Baskonia fights off Bayern comeback
TD Systems Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz used a huge start to the third quarter before holding on to its big lead and downing visiting FC Bayern Munich 78-71 on Friday night at the Buesa Arena. Baskonia kept its playoffs chances intact, improving to 15-14, while Bayern dropped to 18-11 in fifth place. The game was close in the first half, but Baskonia opened the third quarter with a 27-2 run. However, Bayern answered with a big run of its own and came within 6 in the fourth quarter, but Baskonia held on. Tonye Jekiri led Baskonia with 15 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Rokas Giedraitis and Achille Polonara also scored 15 apiece, Alec Peters and Luca Vildoza each scored 11 points, and Pierria Henry dished 10 assists. Jalen Reynolds starred for Bayern with 18 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals. Vladimir Lucic scored 17 points and Wade Baldwin IV netted 13 in a losing effort.
Mar 02, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
It s time to share a secret to the best players success in the EuroLeague FabFive Challenge. Finalize your rosters as late as possible. Check the injury reports and take advantage. The first four games in Round 27 tip-off within an hour of each other. Shortly before tip-off, make sure that the stars from those teams are all available – and if not, pounce on the players from lower ranges who may suddenly see more minutes and scoring opportunities.
Below we have recommended Khimki Moscow Region guard Vyacheslav Zaytsev as an excellent option in Round 2, though that is in the event that his backcourt mate and star scorer Alexey Shved sits. If Shved plays, perhaps there is another worthy option to select. Remember, as long as you don t have a player whose game took place in that slot, you can swap out players at any time until the last game of that round, in this case at 20:45 CET on Wednesday when AX
Feb 25, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
Before anything else, take a good look at all the new names and faces in the FabFive Challenge registry. You ll find Pau Gasol of FC Barcelona at the very bottom of Range 4. Iffe Lundberg CSKA Moscow is nestled into the middle of Range 3 and you will see three new players – Jeremy Evans of AX Armani Exchange Milan, Mario Hezonja of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens and Micheal Eric of CSKA Moscow – at the tail end of that range. Two players who may face one another on Thursday, FC Bayern Munich s David Kraemer and Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv s T.J. Cline, are in Range 2.
Feb 24, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print
FC Bayern Munich announced the signing of swingman David Kraemer on a contract for the remainder of the season. Kraemer (1.99 meters, 24 years old) was part of the Austin Spurs squad for the G-League season that started last week but parted ways with that team due to a visa issue. He started his career with Oberwart Gunners of Austria and also played for Weissenhorn Youngstars and ratiopharm Ulm of Germany, as well as for Northern Arizona of the G League, where he averaged 8.2 points and 3.1 rebounds in 15 games last season. Kraemer has been a member of the Austrian U16 national squad and the German U18, U20 and University national teams. He is set to make his Turkish Airlines EuroLeague debut with Bayern. He previously played four seasons in the 7DAYS EuroCup with Ulm, during which he averaged 4.3 points in 35 games.
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