Tag: european basketball
1987: The Year Greeks Began Their Love Affair with the Orange Ball
Up until 1987, Greek basketball was as mediocre as Greek football usually is at a European level. Yet on June 14, 1987, something miraculous...
EuroLeague:Giorgos Printezis Tops the Playoffs Highlights (Video)
The three-pointer buzzer-beater that sent Olympiakos to the 2015 Final Four and Barcelona back home was voted the top play of the Euroleague playoffs.
The...
Euroleague Olympiakos: Sold-Out Crowd Against Barcelona
All tickets are sold-out for the upcoming Olympiakos home game against Barcelona for the Euroleague playoffs. Leading the series 2-1, the Pireaus club needs one more win...
Euroleague Playoffs: Panathinaikos Gets His first Win over CSKA
Panathinaikos played with the fire in the last seconds of the match but was able to hold the +1 margin and pick up its...
Euroleague Basketball: Olympiakos Takes Down Barcelona!
An incredible Olympiakos bombarded Barcelona in a packed "Palau Blaugrana" grabbing the 63-76 victory and breaking the series. Olympiakos bounced back from their first game...
Panathinaikos Wins the 2015 Greek Basketball Cup!
By beating Apollon Patras 68-53 at the Olympic Center of Athens, Panathinaikos won its fourth Greek Cup title in a row and a record sixteen...
Euroleague Basketball: Olympiakos Makes the Playoffs
For a record 10th time in a row, Olympiakos heads to the Euroleague Playoffs. The 86-75 win over Anadolu Efes lead by the Reds' former coach...
Euroleague Basketball: The Top-16 Groups of Olympiacos and Panathinaikos
As the 2014-15 Turkish Airlines Euroleague preliminary group stages came to an end, Panathinaikos and Olympiacos prepare for the next chapter where they will...
FIBA EuroBasket 2015: The Draw
Croatia, Slovenia, Skopje, Georgia and Holland are the teams Greece has been drawn to battle against in the FIBA Eurobasket tournament taking place in September 2015. The two-time champions of Europe...
Euroleague Basketball: Olympiacos and Panathinaikos Qualify to the Final 16
Both Greek representatives have successfully managed to qualify to the top-16 of Europe's most prestigious basketball tournament. Last week it was Olympiacos, yesterday it was Panathinaikos'...
Euroleague Basketball: Olympiacos and Panathinaikos Continue Victoriously (VIDEOS)
Olympiacos found it hard to cope with newbie Neptunas from Lithuania but in overtime managed to grab the away win (81-85) for the Euroleague...
Euroleague Basketball: Great Week for Greek Clubs (VIDEOS)
Both Olympiacos (away - yesterday) and Panathinaikos (at home - today) grabbed important wins over Valencia (78-81) and Turow Zgorzelec (84-77) respectively for the...