Tag: Dimitris Diamantidis

Greek Teams Force Decisive Game 5 In Euroleague Playoffs

Greek Teams Force Decisive Game 5 In Euroleague Playoffs

Olympiacos and Panathinaikos have continued the battle with Spanish side Real Madrid and Russian champions CSKA Moscow. Panathinaikos won the game in a dramatic fashion after overtime. Olympiacos was little more convincing in their win against Real Madrid. This means […]

Olympiacos and Panathinaikos Get To Live Another Day In The Euroleague

Olympiacos and Panathinaikos Get To Live Another Day In The Euroleague

Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, the two Greek representatives in this years’ Euroleague Playoffs, have managed to save the series against CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid respectively. They both battled for huge home wins against two of the biggest favorites to win the […]

Panathinaikos Advances To Euroleague Playoffs

Panathinaikos Advances To Euroleague Playoffs

Panathinaikos hosted Unicaja Malaga in front of 13,200 fans and secured a Euroleague playoff spot. The Greek side played secure team basketball lead by the icon of the team Dimitris Diamantidis. He finished the matchup with game high 13 points […]

Without Diamantidis, Nikos Zisis leads Greece

Greece may no longer have Dimitrios Diamantidis in the fold, and Vasileios Spanoulis is hurt, but at least one veteran guard is still around and leading the way. His name is Nikos Zisis, and the 28-year-old showed once again he […]

Watch Spain vs. Greece, Serbia vs. Croatia Preview

Watch Spain vs. Greece, Serbia vs. Croatia Preview

There could be non-stop cannon blasts across Istanbul on Saturday night and it wouldn’t be as explosive as the basketball that’s going to be on show at the Sinan Erdem Dome. Croatia vs. Serbia (where to watch) Spain vs. Greece […]

Greek A1 Basketball League likely to strike

The Greek A1 Basketball League will come to a stop as of January 1st, 2010. A strike will occur because an agreement could not be reached, once again, between the Union of Greek Professional Basketball Clubs (ESAKE) and the Union […]

Eurobasket: Greece, France, Turkey unbeaten

Eurobasket: Greece, France, Turkey unbeaten

After three games of group play, three teams came out of the first phase of Eurobasket unscathed. France, Greece, and Turkey all were undefeated. In Group A, Greece won their three matches by an average of 22 points per game. […]

Dirk Nowitzki, European stars to miss Eurobasket 2009

Dirk Nowitzki, European stars to miss Eurobasket 2009

It was just announced that Dirk Nowitzki will not participate in this year’s Eurobasket tournament. The loss of the 7-0 NBA all-star forward severely hampers Germany’s chances in obtaining a spot in the 2010 World Championships. The owner of Nowitzki’s […]

Vote for the 2007 Interbasket Awards

The nomination period is now over and the nominees for IBN’s 2007 Awards have been selected – now it’s up to you to decide which player has had the best 2007, as far as performances, awards, medals and records, in […]

2007 Interbasket Award Nominations are Here!

It’s that time of year for the IBN awards to be handed out, but first we need players to be nominated. This year we’ve added a couple categories, and we’re looking for the best players from 2007, and only accomplishments […]

Spanoulis hits game-winner, Portugal upsets Israel

Greece 81: Croatia 78 Vasillis Spanoulis hit a long three at the buzzer to give Greece an exciting victory over Croatia. Marko Popovic hit two free-throws to tie the game at 78, with seven second remaining. Spanoulis, known as Kill […]

EuroBasket 2007 Mini-Preview

EuroBasket 2007 Mini-Preview

Eurobasket 2007 is upon us. Sixteen European National teams are vying to be the king of Europe and more importantly, for two spots to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. With Israel winning the final wild card spot on Friday against […]