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Regal Barca wins in Kaunas
February 2012
JC Navarro | Zalgiris - FCB Regal 58-67
Regal Barca stays one of two perfect teams in Euroleague Top 16 stage, after CSKA Moscow's defeat against Galatasaray in Istanbul. Barca outplayed Zalgiris as a guest 58-67 keeping the first place in Group H with 4-0 record. At the same time, Zalgiris dropped to 0-4 in this pool. Juan Carlos Navarro (192-G-80) came up with 18 points and 5 assists for the winners. Erazem Lorbek (209-F/C-84, college: Michigan St |
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Bilbao destroys Real Madrid in Top 16, 93-69
February 2012
Aaron
Jackson
| Gescrap BB - Real Madrid 93-69
Huge win for Bilbao against Real Madrid on Wednesday night. The home squad celebrated 93-69 victory and joined Real with 2-2 record in Group F of the Euroleague Top 16. Bilbao, however, got the tie-break advantage if both teams remain tied at the end of this stage. Kostas Vasiliadis (200-G/F-84, agency: FCM) top-scored for the winners with 19 points |
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Caja Laboral locks Lampe until 2014
February 2012
Maciej Lampe | Caja Laboral signed a new deal with Maciej Lampe (210-C-85). The Polish big guy passed the physical tests and he will stay with the former Spanish champion until the end of the 2013/14 season. Lampe joined Caja Laboral last summer, but he got injured during the pre-season. He still didn't make official debut with the team. Lampe spent last two seasons with Unics Kazan. In the latest one he had 18.3 ppg, 7.4 rpg and 1.5 apg for 26 games in Russian league |
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Montepaschi hands 84-69 defeat to Unicaja
February 2012
Bo McCalebb | Montepaschi - Unicaja 84-69
Montepaschi jumped to 4-0 record in Group F of the Euroleague Top 16. The Italian powerhouse handed 84-69 loss to Unicaja on Wednesday night. A victory in either of its remaining games or a loss for either Real Madrid or Gescrap BB will send Siena through to the next stage. Unicaja dropped to 0-4 and lost all chances to reach the Quarterfinals. Bo McCalebb (183-PG-85, college: New Orleans) led Montepaschi with 18 points |
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Claudio Fonseca joins Plasencia
February 2012
Claudio
Fonseca
| Plasencia bolstered their frontcourt. They landed Claudio Fonseca (206-C-89). The Portuguese centre started the season with Vitoria Guimaraes. Claudio Fonseca tallied 10.0 points, 9.2 rebounds per game in LPB. Previously Claudio Fonseca had stints with Alicante, Huesca, Pamesa Valencia. He was the member of Portuguese U16, U18 and U20 National Teams. The centre is currently the member of Portuguese National Team. Claudio Fonseca participated at 2011 EuroBasket |
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Sito Alonso, coach of momentum
February 2012
Claudio
Fonseca
| SITO ALONSO, COACH OF MOMENTUM
He is leading Lagun Aro GBC to walk the most exciting path not only of its history but of the ACB season
In physics, the linear or translational 'momentum' is the product of the mass and velocity of an object. Adapting that law of the classical mechanics to basketball, we could translate the 'momentum' as the product of the players of a team and its velocity on the court |
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EuroCup: Valencia snatch victory against Nymburk
February 2012
Rafael
Martinez
| Valencia - Nymburk 73:72
Valencia earned a narrow home win over Nymburk in EuroCup Last 16 stage. The win propelled the Spanish team at 4-0 record on top of Group I. Nymburk fell at 2-2 record and share the second spot with VEF Riga. Rafael Martinez (191-G-82) came up with 15 points to pace well-balanced effort from Valencia.
Valencia held their opponents to 11 points in the starting quarter to build an 8-point lead 19:11. The hosts maintained the lead throughout the second quarter |
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Taurean Green leaves Spain, heads Turkey
February 2012
Taurean
Green
| Taurean Green(185-G-85, college: Florida) won't continue in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria after reaching an agreement to break his contract, the club announced today. Green played 14 games of the regular season, averaging just 3.5ppg and 2.2apg in 15 minutes. This was his second season in Gran Canaria 2014, after joining the yellows two summers ago coming from AEK Athens |
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ACB Round 19: #1 Real Madrid is defeated by Gescrap BB
February 2012
Antoni
Jaume
Vicens
| Real Madrid - Gescrap BB 90-93 Lucentum - Cajasol 86-82 OT Caja Laboral - GC 2014 71-67 Lagun Aro GBC - B.de Rueda V. 71-62 Unicaja - Blusens M. 54-69 CAI Zaragoza - Valencia 71-63 Asefa Estudian. - FCB Regal 65-80 UCAM Murcia - FIATC Joventut 76-54 Assignia M. - Fuenlabrada 80-59 |
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LEB Gold Round 22: Leader Canarias lose to CB Clavijo
February 2012
Matt Witt | There were many interesting games last round. The round ended with defeat of the leader and favorites losing the games.
Top ranked Canarias (17-5) recorded its fifth loss in Tenerife on Sunday night. Hosts were edged by twelfth ranked CB Clavijo (10-12) 83-81. It ended at the same time the three-game winning streak of Canarias. The guests trailed by 2 points after three quarters before their 24-20 charge, which allowed them to win the game |
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Caja Laboral extends Vladimir Golubovic for 15 days
February 2012
Vladimir
Golubovic
| Caja Laboral and Vladimir Golubovic (213-C-86) reached an agreement to extend their relationship, the club and the player confirmed today. Golubovic, whose temporary contrac expired today, will stay in Vitoria for another two weeks and will be able to participate in the Spanish King's Cup to take place in February (16th-20th) |
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