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CSKA Moscow Win the Title Game of 2016 Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball in Berlin

 May 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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Curtain came down on the long 2016 Turkish Airlines Euro-league season with CSKA Moscow winning their seventh continental crown by defeating Fenerbahce Istanbul 101-96. The match turned out to be an overtime classic of a final played out in Berlin’s Mercedes Benz Arena on Sunday May 15, 2016. While the Russian Club could be regarded […]

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Fenerbahce Istanbul to Play CSKA Moscow in 2016 Euro-League Final in Berlin on May 15

 May 15, 2016   R K Gupta

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The semifinal games on Friday night saw 2016 Turkish Airlines Euro-league’s two best teams reach the finals. Fenerbahce Istanbul and CSKA Moscow fully justified their performances in the last seven months, beginning with regular season in October 2015. Playing at Berlin’s Mercedes-Benz Arena on May 13, the two teams won their matches in contrasting styles […]

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Lokomotiv Enter First Final Four to Make Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball History

 April 29, 2016   R K Gupta

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Of the four playoff-game series in this year’s Euro-league Basketball, three ended with a 3-0 sweep while it took all 5 games, before the fourth contender could be known. Inscribing their name in Turkish Airlines Euro-league basketball history, Russia’s Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar leapfrogged into the Final Four to be held at Berlin in a little […]

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Loko’s Randolph Forces Game 5 Despite Hard Battle By Barcelona for Berlin at Blaugrana

 April 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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In a Euro-League playoff classic at Palau Blaugrana, Anthony Randolph of Lokomotiv came in Barcelona’s way by scoring 10 points in overtime that gave Lokomotiv a 92-80 win over the home side. Randolph thus denied Barcelona not only the home advantage but took the deciding fifth game on the home turf at Krasnodar, Russia on […]

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Fabulous Fenerbahce Flay Real Madrid to Enter Final Four of Euro-League Basketball

 April 20, 2016   R K Gupta

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Not much is now left in the originally scheduled best-of-five playoff series of the Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball. True to their form this season, Fenerbahce Istanbul defeated 2015 champions Real Madrid 3-0 on Tuesday and booked their place for Berlin’s Final Four. On Monday, CSKA Moscow had already secured their Final Four berth with a […]

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Best-of-Five Euro-League Basketball Playoff Series Intriguingly Poised after Two Games

 April 17, 2016   R K Gupta

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Top16 super performer Fenerbahce Istanbul is just one win away from making it to the Final Four with their thumping victory over defending champions Real Madrid in Thursday’s second playoff game. Two other teams, CSKA Moscow and Laboral Kutxa Vitoria also recorded their second successive wins and inched tantalizing close to making the trip to […]

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Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball: Home Teams Hold Fort in the First Playoffs Games

 April 16, 2016   R K Gupta

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After the first playoff games, Fenerbahce Istanbul, Laboral Kutxa Vitoria, CSKA Moscow and Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar scored home victories against their rivals to lead 1-0 in the best-of-five knockout series. While Laboral and CSKA Moscow scored emphatic wins over Panathinaikos Athens and Crvena Zvezda Telecom Belgrade respectively, Fenerbahce’s match against Real Madrid and the one […]

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Euro-League:Heartbreaks for Khimki Olympiacos & Brose Baskets as Top-16 Games End

 April 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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The playoff scenario in Turkish Airlines Euro-League basketball clearly emerged after four Group F games on April 7. The remaining two spots went to FC Barcelona Lassa and defending champions Real Madrid. In a do-or-die game, Real Madrid got past Khimki Moscow and with Barcelona Lassa having already defeated Zalgiri Kaunas, playoff chances of Olympiacos […]

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Euro-League Basketball 5 Teams To Fight for Remaining 2 Spots

 April 6, 2016   R K Gupta

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The playoffs race in Turkish Airlines Euro-league Basketball has reached a point, from where just two Group F teams can make it to the last eight. There is no confusion in Group E, where four teams have already qualified and it is merely a question of who will finish second behind Fenerbahce Istanbul. In Group […]

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Euro-League Basketball Play-Offs: With 2 Rounds Left in Top16 Fates of 9 Teams Unknown

 March 26, 2016   R K Gupta

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Round-12 of Top16 in Turkish Airlines Euro-League Basketball could only decide just one more qualifier last week. After three days of eventful action, Russian Club, Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar emerged as the sole team to join Fenerbahce Istanbul and CSKA Moscow among the play-off qualifiers. Now the field has 9 teams for 5 remaining play-off spots […]

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