Basketball Playoffs

Euro-League Basketball Playoffs: Fenerbahce and CSKA Moscow Win First Rounds

 April 16, 2015   R K Gupta

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The best-of-five play-off series started with two games for teams with home-court advantage on Tuesday April 14, 2014 at Moscow and Istanbul. At Moscow, table toppers CSKA outplayed Panathinaikos Athens 93-66 to begin their campaign on a solid note. It was the Russian Club’s 16th win over the Greek Club in their 31 meetings so […]

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Euro-league Basketball

Turkish Airlines Euro-league Basketball: All Play-off Spots Decided after the Thrilling 14th Round in Top 16

 April 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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After the conclusion of the thrilling Top 16 final round matches in Euro-league, the veil of suspense was lifted and the 2014-15 Turkish Airlines Euro-league has entered the Play-off stage. With results available from matches played on April 9 & 10, 2015, the last three remaining play-off spots were claimed by reigning champions Maccabi Electra […]

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Playoff Race Gets Hotter as Even Round 13 Couldn’t Determine Final 8 Contestants

 April 7, 2015   R K Gupta

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It got a lot interesting as the Turkish Airlines Euro-League Top 16 Round 13 matches were concluded. It became clear that last playoff tickets could not be handed out until 14th Round results are available this week. Even among confirmed play-off entrants, the order could not be decided. On individual front, an ALBA Berlin player […]

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Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball: Play-Off Barrier Broken as Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow Earn Quarterfinal Tickets

 March 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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At the end of eight Top16 round-10 matches, two clear quarterfinalists emerged; Real Madrid in Group E and CSKA Moscow in Group F. The Round-10 games threw up a major milestone, when the Turkish Airlines saw the half-a-millionth point scored, when EA7 Emporio Armani Milan played against Unicaja Malaga. The point went in the name […]

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Euro-League Basketball

Final Four Emerge After Absorbing Play-off Games In Euro-League Basketball

 May 3, 2014   R K Gupta

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From April 15 to 25, 2014, 17 play-off games were held in Milan, Madrid, Moscow, Barcelona, Tel Aviv, Istanbul and Athens. The Final Four, which will now travel to Milan for the last four games of 2014 Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball are; FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow and Maccabi Electra. In the season’s most […]

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Euro-league

Euro-league Basketball Enters Play-off Stage

 April 12, 2014   R K Gupta

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The Turkish Airlines sponsored Euro-league basketball is now interestingly poised. With the completion of the league phase, the 8 contenders for the knock-out phase of the tournament, which begins on April 15, have clearly emerged. On April 10 and 11, every team from Group E and F finished its last league game. Seven of the […]

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Eurobasket 2013 reached new levels of social networking

 October 1, 2013   Maria Mitsova

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The 2013 European basketball championship in Slovenia might be remembered as the first one to be completely covered by the social media cloud. With Twitter developing every day new circles of connections, Eurobasket 2013 used it to reach out to media and people on another level. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube were constantly updated from the FIBA […]

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Eurobasket 2013: When the players do the talking

 September 28, 2013   Maria Mitsova

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Great coaches make great players. Talent, work, and good coaching is what it takes to climb up the ladder.When it comes to National teams though, we might have witnessed something different. I can’t claim to be the best analyst in the business of basketball writing, and there are surely thousands of experts to make better […]

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Estonia booked its place for the EuroBasket 2015

It’s the lucky 13 for Estonia – the first team on Eurobasket 2015

 September 3, 2013   Maria Mitsova

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While the 24 best in Europe were getting ready to feel Slovenia this autumn, 13 not so lucky teams were having another goal set for the far future. 2015 seems quite some time away, but those 13 teams decided to give it a try and participate in the latest whim of FIBA Europe – 1st […]

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