2017 EuroCup Group H – Cedevita Zagreb v Valencia Basket
Both of these teams may consider themselves unfortunate to be playing each other in the Top 16 of the EuroCup. The Zagreb side picked up a 6-2 record in the regular season while the Spaniards progressed with a 7-1 record. This means both of these teams played very well and would have preferred for their... Continue Reading »
4 January 2017 EuroCup Group G – Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius v Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem
Both of these teams are past winners of the EuroCup and they’ll both be desperate to get off to a good start in the EuroCup Top 16. The hosts have a 3-5 record while the away side comes into this clash with a 5-3 record from the regular season. The sides have clashed four times... Continue Reading »
4 January 2017 EuroCup Group G – Nizhny Novgorod v Zenit St Petersburg
Group G in the EuroCup Top 16 gets underway with an all-Russian clash and these sides have met on European duty before. There have been two European games between these sides and at the moment, there is one win each, so there is a lot to play for in Novgorod on Wednesday night. The hosts... Continue Reading »