When Turkey was awarded the 2010 FIBA World Championship several years ago, every fan from Istanbul to Ankara to Kayseri to Izmir and everywhere else in this beautiful country hoped for one thing and one thing only. They wanted a […]
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Turkey downs Serbia 83-82 on broken play
Discuss Serbia vs.Turkey in our forum After Hedo Turkoglu lost the ball, Kerem Tunceri picked up the ball and scored a game-winning lay-up as Turkey edged out Serbia 83-82 to set up a showdown with the USA in Sunday’s final […]
Serbia eliminates Spain 92-89 on Teodosić buzzer-beater!
Serbia beat Spain 92-89 to book their place in the semi-finals of the 2010 FIBA World Championship. (Discuss the Serbia vs. Spain upset in our forum now!) Milos Teodosic buried a three-pointer from the top of the key with 3.1 […]
FIBA Europe names 16 Player of the Year nominees
The 2009 European Player of the Year nominees have been announced by FIBA Europe and the list includes the likes of Pau Gasol, Erazem Lorbek, Dirk Nowitzki, Hedo Türkoğlu, Novica Veličković, Juan Carlos Navarro, and Nikola Peković (vote now). The 16 nominees […]
NBA Preseason Gallery: International Players
The NBA season starts tomorrow, but before the regular season begins, we’d like to present some NBA preseason pics and images of Andris Biedrins, Nate Robinson, Dirk Nowitzki, Carlos Arroyo, Erik Spoelstra, Ersan İlyasova, David Andersen, Shaquille O’Neal, Danilo Gallinari, and […]
Serbian basketball thrives without big NBA names
Without their veteran stars Peja Stojaković, Igor Rakočević, Marko Jarić, Vladimir Radmanović, Sasha Pavlović, Predrag Drobnjak, and Darko Miličić, Serbia fielded the youngest team at the 2009 Eurobasket and performed better than anyone expected of them. Though overwhlemed by their Spanish […]
Spain hammers Serbia 85-63, wins first Eurobasket gold
Kotawice – Spain ended the tournament the way it started, by playing Serbia. This time was much different though, there would be no Serbian upset of the Spanish. Spain displayed the talent and teamwork that had them pegged as the […]
Turkey holds Serbia scoreless in Overtime at Euros
The 12 giants from Turkey held their Serbian opponents without a point in overtime to win 69-64, to maintain their unblemished record at Eurobasket. In the extra period, Semih Erden again split his free throws, Ersan İlyasova scored a layup, […]
Behind Krstić, Serbia upsets Spain at Eurobasket
Matched up against the World Champions and Eurobasket favorites Spain in their first match, Serbia knew they had take advantage of their position. Serbia did just that; flying out of the gate behind Serbian captain and NBA player Nenad Krstić. […]
CSKA Moscow advances to 2009 Final Four, sweeps Partizan Belgrade
Tau Ceramica 69-62 Regal Barcelona: Tau was able to overcome 22 turnovers, including 7 by Igor Rakocevic to defeat Barcelona 69-62. Tau led throughout the game using their 57 FG% to balance out their high turnover total. Tau was led […]
Novica Veličković is Euroleague MVP for February (2009)
Novica Veličković the 22 years-old power forward for KK Partizan has been named Euroleague MVP for February 2009. Not quite a superstar, but the 6-9, 236lb (205cm, 107kg) Serbian has certainly come of age the last two seasons, and Veličković […]
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