Feb 15, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
After a one-week break, Europe’s elite basketball competition returns to action with the continent’s top talents getting ready for the final stretch of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season. Round 25 features several big showdowns in the race for the playoffs. Here is the pick of the bunch.
Saras seeks bounce-back against former club
The last round of games before the domestic cup break was notable for shock outcomes with all of the top four in the standings losing. That includes leader FC Barcelona (17-7), which was well beaten at home by Anadolu Efes Istanbul and will now attempt to bounce back by overcoming dangerous visiting Zalgiris Kaunas (13-10) on Thursday. Both teams come into this game on a high after winning their respective cup competitions on Sunday. Barcelona bounced archrival Real Madrid in the Spanish King s Cup final, while Zalgiris repeated at Lithuania s King Mindaugas
Feb 13, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
Serbian Cup
Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade edged its arch-rival Partizan mts Belgrade 78-79 in a thriller to reach the final of the Serbian Cup where it will face Mega Soccerbet Belgrade on Sunday. Partizan built an early lead hitting five triples in the first quarter, including two apiece from Marcus Paige and Ognjen Jaramaz, and one from Josh Perkins to open the second quarter made it 30-22. Aleksa Uskokovic and Dejan Davidovac helped Zvezda close the deficit, and Jordan Loyd scored from long range, but Rade Zagorac, Paige and Jaramaz kept Partizan s lead safe. Partizan led 46-40 at halftime, and a triple from Dangubic made it 51-40 early in the third. Zvezda replied with three triples, one apiece from Uskoovic, Johnny O Bryant and Davidovac to get within 53-51. Rashawn Thomas helped Partizan stay ahead, and restore an 8-point lead, 63-55 early in the fourth. But Davidovac had a pair of basket-plus-fouls
Lokomotiv tops Monaco to lock up second place
Lokomotiv Kuban Krasnodar held on to beat AS Monaco 76-72 on Wednesday and secure second place in Group C. Lokomotiv improved to 8-2 and ensured it will play in Group F of the Top 16, though its opponents are not yet known. Monaco, which had already secured a ticket to the next phase, fell to 4-4. The game was close throughout and came down to the final seconds, when Darral Willis intentionally missed a free throw, got the rebound and rushed a shot that would have tied the game, but Kevin Hervey stole the ball and Mantas Kalnietis iced the game from the line. Jordan Crawford paced the winners with 17 points, Kalnietis finished with 14 and Reggie Lynch totaled 11 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks. Dee Bost led the Monaco attack with 18 points, Mathias Lessort produced 14 points and 7 rebounds and J.J. O Brien scored 11.