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CSKA show their nerve to become 2019 Euroleague champions
CSKA Moscow shot the lights out all night but they never got comfortable as a gallant Anadolu Efes side fought them to the last. Emmet Ryan on an enthralling close to the 2019 Euroleague Final Four That beautiful big booming voice of Eddy Vidal as he announced the players. Finally, at the end of a […]
Bayern don’t get the W but they have an identity
CSKA went about their business like only they can but FC Bayern look like they’re here for the long haul. Emmet Ryan reports from the Audi Dome on a night where the result concealed the potential and attitude of this improving Bayern team It’s no accident that the bigger mural in the press lounge is […]
Doncic comes up big as Real see off CSKA
Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow had never met in a semi-final of the Euroleague or any of its predecessors. On Friday they went to war with young Luka Doncic looking to keep his shot at the big title alive before leaving for the NBA. Emmet Ryan looks back on the big battle in Stark Arena, […]
Audio: Talking Dario and Chacho on The BroadCast
With the Philadelphia 76ers looking an awful lot more European heading into next season, BallinEurope’s Emmet Ryan joined Brian Seltzer and Charlie Widdoes on the Sixers’ BroadCast podcast. The trio talk Dario Saric, Sergio Rodriguez, Timothy Luwawu, and Furkan Korkmaz. Listen below and subscribe to keep up to speed with one of the most Euro-heavy […]
Alright NBA fans, here’s what you are getting
Monday was almost as rough for fans of European basketball as it was for fans of the Oklahoma City Thunder. With Sergio ‘Chacho’ Rodriguez making the jump to the NBA, following Malcolm Delaney and Tomas Satoransky, three of the most electrifying talents in Europe’s back courts are heading to the bigger show. Emmet Ryan looks […]
La Roja reclaims the throne
The Spain everyone feared finally showed up and laid waste to Lithuania in the final of EuroBasket 2015. Emmet Ryan writes about a well-timed ascendancy Pau Gasol didn’t have to do it all by himself today. That lone stand on Thursday night had roused his team mates. Once more they entered hostile territory but this […]
Steals, slams and rejections: Top 10 plays of the 2012-13 Euroleague season
Okay, below runs the highlight clip European basketball fans traditionally look for this time of year – namely, the Top 10 Plays of the past Euroleague season. And while BallinEurope just as traditionally questions the pecking order of these things, BiE’ll have to admit the big ‘league pretty much nailed it this year right up […]
NBA Europe Live, Euroleague American Tour: Bo knows highlights; Celtics regroup against Milano; Stern travels; video clips
The past three days saw five cross-continental club games play out in Europe and the US in the 2012 Euroleague American and NBA Europe Live tours. And, hey, it’s Monday, so let’s just roll the highlight clips! • Naturally, the biggest news was all about the lone upset among the games: Fenerbahçe Ülker’s 97-91 toppling […]
Touring bullets: Notes, links, videos on Euroleague American and NBA Live tours
Who cares if the games are meaningless in any real sense? BallinEurope missed the Euroleague American Tour and NBA Live Tour games tremendously in 2011 – one item doubtlessly on BiE’s list of underrated casualties of the player lockout – and is thrilled to see them back. In just a couple of hours, the Boston […]
2012 Olympics: Is Spanish dominance over? (Plus Official Fearless Predictions™)
BallinEurope may be pulling the trigger a bit early on this one, but has to ask: Was the loss to Russia on Saturday a harbinger of things to come from Team Spain? Not to put too fine a point on it, but is the marathon (by today’s standards) golden age of Spanish basketball in international […]
BallinEurope’s Official Fearless Predictions™: 2012 Olympic Basketball Group B
And now, round two. Or maybe that should be “round B.” With BallinEurope having (sort of) Fearlessly Predicted the entries for the 2012 Olympic basketball knockout stage from Group A, it’s onto the Official Fearless Predictions™ for Group B – and we’ll do this one from the bottom up. 6. China (0-5) 5. Australia (1-4) […]
USA 100, Spain* 78: Notes, highlights, miscellany
Well, then. If not quite as emphatic as in the days of Dream Teams I through III, Team USA dispatched the world’s second-best/Europe’s best side for a 100-78 win over Spain in Barcelona. Though the notebook on the Red, White and Blues mostly accentuates the positive, one doesn’t quite need to squint to see chinks […]