Tag: in the game
Weekend game
Key game: Olympiacos beat Panathinaikos 87:76 behind Theodoros Papaloukas‘ outstanding performance. Barcelona and Real Madrid remain at 9:1 and 10:0 respectively in ACB. ...
Stat of the week: Top Euroleague rebounders
This week’s feature statistic: Rebounding percentage. Rebounding percentage, a common tool in the United States to determine a player’s production on the boards, is...
Euroleague early season review
EUROLEAGUE’S RISING STAR: Martynas Gecevicius is a quite common name for those who regularly follow the international youth basketball tournaments. The 1988 born...
Weekend Roundup 09-11-2009: Efes victorious in clash of the Turkish titans
Spain: Real Madrid kept its ACB win streak alive, improving to 6 and 0 behind a combined 28 points by the power forward tandem...
Euroleague Week #3 Notes
CSKA: Evgeny Pashutin’s team is 1:2 now, and they could easily stand at 0:3 had it not been for Victor Khryapa’s difficult buzzer beater...
Weekend Roundup 02-11-2009: Unicaja loses fifth in a row
Another weekend of basketball in Europe’s domestic leagues is highlighted by the fifth loss of Unicaja Malaga in ACB, yet another win for Montepaschi...
Euroleague Week #2 Notes
Another busy Euroleague week with twelve matches. Six of those were won by eighteen points or more. Rytas had a huge win in Orléans...
Weekend Roundup 26-10-2009: 16 year old Chrysikopoulos debuts in Greek A1
Again I am summarising league action from all around Europe for you, referring to the most important games and just about everything else I...
Euroleague Week #1 Notes
It was a wild first week in this new Euroleague season. Wild – and entertaining, but not really the highest level yet on most...
Early season notes
While they are still debating replacement referees and new traveling rules overseas, the basketball season has already started in several European leagues – ACB,...
Future of NT: Spain – What to expect after the golden generation steps down?
In 1999, a Spanish team won the U19 championship in Portugal after a hard-fought final game – cheered on by 12.000 spectators – versus...
Weekly statistic: Comparing average league pace
The European basketball scene, with its more than a dozen leagues that could be considered as “important”, is too big for all of us...
Future of European national teams – Start: Greece
In a few years time, the 2009 Eurobasket might be reflected on as a tournament that started a new era. The last years had...
Eurobasket 2009: advanced statistics after group phase
After six rounds of Eurobasket play, here is my second part focusing on advanced team statistics. The first part had concentrated on offensive efficiency,...
Eurobasket 2009, Days 5 and 6
GAME OF THE DAY: In a physical battle, with Hedo Turkoglu hurt and unable to put the team on his back in the decisive...
