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OLYMPIACOS ARE THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS FOR A SECOND STRAIGHT SEASON |
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Monday, 13 May 2013 00:21 |
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- EL FINAL 100-88 FULL - SPANOULIS HOUSTON - SPANOULIS CROSSOVER - 2012 - NBA GLOBAL
- HEAT 88 BULLS 65 UP 3-1 HEAT - MEM 103 OKC 97 UP 3-1 MEM - GSTATE 97 SA 87 TIED 2-2
- 100-88 EXTENDED VID - SPANOULIS MVP - BIG 3 PT - BLOCK - DUNK - LAW 20 PT - TOP 5
- VASSILIS SPANOULIS NAMED MVP OF FINAL FOUR SCORING ALL OF HIS 22 PTS IN 2ND HALF
1. Olmypiacos 100 Real Madrid 88 - The 2013 Euroleague final for Greek club Olympiacos started out much like the 2012 final versus CSKA Moscow, where Olympiacos found themselves down 19 points, before their dramatic comeback in the second half to become 2012 European champions, this time versus Spanish power Real Madrid, the Greek squad was down 27-10 after the first quarter, as Real Madrid was very hot from 3 point land and Mirza Begic was shutting down the lane with 4 blocked shots in the opening period, with 2 of the blocks being on Euroleague regular season MVP Vassilis Spanoulis, who again seemed out of rythm early in this game, just like he looked in the semis game versus CSKA Moscow. The Olympiacos leader went scoreless in the first half, but got big help from his teammates in the second quater until he found his 3 point stroke again in the hot second half Spanoulis would have. Olympiacos fought back in the second quarter cutting the Real Madrid lead to 41-37, as Acie Law, Kostas Papanikolaou, Kostas Sloukas, Pero Antic, Kyle Hines and Stratos Perperoglou all had a part in getting the champions back into the game. Kostas Papanikolaou started the comeback with another baseline drive and dunk, while former NBA guard Acie Law played his best game with Olympiacos, as he went for 20 points in 34 minutes, on 4-6 FG, 1-2(3PT), 11-13 FT, 5 assists, 5 rebounds, South Jersey forward Kyle Hines gave the Red squad another great game off the bench with 12 points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks, on 4-4 FG, 4-5 FT, Kostas Sloukas gave the Red squad 11 points off the bench from the guard spot, on 2-4 FG, 7-7 FT and forwards Pero Antic and Stratos Perperoglou added 10 points apiece to help Olympiacos stay close, before Spanoulis got rolling in the second half. Vassilis Spanoulis went into halftime down 4 points and he had zero points, but after gathering his thoughts, he decided to come out and look for his deep shot, as he hit 3 straight deep shots to give Olympiacos the lead. Spanoulis finished the game with a team high 22 points in 32 minutes, on 5-12 FG, 5-9 from deep, 7-10 FT and 4 assists and was named Final four MVP for the second straight year (The last player to be named MVP 2 straight years was Tony Kukoc). Spanoulis played like a true MVP in the second half, but in this Final Four the MVP could have been given to the entire team, as Law, Hines, Perperoglou, Antic, Sloukas, Papanikolaou, Powell, Katsivelis and Printezis all had a part in winning this Euroleague title. Real Madrid was led in scoring by former NBA wing player Rudy Fernandez with 21 points in 31 minutes, on 5-13 FG, 3-6(3PT), 8-10 FT and was followed by former NBA PG Sergio Rodriguez with 17 points, while Sergio Llull added 14 points, but the Greek squad grab the repeat title, as Vassilis Spanoulis has become the king of European basketball since his one year run with the Houston Rockets in 2006-07, Spanouls has won the 2009, 2012 and 2013 Euroleague titles and won the Final Four MVP award in all 3 European titles, Greek fans and Olympiacos fans should thank then Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy for not using the Spanoulis top of the key game, but rather sticking him in the corner like he was Kyle Korver and letting Luther Head, John Lucas Jr. and Rafer Alston pound the ball at the top of the key. Oh by the way NBA teams, the 30 year old Spanoulis is a free agent, but no need to call if the plan is to stick him in the corner, EUROJOHNBBALL thinks he might go for a shot at a Three-Peat in Europe.
- EJBB SPANOULIS - 100-88 GAME VIDEO - OLYMPIACOS CELEBRATE
- AWARD CELEBRATION - PAPANIKOALOU - BARTZOKAS - ANTIC
- CSKA MOSCOW WIN THE 3RD PLACE GAME OVER FC BARCELONA
- 74-73 VIDEO - KHRYAPA 16 PTS - INTERVIEW - NAVARRO
2. CSKA Moscow 74 FC Barcelona 73 - Victor Khryapa (16 PT) Juan Carlos Navarro (17 PT)
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 13:35 |
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DEFENDING EUROLEAGUE CHAMPS OLYMPIACOS WILL MEET REAL MADRID IN THE SUNDAY FINAL |
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Written by John
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Saturday, 11 May 2013 13:46 |
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- IND UP 2-1 IND 82 KNICKS 71 - MEM UP 2-1 MEM 87 OKC 81 - TOP 10 NBA GLOBAL
- BULLS BEST SHOT NATE ROBINSON ATTACK LANE EARLY DO NOT WAIT FOR DOUBLE
- SPURS 102 GSTATE 92 SA UP 2-1 - HEAT 104 BULLS 94 MIAMI UP 2-1
- FRENCH NATIONAL TEAM PG TONY PARKER 32 PTS VS GSTATE GAME 3
- 2012 EL FINAL- EL SHOW AWARDS - NBA GLOBAL - 2012 ACB FINAL -
- OLYMPIACOS WIN 2012 REMATCH WITH KYLE HINES PLAYING BIGGER THAN HIS SIZE
- 69-52 EXTENDED VIDEO - HINES VIDEO - HINES INTERVIEW - CROSSOVER - DUNK
1. Olympiacos 69 CSKA Moscow 52 - The defending Euroleague champions from Greece win the rematch against CSKA Moscow, but this year they did not need a dramatic comeback like the 2012 final, as they were up 24-17 after the first quarter, 40-28 at halftime and 53-36 after the third quarter. Euroleague regular season MVP, Greek PG Vassilis Spanoulis led the Red squad all season, but in the semis game against CSKA Moscow, the PG had a tough day from long range, going 0-6 from deep and was 3-12 on FG's , 2-3 FT, for an 8 point, 5 rebound, 4 assist game, but Olympiacos won the battle of the boards 37-26 in the win. Kyle Hines played high school basketball in South Jersey and is listed at 6 foot 7 inches tall, but the hard working (Malik Rose type of Smaller forward), is more closer to 6 foot 5 , but the size difference against CSKA Moscow big men Sasha Kaun and Nenad Krstic, did not bother Hines who played 20 minutes in the semi game and scored 13 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and had 2 steals, on 5-10 FG, 3-3 FT and was named player of the game. Hines also got help off the bench from Macedonian forward Pero Antic with 13 points in 22 minutes, while Greek forward Stratos Perperoglou also had 8 points off the bench in the Greek club win. CSKA Moscow will play FC Barcelona on Sunday for third place and were led by former NBA wing player Sonny Weems with 13 points, on 3-7 FG, 2-5(3PT), 5-8 FT and was followed by Russian forward Victor Khryapa with 11 points.
- REAL MADRID GO TO SUNDAY FINAL WITH FELIPE REYES PLAYING LIKE PAST YEARS
- 74-67 EXTENDED VIDEO - REYES VIDEO - RODRIGUEZ INTERVIEW - RUDY
2. Real Madrid 74 FC Barcelona 67 - The second game on Friday saw two Spanish ACB rival teams battle and Real Madrid grab the 7 point win to move on to play Olympiacos in the Sunday final. Real Madrid has younger and bigger names like Rudy Fernandez, Nikola Mirotic and Sergio Llull, but it was veteran glue-guy power forwad Felipe Reyes, who played like games from his past, leading Real Madrid with 17 points in 18 minutes, on 7-12 FG, 3-4 FT, 5 rebounds in the semis win. Reyes got help from Sergio Llull with 13 points, while former NBA PG Sergio Rodriguez added 12 points and 9 big assists, while Rudy Fernandez added 8 points in the win. FC Barcelona was led by Brazilian PG Marcelo Huertas with 19 points, on 7-15 FG, 3-7(3PT), 2-2 FT and was followed by Croatian center Ante Tomic with 18 points, 12 rebounds, but Real Madrid did a good job of holding FC Barcelona leader Juan Carlos Navarro to 9 points, on 3-9 FG, 2-4(3PT), 1-1 FT.
- TOP 5 SEMIS - SPANOULIS - RUDY F - ANTIC - PERPEROGLOU - SLAUGHTER
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Last Updated on Sunday, 12 May 2013 12:18 |
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DOMESTIC LEAGUE TOP SPOT RESULTS MAY 5th - SPAIN, TURKEY, ITALY, FRANCE, GERMANY, ISRAEL & VTB UNITED LEAGUE |
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Written by John
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Tuesday, 07 May 2013 21:09 |
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- SERIES TIED 1-1 HEAT 115 BULLS 78 - SERIES TIED 1-1 GSTATE 100 SPURS 91
- SERIES TIED 1-1 KNICKS 105 IND 79 - SERIES 1-1 TIE MEM 99 OKC 93
- SMALL LEAD PG's GIVE THE MIAMI HEAT TROUBLE IF THEY STAY IN ATTACK MODE
- KOSTAS PAPANIKOLAOU 2013 EL RISING STAR - PAPANIKOLAOU NBA DRAFT ARTICLE
- EL SHOW - 2013 EUROLEAGUE 1ST TEAM - 2013 EUROLEAGUE 2ND TEAM - TOP NBA GLOBAL
- REAL MADRID STAY ON TOP OF SPANISH ACB LEAGUE GOING TO 28-4 ON YEAR
Real Madrid 93 Estudiantes 82 - GM VID- Nikola Mirotic (18 PT) Jayson Granger (22 PT)
- TURKISH TBL LEAGUE TOP SPOT
- GALATASARAY WIN TBL REGULAR SEASON WITH A 27-3 RECORD - VID
Galatasaray 89 Turk Telekom 73 - Carlos Arroyo, M Macvan (13 PT) D Cevik, CU Ogut (12 PT)
- ITALIAN LEGA LEAGUE TOP SPOT
- CIMBERIO LOSE GAME BUT WIN REGULAR SEASON WITH 23-7 RECORD
Umana Venezia 76 Cimberio 71 - GM VID- Kee Kee Clark (25 PT) Ebi Ere (14 PT)
- ITALIAN QUARTERFINAL PLAYOFFS MATCHUPS MAY 9th
- 1. Cimberio VS U Venezia - 2. EA7 Milano VS Montepaschi
- 3. Sassari VS Bennet Cantu - 4. Virtus Roma VS Trenwalder
- FRENCH LNB LEAGUE TOP SPOT
- GRAVELINES WIN FRENCH LNB REGULAR SEASON WITH 21-9 RECORD
Gravelines 85 Strasbourg 79 - VID- Dwight Buycks (21 PT) Ricardo Greer (22 PT)
- FRENCH QUARTERFINAL PLAYOFF MATCHUPS MAY 13th
- 1. Gravelines VS Nanterre - 2. Roanne VS Chalon
- 3. Strasbourg VS Dijon - 4. Le Mans VS ASVEL
- GERMAN BBL LEAGUE QUARTERFINAL RESULTS GAME ONE - TOP 10
1. Brose Baskets 99 Phoenix Hagen 74 - Sharrod Ford (18 PT) David Bell (17 PT)
2. EWE Baskets 78 Telekom Baskets - Rickey Paulding (21 PT) Jamel McLean (22 PT, 11 R)
3. B Muenchen 88 ALBA 67 - Robin Benzing (16 PT) Nihad Djedovic (13 PT)
4. Ratiopharm 83 Art. Dragons 68 - Allan Ray, John Bryant (24 PT) Bryce Taylor (17 PT)
- ISRAELI WINNER LEAGUE TOP SPOT
- MACCABI TEL AVIV WIN REGULAR SEASON WITH 22-5 RECORD
Maccabi Tel Aviv 94 Netanya 67 -GM VID- Lior Eliyahu (14 PT) Marco Killingsworth (21 PT)
- ISRAELI WINNER LEAGUE QUARTERFINAL MATCHUPS MAY 8th
- 1. Maccabi Tel Aviv VS Hapoel Tel Aviv - 2. Hapoel Jerusalem VS Netanya
- 3. Hapoel Eliat VS Maccabi Rishon - 4. Maccabi HaifaVS Galil Gilboa
- VTB UNITED LEAGUE PLAYOFFS MAY 5th RESULTS - TOP 5
- NOVGOROD & VEF RIGA ADVANCE TO QUARTERFINAL RESULTS
1. Novgorod 88 Spartak 85 - GM VID- D Thompson (22 PT) Loukas Mavrokefalides (25 PT)
2. VEF Riga 76 BC Astana 67 - GM VID - Dairis Bertans (13 PT) David Simon (20 PT)
- VTB UNITED LEAGUE QUATERFINAL MATCHUPS MAY 15th
- 1. CSKA Moscow VS Krasnie Krylia - 2. Khimky VS VEF Riga
- 3. UNICS VS Lokomotiv - 4. Zalgiris VS Novgorod
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Last Updated on Thursday, 09 May 2013 10:34 |
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EUROLEAGUE FINAL FOUR SEMIFINAL FRIDAY MATCHUPS 2013 IN LONDON ENGLAND |
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Written by John
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 21:39 |
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- EL FINAL FOUR OLYMPIACOS & REAL MADRID ADVANCE TO SUNDAY FINAL
- OLYMPIACOS VS CSKA M. EXTENDED VID- REAL MADRID VS FC BARCELONA EXT VID
- OLYMPIACOS 69 CSKA MOSCOW 52 - REAL MADRID 74 FC BARCELONA 67
- KYLE HINES MVP SEMI - FELIPE REYES MVP SEMI - ASSIST - DUNK - CROSSOVER
- 2012-13 EUROLEAGUE REGULAR SEASON MVP VASSILIS SPANOULIS - EJBB SPANOULIS
- GAME WINNER - EL FINAL 2012 - EL 1ST TEAM 2013 - EL 2ND TEAM 2013 - 2012 ACB FINAL
- 2012 DEFENDING CHAMPS OLYMPIACOS IN REMATCH WITH CSKA MOSCOW IN GAME ONE
1. Olympiacos (Greece) VS CSKA Moscow (Russia) - 11:00 AM EDT May 10th
- FC BARCELONA PLAY SPANISH ACB RIVAL REAL MADRID IN GAME TWO ON FRIDAY
2. FC Barcelona (Spain) VS Real Madrid (Spain) - 2:00 PM EDT May 10th -
- Olympiacos Top 2012-13 Euroleague Scorers - VIDEO - TOP 5
1. Vassilis Spanoulis - VIDEO - 14.7(PT)29(G)29.5(M)5.6(A)0.9(S)
2. Giorgios Printezis - VIDEO - 10.9(PT)27(G)21.1(M)4.0(R)1.1(S)
3. Kyle Hines - VIDEO - 9.1(PT)29(G)20.0(M)5.9(R)1.1(BK)
4. Kostas Papanikolaou - VIDEO - 9.0(PT)29(G)24.1(M)4.5(R)0.7(BK)
5. Acie Law - VIDEO - 7.8(PT)28(G)22.2(M)1.8(A)0.4(S)
6. Pero Antic - VIDEO - 5.7(PT)29(G)17.5(M)3.5(R)0.7(A)
7. Stratos Perperoglou - VIDEO - 5.6(PT)29(G)16.4(M)2.4(R)1.0(A)
8. Josh Powell - VIDEO - 5.4(PT)23(G)13.2(M)2.9(R)0.4(BK)
- CSKA Moscow Top 2012-13 Euroleague Scorers - VIDEO - TOP 5
1. Sonny Weems - VIDEO - 13.7(PT)26(G)28.3(M)2.9(R)2.2(A)
2. Nenad Krstic - VIDEO - 13.6(PT)27(G)23.5(M)4.6(R)0.7(BK)
3. Milos Teodosic - VIDEO - 13.2(PT)28(G)29.4(M)5.0(A)1.0(S)
4. Victor Khryapa - VIDEO - 10.0(PT)24(G)27.5(M)7.5(R)3.5(A)
5. Sasha Kaun - VIDEO - 8.2(PT)28(G)20.1(M)3.9(R)1.1(BK)
6. Vladimir Micov - VIDEO - 7.8(PT)28(G)22.1(M)2.7(R)1.8(A)
7. Zoran Erceg - VIDEO - 6.8(PT)13(G)15.2(M)2.8(R)0.8(S)
8. Aaron Jackson - VIDEO - 4.6(PT)28(G)18.1(M)1.9(R)1.3(A)
- FC Barcelona Top 2012-13 Euroleague Scorers - VIDEO - TOP 5
1. Juan Carlos Navarro - VIDEO - 13.2(PT)24(G)25.0(M)2.3(A)1.8((R)
2. Ante Tomic - VIDEO - 11.5(PT)28(G)23.4(M)6.3(R)1.1(BK)
3. Erazem Lorbek - VIDEO - 9.1(PT)28(G)21.1(M)3.3(R)1.0(A)
4. Marcelinho Huertas - VIDEO - 7.9(PT)29(G)20.1(M)3.4(A)0.6(S)
5. Nate Jawai - VIDEO - 7.4(PT)29(G)15.6(M)4.8(R)0.8(BK)
6. Joe Ingles - VIDEO - 6.0(PT)27(G)19.5(M)2.1(R)1.1(A)
7. Alejandro Abrines - VIDEO - 5.2(PT)13(G)11.1(M)1.2(R)0.4(A)
8. Sarunas Jasikevicius - VIDEO - 5.0(PT)29(G)14.4(M)2.0(A)0.3(S)
- Real Madrid Top 2012-13 Euroleague Scorers - VIDEO - TOP 5
1. Rudy Fernandez - VIDEO - 13.6(PT)25(G)26.6(M)3.8(R)3.1(A)
2. Jaycee Carroll - VIDEO - 12.5(PT)27(G)21.4(M)2.9(R)0.6(A)
3. Nikola Mirotic - VIDEO - 11.7(PT)27(G)25.0(M)5.5(R)0.9(BK)
4. Sergio Llull - VIDEO - 10.1(PT)25(G)26.3(M)3.3(A)0.6(S)
5. Felipe Reyes - VIDEO - 7.8(PT)27(G)18.0(M)5.0(R)0.5(S)
6. Sergio Rodriguez - VIDEO - 7.0(PT)27(G)18.1(M)3.7(A)0.7(S)
7. Mirza Begic - VIDEO - 5.0(PT)27(G)12.5(M)3.5(R)0.8(BK)
8. Marcus Slaughter - VIDEO - 4.8(PT)27(G)18.5(M)3.0(R)1.4(A)
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Last Updated on Saturday, 11 May 2013 11:57 |
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HEAT VS BULLS SERIES - NATE ROBINSON NEEDS TO BE IN ATTACK MODE JUST LIKE SMALL GUARD J.J BAREA WAS FOR MAVS IN MIAMI HEAT LAST SERIES LOSS |
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Written by John
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Monday, 06 May 2013 23:04 |
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- BULLS 93 HEAT 86 - SPURS 129 GSTATE 127 IN 2OT
- NATE ROBINSON 27 POINT GAME ONE VS HEAT IN ATTACK MODE
- GINOBILI GAME WINNING 3 PT SHOT VS GSTATE - GINOBILI THROWBACK FINALS
- SMALL LEAD PG'S GIVE THE MIAMI HEAT PROBLEMS IF THEY ARE IN ATTACK MODE
- P.J CARLESIMO FIRED NETS MIGHT LOOK AT EUROPE & ETTORE MESSINA
- NATE ROBINSON 34 PTS - J.J BAREA 2011 ARTICLE - BELINELLI GM 7 - NOAH GM 7
- AS GOOD AS NBA MVP LEBRON JAMES IS AS A DEFENDER NATE ROBINSON IS A TOUGH
- MAVS GAME 6 - BAREA VS HEAT - BAREA VS HEAT - BAREA VS HEAT - BAREA VS LAL
- COVER FOR MIAMI HEAT JUST LIKE J.J BAREA WAS IN THE 2011 NBA FINALS
The Miami Heat are well rested and waiting for the banged up Chicago Bulls, with many NBA people saying the Bulls have little shot of defeating the defending NBA champs, or even winning some games to extend Miami without Derrick Rose in the lineup. EUROJOHNBBALL says the little shot that Chicago has, is for 5 foot 9 inch fireplug lead PG Nate Robinson, to be in attack mode against the Heat just like 5 foot 10 inch PG J.J Barea was in the 2011 NBA Finals, where the Mavs upset the Heat after J.J Barea was inserted into the starting lineup, where an aging Mike Bibby had little shot at containing the penetration of Barea to get into the lane and cause havoc, finishing at the rim, or finding Jason Terry on kickout deep 3 point looks. Nate Robinson had a great 34 point game versus the Nets and must be in attack mode early and often against the Heat and if Italian national team shooting guard Marco Belinelli keeps hitting from long range and French national team center Joakim Noah can keep playing out of his mind in the paint, along with the Bulls getting back Luol Deng and Kirk Hinrich in the next few games versus the Heat, the tough defense that Chicago plays could mean this series is far from a 4-0 sweep that many NBA people are talking about, but again the key is for Nate Robinson to attack the paint, just like J.J Barea did in 2011.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 11 May 2013 15:31 |
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