Apr 10, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
Turkish Airlines EuroLeague fans, we have this season s 34th winner in the EuroLeague FabFive Challenge!
Audrius Kamienas of Lithuania and his team Azzz beat everyone else in Round 34. Audrius had a FabFive score of 95.0 with the following players from ranges 1 to 5: Tarik Black of Zenit St Petersburg (13.2), Micheal Eric of CSKA Moscow (25.2), Darrun Hilliard also of CSKA (9.6), Sasha Vezenkov of Olympiacos Piraeus (24.0) and Nando De Colo of Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul (23.0).
As his prize for finishing first in Round 34, Audrius wins a free subscription to Euroleague TV!
Audrius guessed two of the players featuring in the top team possible in Round 34. They were Egor Vialtsev of Khimki Moscow Region (14.0) in Range 1; Eric (25.2) in Range 2; Iffe Lundberg of CSKA (27.6) in Range 3; Vezenkov (24.0) in Range 4; and Jalen Reynolds of FC Bayern Munich (31.2) in Range 5. Their total would have been 12
Apr 01, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
It may be one of the trickiest rounds yet for EuroLeague FabFive Challenge fans. There are many tough matchups in Round 33, further complicated by the fact that more than a third of all teams have been eliminated form playoff contention. Add to that the rotation juggling that always occurs during two-round weeks and you have dilemmas.
The flip side of course is what Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Olympiacos Piraeus did in Round 32, when they upset teams with so much to play for showing that pride should never be underestimated in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. So the real questions are about matchups and opportunities.
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Mar 01, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
March gets off to a fast and furious start as the first week of the month is bursting with 18 games as Rounds 27 and 28 bring the race for the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs towards its climax. Our guide to the action begins with an icon facing his former team on the brink of making more history.
Calathes chases more history in Athens
Tuesday will be an emotional night for Nick Calathes as the FC Barcelona (18-8) point guard makes his first return trip to play his former club, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens (9-15). Calathes spent eight seasons with the Greek giants and rewrote the history books in the process, setting the all-time EuroLeague record for assists in a single season on two occasions. Fittingly, Calathes returns to Athens this week on the verge of another piece of history: with 190 assists so far this season, he is just 3 behind Barca s all-time single-season record, achieved by Thomas H
CSKA withstands huge Olympiacos rally
CSKA Moscow escaped from Piraeus with a hard-fought 74-75 win against Olympiacos on Thursday night. Two free throws by Mike James with 3 seconds remaining aborted an incredible comeback by the Reds, who trailed by 25 points (26-51) early in the third quarter and 49-65 with 8 minutes to go. CSKA, whose record improved to 17-8, was led by James, who tallied 15 points and 6 assists. He was followed by Johannes Voigtmann, who contributed 14 points in less than 20 minutes, while debutant Iffe Lundberg and Joel Bolomboy had 13 and 10, respectively. Shaquielle McKissic registered career-highs in points (24) and steals (4) and Sasha Vezenkov had 14 points and 7 rebounds for the Reds, who lost their sixth game in a row and fell to 11-15.