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Euroleague to take on NBA in 2008 Preseason Action

The first Euroleague Basketball American Tour is set to commence with CSKA Moscow, FC Barcelona, and Lietuvos Rytas coming to the United States to test their mettle against the Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers, and Golden State Warriors. All games of the 2008 Euroleague Basketball American Tour are played according to NBA rules [...]

Eurobasket 2007 All-Tournament Team

The Eurobasket 2007 Ideal Five was announced after the final game with Andrei Kirilenko leading the nominations. Tournament leading scorer Dirk Nowitzki and Spanish superstar Pau Gasol were also named to the frontcourt, while the Euro-Pippen Ramunas Siskauskas and Spanish point guard Jose Calderon rounded out the five.
C- Pau Gasol
F- Dirk Nowitzki
F- Andrei Kirilenko
G- [...]

Israel Shocks Serbia 87-83, Advances to Phase Two

Day three of Eurobasket 2007 saw several upsets that changed the face of the next round:
Israel 87: Serbia 83 (game thread)
Israel shocked Serbia today behind an excellent performance from Yaniv Green. Israel was the 16th and final team to qualify for EuroBasket.
Coming into the game, many believed that the size of the Serbs [...]

EuroBasket 2007: Lakovic hits Game-Winner Against Italy

EuroBasket 2007 commenced yesterday, here’s a quick recap of all the games…
Slovenia 69: Italy 68
The game of the night had to be Slovenia-Italy, as the two teams changed leads four times in the last 30 seconds.
The Italians had made a furious comeback, after being down 13 with just five minutes remaining. Massimo Bulleri [...]