FRANKFURT (Beko Basketball Bundesliga) – Deutsche Bank Skyliners forced a deciding fifth game in the Beko Basketball Bundesliga play-off finals with a 69-56 home triumph over Brose Baskets Bamberg on Tuesday night. Playing before a sellout crowd of 5,002 in Frankfurt, Skyliners got 19 points from Derrick Allen as they hit back from Sunday’s Game [...]

ATHENS (A1 Ethniki) – Maroussi clinched third place by beating a resilient Panellinios in the Greek play-offs on Tuesday. Having seen their 2-0 lead in the series disappear after a superb two performances from Panellinios, Maroussi regrouped and got an 18-point effort from William Keys to win 70-60 and seal a 3-2 triumph in the [...]

ISTANBUL (Beko Basketbol Liga) – Fenerbahce Ulker ended the Turkish play-off finals with a thrashing of Efes Pilsen on Wednesday night. After racing into an 18-point lead by the end of the opening quarter, Fener rolled to a 76-51 triumph and a 4-2 series win. Oguz Savas, one of the Turkey national team centers that [...]

SIENA (Lega A) – Montepachi Siena destroyed NGC Medical Cantu' on Tuesday night at the Palasport Mens Sana in Game 1 of their best-of-five Lega A play-off semi-final. Mens Sana, the three-time defending champions and winners of the last Coppa Italia, stormed out to a 30-17 lead by the end of the first quarter and [...]

MAR DEL PLATA (2011 FIBA Americas Championship) – Mar del Plata has had a very good week. Not only was it named as the host city for next year’s FIBA Americas Championship, its team, Peñarol , capped a magnificent campaign with a Liga Nacional title triumph over Atenas de Córdoba on Tuesday. Peñarol, who are [...]