Sergey Monya rescued Russia with a three-pointer at the buzzer against F.Y.R. of Macedonia on Monday night in Vilnius to clinch first place in Group F at the EuroBasket. With 2.5 seconds remaining, Monya, the captain, caught an inbounds pass from Aleksey Shved, stepped behind the arc and spun before shooting and banking in the [...]

The European Basketball Championships, or Eurobasket, is set to begin. Twenty-four European nations will battle over the next 19 days (August 31 – September 18, 2011) in this 37th continental championship. Follow each game of Eurobasket 2011 in our Eurobasket forum. Not only are bragging rights at stake, but the top two teams will receive automatic [...]

Up until recently, rookie Timofey Mozgov’s claim to fame in the NBA was being known as the infamous Russian guy on the Knicks that was dunked on by Blake Griffin. Then he exploded against the Detroit Pistons for career highs of 23 points and 14 rebounds in 40 minutes. Mozgov had not cracked double-digits in [...]

The Los Angeles Clippers looks like they’re on their way to having another terrible season, but Billy Crystal and other Clips fans have a legit reason to be hopeful for the future. (Discuss Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles Clippers in our NBA basketball forum) That reason being a 21-year old power forward by the [...]

The 24-year old Russian rookie takes a pass from Amare Stoudemire and dunks against the Washington Wizards last night: The 7-1, 270lb Mozgov is in his first year with the New York Knicks.

Russia’s size has worn down New Zealand, 78-56, in a tense Eight Final encounter at the FIBA World Championship, setting up an encounter with old rival the USA in the Quarter Finals. (Discuss Russia vs. New Zealand in our forum) Russia broke clear of the Oceania champions in the third quarter with Tall Blacks stars [...]

The game everyone has been eagerly anticipating in Group C will be a must-see as Turkey take on rivals and neighbours Greece on Tuesday night. (Find out where to watch the Greece-Turkey game live or discuss in our forum!) The two teams enter the contest with perfect records (2-0) and neither side will settle for [...]