By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net Filip Petrusev was Olympiacos’ standout player in the victory over Barcelona at the start of the EuroLeague Playoff series but sustained an injury in the final moments. Coach Georgios Bartzokas stated after the match about his injury that he “doesn’t think it will be a big deal,” and the Serbian power forward joined the team practice the day after the match. It’s a huge relief for Olympiacos before Game 2 at Palau Blaugrana (26/04), but it still remains to be seen whether the former Anadolu Efes and Crvena Zvezda players will be able to help the team ..read more

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net It was a night to remember for Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul after they knocked off AS Monaco 91-95 to steal a home-court advantage in their series. Nigel Hayes-Davis claiming MVP honors for Round 1 of the playoffs was the icing on the cake. The star forward led Fenerbahce with 19 points, 7 rebounds, and 39 minutes played, totaling a PIR of 23. That was the highest among winning players in Game 1. Hayes-Davis scored 12 of his points in the fourth quarter and overtime to secure his third MVP honor and second within a month. He was most recently MVP of Roun ..read more

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net Bogdan Bogdanovic had his best NBA season yet and was one of the most important pieces of the Atlanta Hawks, coming off the bench for most of the season. However, the NBA officially announced that Minnesota Timberwolves big man Naz Reid won the Sixth Man of the Year award. Reid averaged career highs of 13.5 points and 5.2 rebounds in 81 games. The forward-center came off the bench 67 times. He received 45 first-place votes to 43 for Monk from a panel of 99 reporters and broadcasters who cover the league. Both players had 39 second-place votes and 10 ..read more

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net Without Jimmy Butler and after a tough loss at the opening of the NBA Playoff series, the Miami Heat secured a road win over the Boston Celtics. Erik Spoelstra’s side leveled the first-round series to 1-1 after defeating the Boston Celtics 101-111 at TD Garden. Serbian forward Nikola Jovic had a great game, flirting with a triple-double with 11 points, nine rebounds, and six assists. Tyler Herro led the way with a strong double-double of 24 points and 14 assists, while Bam Adebayo added 21 points with 10 rebounds. Caleb Martin also contributed 21 po ..read more

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net A tough-as-nails Olympiacos Piraeus team beat Barcelona 77  – 75 on the road in Game 1 of the EuroLeague playoffs. The Reds, who led in the entire second half, will look to get a 2-0 advantage Friday in the same arena as their opponents need to tie the series. Combined with Fenerbahce Beko’s win at AS Monaco and Maccabi Tel Aviv beating Panathinaikos Athens at OAKA, this result marked the first time that three visiting teams get victories in Game 1. Nigel Williams-Goss led 11 Olympiacos scorers with 15 points while Isaiah Canaan had 14 points, i ..read more

By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net The NINERS Chemnitz made history in the 2024 FIBA Europe Cup. Per the press release: “NINERS Chemnitz celebrated winning their first-ever European title after defeating Bahcesehir College in the 2024 FIBA Europe Cup Finals. The German club completed a 180-179 aggregate triumph, despite suffering a dramatic 105-95 overtime defeat in Wednesday’s second leg in Istanbul. NINERS had trailed by as many as 19 points on the night, with their 85-74 victory from the first leg proving invaluable as they held their nerve in the extra period in a frantic finish. Kaza K ..read more

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net Two hosts, two teams with better records than their opponents in the Regular Season, fell at the start of the EuroLeague Playoffs. Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv won in Athens against Panathinaikos AKTOR, and now Fenerbahce Beko took down Monaco on the road. Four quarters weren’t enough for Sasa Obradovic and Sarunas Jasikevicius’ players to find the winner, so the game went to overtime, where Fenerbahce was better and secured a big road win with a final score of 91-95 at Gaston Medecin Hall. Nigel Hayes-Davis led the winning side with 19 points and seven ..read more

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv took a significant step towards the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four in Berlin by securing a road win in OAKA Arena to open the playoff series against Panathinaikos. However, Oded Kattash received bad news before the second game in Athens, as he won’t be able to count on Wade Baldwin. “Wade Baldwin underwent an MRI this afternoon. The examination revealed that the player is suffering from a slight tear in the hamstring, and at this stage, he will not be able to participate in the match against Panathinaikos that will b ..read more

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net Losing in Game 1 of the EuroLeague Playoffs, Panathinaikos now needs to bounce back in Game 2 against Maccabi Tel Aviv in OAKA to not find itself in a complicated position on the road to the Final Four. After his resounding quotes in the post-game flash interview and press conference, Ergin Ataman continued to question calls from referees in the game against the Israeli powerhouse. “This game for me is not clear, and I’d like to show some possession”, he opened. First off, he showed a three-point attempt from Wade Baldwin with 3:14 minutes on the clo ..read more

By Cesare Milanti / info@eurohoops.net Starting the season, a lot of attention was put on UCAM Murcia’s transformation after coming up short in last year’s Basketball Champions League Quarter-Finals. The team that knocked them out to get to the Final Four? Unicaja Malaga. The team they will face in their first Final Four in six years? Well, you already know the answer. However, things are completely different both from the 2017-18 season, when a certain Ibon Navarro was on board in UCAM Murcia, and from last year, where the Spanish derby ended up giving the purple-and-green club a place i ..read more