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Third quarter surge sees Greece past Belgium and into quarters
A switch to a smaller line-up proved crucial as Greece overcame Belgium to reach the quarter finals, writes Emmet Ryan Belgium and Greece enterted the cavernous Stade Pierre Mauroy for the second of Saturday’s last 16 games. The new format adds a touch of extra drama to proceedings, with the losers this weekend effectively out […]
EuroBasket Power Rankings: And then there were eight
Where once there was 12 now stand 8. The quarter finals are set so it’s time to update our Power Rankings. There are some radical changes but I still expect plenty of you will be upset. Take aim in the comments. 1. Croatia (4-1). It was really tough to decide between first and second here. […]
EuroBasket: Early drama decides Group E
Latvia’s defeat at the hands of Belgium meant the rest of Sunday’s action was all about seeding for the EuroBasket 2013 quarter finals. By the time Lithuania and Ukraine took to the court in Llubjana, both sides knew they were safely through to the quarter finals. Unsurprisingly much of this game had a feel of […]
Belgium Spoils Latvia’s party, Ukraine advance
It was set to be a dramatic day in the final round of action of Group E but Belgium played the spoiler with a heroic display against Latvia. Somebody in the Ukraine camp should buy a round for the Belgian team. The Lions were only playing for pride on Sunday against Latvia but treated it […]
Belgium Spoils Latvia's party, Ukraine advance
It was set to be a dramatic day in the final round of action of Group E but Belgium played the spoiler with a heroic display against Latvia. Somebody in the Ukraine camp should buy a round for the Belgian team. The Lions were only playing for pride on Sunday against Latvia but treated it […]
Eurobasket: Ukrainian resurrection. Wins for Lithuania and France.
Where did that come from? Ukraine pulled off the shock of the second round so far while France and Lithuania rolled to easy victories in Group E. Ukraine took a one point lead into half-time against Serbia but with issues on the boards, the upset looked far from assured. Then along came a 14-2 run […]
Valanciunas hitting form at the right time
After a first round of extremes, Jonas Valanciunas has stepped up big time for Lithuania in his last two outings. When Jonas Valanciunas can stay on the court, Lithuania win. That’s been the story for the Toronto Raptors big man so far. In Lithuania’s two losses so far, to Serbia and Bosnia, Valanciunas totalled just […]
Open thread: Group E could be pretty much decided today
After the Group B teams made their presence felt on Wednesday, Friday could effectively see Group E’s quarter finallists decided. Here’s the slate. Belgium (0-3) vs Lithuania (2-1) – 14.30 Serbia (3-0) vs Ukraine (1-2) – 17.45 Latvia (1-2) vs France (2-1) – 21.00 All times CET. Wins for Lithuania, Serbia, and Latvia would eliminate […]
Eurobasket: Latvia stomps Ukraine. Wins for Serbia and Lithuania.
The three Group B teams made their presence felt big time as stage two of Eurobasket 2013 got under way on Wednesday. The first day of stage two began with a bang. Latvia decided to leave nothing in doubt against Ukraine. This was nothing short of total dominance and a 15/29 display from beyond the […]
Eurobasket 2013: Which NBA players are in, which are out?
Because it’s never too early to start looking ahead to Eurobasket 2013 – wait a minute, there’s only 11 weeks left until tipoff? Definitely not too early, then, to take a look at the formative rosters for the big Continental tournament. While only a few national teams (Croatia and Lithuania among them) have released preliminary […]
Euroleague 2012-13: An attempt to deduce the composition (plus Official Fearless Prediction™)
Yesterday, the basketball-centered bit of the Twitter universe was centered in two real-life locales: New York City and Barcelona. Topics in play were the falling of ping-pong balls in New York City and Euroleague’s incipient decision on the construction of Euroleague 2012-13. Hopefully, BallinEurope will get something together on the former later, but for now, […]
CSKA Moscow takes Russian championship; J.R. Holden announces retirement
The 2010-11 champion has been named in Russia and for the ninth consecutive season, it is CSKA Moscow. Along with the exultation of the Red Army’s 74-63 victory over BC Khimki, however, came the sad (if inevitable) news that longtime Muscovite J.R. Holden would be retiring from professional basketball. Playing nearly the entire game, Holden’s […]