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Bernard Hopkins’ bizarre stat line (sort of) leads Blusens to 82-63 win
Amidst Blusens Monbus’ 82-63 blowout of Mad-Croc Fuenlabrada in Liga Endesa play last night, 39 year-old Bernard “Mister Récord” Hopkins logged one of the season’s more bizarre stat lines. Read his bit of the boxscore: 14 points on 4-of-6 overall shooting and 6-of-7 on FTs; four rebounds; one assist; one steal; five (!) fouls drawn; […]
In “state of grace,” Jaycee Carroll goes for 26 points, hits game-winner
The king of the courts in Europe yesterday? That’s easy: Jaycee Carroll, if only by dint of his repeated blowings up of Twitter among Spanish hoops fans during the Gran Canaria 2014-Caja Laboral Baskonia match. Carroll was indeed “en estado de gracia” as he led his short-handed Gran Canaria squad (10-10, tied for ninth in […]
The Spanish League explained: Part two
Ball in Europe contributor Francesco Cappelletti contributes the second part of his look at the ACB with briefs on a dozen teams who won’t exactly compete for the Spanish league title, but certainly compare with most European competition. Part one can be read by clicking here. One step behind. These ACB teams aren’t worthy of […]