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Armani has displayed a tremendous defensive game at the beginning of the season, which made their life very easy in Vitoria. The Italians defeated Baskonia 78-64 and reached a 2-0 record. The work was done mainly by Shavon Shields (12 points, 10 rebounds), Malcolm Delaney (13 points, 4 assists), Devon Hall (12 points) and Nicolo… Continue Reading »

Three weeks after its victory over Zenit for the Super Cup final of the VTB League, CSKA will “host” again the team from St. Petersburg. CSKA is coming from outstanding performance and an important away win (100-96) over the holder of the Euroleague title, Anadolu Efes. At the same time, D. Itoudis’ team has strengthened… Continue Reading »

Valencia is the team with the most injury problems at the start of the season and this has affected its record at ACB (2-2). Last Saturday, however, they left Zaragoza (70-76) with a victory, starring Bojan Dubljevic, the leader who finished the game with 19 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. The important Mike Tobey… Continue Reading »

Efes is not going through its best days and of course this conclusion comes from its image in the Euroleague. On Friday, Ergin Ataman’s team lost at home (96-100) to CSKA, with Micic doing everything in his power for the European champions (32 points, 7/11 three points shots). The problem for Efes is in the… Continue Reading »

Ergin Ataman did not like the way his team played against Real Madrid in Spain last week. The Turkish coach stated after the match that his team probably travelled to Spain for tourism, thus wanting to wake up his players for the demanding games that follow. And tonight’s clash against CSKA is one of those…. Continue Reading »

Great game tonight in Faliro, for the 2nd Matchday of this season, Euroleague. Olympiacos started the season with ambition, and so far, the early signs are promising. However, the team from Piraeus will face the Spanish powerhouse, Real Madrid, a team that will try to overcome a disappointing season in the Euroleague and ACB last… Continue Reading »

Bayern held tight the victory in Tel Aviv against Maccabi at the Euroleague opening (+11, 6 minutes before the finale). Still, Andrea Trinchieri’s team saw Scottie Wilbekin scoring the Israelis’ last 10 points (out of his 28 in total) while the Bavarians missed twice in the end with Deshaun Thomas and Hilliard. So naturally, they… Continue Reading »

Clouds are getting “darker” over Athens after the two consecutive losses for Panathinaikos, the Greek basketball pride and six-time Euroleague champions. Dimitris Priftis’s team does not have an excellent start to the season, and both the fans and the management are getting nervous about the team’s future. The Greens lost the opening game of the… Continue Reading »

Hungarian champions, Szombathely, are competing in the BCL for the third year in a row. Winning the title in their country has “opened the door” to European competitions. Coach Milos Konakov was credited with this success and will remain on Falco’s bench for a 5th  consecutive season. Worth noting that 10 of the 12 players… Continue Reading »

Nizhny hosted the Final – 8 of the Basketball Champions League last season but did not manage to overcome the obstacle of Zaragoza in the quarterfinals and was left out of the semis. Of course, it was already a great success that they reached the F-8, but Nizhny missed a unique opportunity to achieve something… Continue Reading »