Category: Turkish EuroLeague

CSKA Moscow takes VTB League Finals

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By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net UNICS Kazan put on one last effort to come back but CSKA Moscow didn’t allow it and sealed the deal with an 89-81 win in Game 3 of the VTB United league Finals. CSKA won the series with a 3-0 sweep and has won the VTB league for the 11th time in total and the 9th time straight. Last season was canceled and no champion was named. Daniel Hackett was named MVP of the VTB United League playoffs. Tornike Shengelia brought extra energy to the court and led the way with 19…

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Ioannis Papapetrou and Dinos Mitoglou lead Panathinaikos to the Greek League title

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By Eurohoops team at EuroHoops.net /  info@eurohoops.net Dinos Mitoglou and Ioannis Papapetrou have had a great season with Panathinaikos and they confirmed it with a big performance in the Greek League Final. They led the team to an 82-66 win to close out the series with 3-1 and hand the Greens their 39th domestic league trophy, fifth straight. The team captain Papapetrou logged 24 points, seven rebounds, and five assists while Mitoglou had 23 points and 11 rebounds. They shot 8-13 and 10-14 from the field respectively. Georgios Papagiannis added 14 points…

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Lukas Lekavicius re-signs with Zalgiris

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By Johnny Askounis of EuroHoops.net / info@eurohoops.net Lukas Lekavicius extended his contract with Zalgiris Kaunas through the 2021-22 season with an option for the 2022-23 season, the Lithuanian powerhouse announced Wednesday. Lekavicius, 27, returned to Zalgiris in 2019 following a two-year stint at Greece with Panathinaikos. The next season will be his eighth in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and sixth attached to his current club. Per the press release: “Right after the Betsafe-LKL Finals series was over, Zalgiris immediately started setting the stones for next season, extending a contract with point guard…

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Fenerbahce and FA Devin Booker in talks

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By Chema De Lucas of EuroHoops.net / info@eurohoops.net Fenerbahce Beko is in advanced talks with free-agent center Devin Booker according to Eurohoops sources. Booker played in 15 games in the 2020-21 EuroLeague season, averaging 13.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists in 27:36. He had 14.5 points and 5.9 rebounds in 21:23 minutes over eight appearances in VTB League. Fenerbahce was looking to get a serious frontline boost after an unsuccessful season in both EuroLeague and BSL. The Turkish side was swept to CSKA Moscow in the EuroLeague playoffs (while being…

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Chicago Bulls reportedly interested in EuroLeague MVP Micic

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By Antonis Stroggylakis  of EuroHoops.net/ AStroggylakis@eurohoops.net The Chicago Bulls are reported to be interested in trading for newly-crowned EuroLeague and Final Four MVP Vasilije Micic. According to Mozzart Sport, the Bulls have been considering to acquire Micic and are ready to hit the market to get the player’s rights from the Oklahoma City Thunder even before the NBA Draft night (29/7). Recently, Micic’s agent mentioned to Novosti that he won’t allow his client to head to the NBA just to be a bench guy. He also said that if he doesn’t get guarantees…

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EuroLeague News: ASVEL snaps losing skid with win over Maccabi Tel Aviv

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By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net LDLC ASVEL Villeurbanne managed to pull back from a six-game skid and defeated Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv 74-67on the road, in a rare Sunday Turkish Airlines EuroLeague meeting to make up for their Round 30 game, in front of 3000 fans in attendance. With both teams out of the playoffs race, ASVEL (13-20) fought hard to bounce back before the end of the regular season and will look to end this season’s run on a positive note when they face CSKA in Moscow next week. The French…

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EuroLeague: Maccabi Tel Aviv defeats Hapoel Jerusalem, 101-80

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From Eurohoops.net: It was one of the most anticipated games of the season in the Israeli Winner League and Maccabi Tel Aviv made the most of it getting the 101-80 win over Hapoel Jerusalem. Scottie Wilbekin with 29 points led the charge, while Ante Zizic added 21 points for the winning side, which simply dominated the game. Tamir Blatt scored 21 points for Hapoel, but he was not a real factor in the game as Maccabi got a solid 55-43 halftime lead and never looked back. After this result, Maccabi…

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Wade Baldwin named Round 17 EuroLeague MVP

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From Eurohoops.net: Bayern Munich guard Wade Baldwin registered multiple career-highs in the win of his team over Barcelona and was named MVP of Round 17 in the process. Baldwin scored a personal best 29 points, had seven assists, three rebounds and two steals to finish the game with 41 PIR (also a personal record in the competition) en route to winning weekly EuroLeague MVP for the first time in his career. Per EuroLeague Basketball: FC Bayern Munich moved into a tie for third place in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season standings…

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Turkish EuroLeague : CSKA defeats Valencia to end two-game losing streak

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A strong fourth period leads CSKA Moscow back to the win column info@eurohoops.net Focusing on its inside game in crunch time, CSKA Moscow defeated Valencia, 84-75, Thursday evening at home. The team coached by Dimitris Itoudis controlled the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 6 contest building on Mike James pouring 15 points in the second quarter. His 17 points powered by 7/12 field goals including 5/5 twos earned him the game-high 17 points.blob:https://sneakershoptalk.com/0762261b-83ce-4685-9d9a-dca19a452ee2 “I think we played hard in the first half, but we knew we had to take a step ahead,…

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EuroHoops awards

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Crvena Zvezda and CSKA Moscow put on an amazing game and Jordan Loyd took matters into his own hands to secure the win for his squad By Stefan Djordjevic of eurohoops.net / info@eurohoops.net While three games have been postponed to a later date due to the coronavirus troubles in the squads, 12 teams still stepped on the court in Round 5 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and they’ve put on a show. Four players put on career-highs, some of them broke personal or club records, and there was plenty of quality…

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