David Barlow has played 2 games to date, losing to Unicaja 76-79 where he scored 13 points (1/3 3PT, 6/6 FT) alongside 3 rebounds and 4 assists and 1 steal in 33 minutes. His team then lost to Gran Canaria 61-83 where he scored 2 points (0/2 3PT) to go with 4 rebounds and 2 assists in 25 minutes.

Aron Baynes has played 3 games this season so far, defeating Dt.Bank Sky 70-67 first up. He scored 6 points to go with 1 rebound and 1 block in 17 minutes. He then backed up with 6 points with 1 rebound and 1 block before fouling out in 18 minutes in a 72-68 win over NY Phantoms. Baynes the played his most productive to date in a 75-65 win over the Art.Dragons, scoring 8 points to go with 2 rebounds and 2 blocks with 4 turnovers in 15 minutes.

Joe Ingles has been in great form for Granada in his 2 games so far. In an 81-104 loss to Valencia, Ingles scored 17 points (0/4 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and just 2 turnovers in 36 minutes. He then stepped it up a gear to record 25 points (2/5 3PT, 9/9 FT) alongside 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 block, 3 steals and 3 turnovers in 35 minutes in a narrow 78-85 loss to Barcelona (who had just beaten the Lakers). This performance earned him 2nd best player of the week honours in the ACB.

Brad Newley has played just the 1 game which was an 83-71 win over Nevezis. He scored 9 points (0/3 3PT) to go with 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals, 1 block and just 2 turnovers in playing 27 minutes.

AJ Ogilvy has commenced his pro career in style in 2 wins for Besiktas over Dt.Bank Sky. The first game was a 68-61 win, with AJ racking up a double-double, scoring 23 points (9/13 FG, 5/7 FT) to go with 10 rebounds, 2 assists and just 2 turnovers in 25 minutes. He then backed it up with 17 points (6/7 FG, 5/5 FT) alongside 6 rebounds but this time 5 turnovers playing 28 minutes in the 84-76 win.

Nathan Jawai had a solid start in Partizan's 78-79 loss to Buducnost in the Adriatic League. Jawai scored 12 points (5/8 FG) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and no turnovers in 22 minutes of action.

Steven Markovic’s Radnicki lost 76-81 to KK Zagreb. Markovic did not take a shot and recorded just 1 assist and 2 turnovers in 4 minutes on court.

Liam Rush’s Sundsvall Dragons defeated Eco Orebro 89-60. Rush scored 10 points (0/7 3PT) alongside 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 3 turnovers in playing 32 minutes.

What I like about Ingles' performances thus far, apart from the dominant all-round nature of his contribution, is that he has shot far more twos than threes. He has been rewarded with a better shooting percentage and many trips to the charity stripe. The dude is 6'8", long and fairly athletic, with a decent handle. He should continue to take it hard to the rack rather than relying on his streaky three point shooting. this approach will likely give him more time and space for the three when the opportunity presents itself.

Spot on AB4EVA - Ingles (and Newley) both need to play to their strengths and get into the paint for the national team. Ingles especially has shown that he is a decent foul shooter. The Boomers need to quit seeing themselves as a perimeter oriented team. The days of the Gaze/ Heal long range barrage are now a distant memory!

Baynes played a better game that his number showed against the Artland Dragons. He played good D and bumped a lot of players around. First time I have seen him live. He is a big unit.

As far as I am aware, Ater Majok remains in basketball limbo without a team to play for...

Once he becomes consistent. The WCs showed that he isnt yet world class. But his best form really is something pretty darn good.

I missed a game Brad Newley had played in this season against CSKA Moscow in which his team lost 61-80. Newley had 9 points (1/3 3PT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 turnovers in 34 minutes.

Newley has played another 2 games since my last post. In a 75-68 win over Neptunas, Newley scored 4 points (0/1 3PT), had 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block and 1 turnover in just 17 minutes. They then backed it up with a massive 83-56 win against Naglis-Adakris in which Newley scored 11 points (1/3 3PT) alongside 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and just 2 turnovers in playing 27 minutes.

Nathan Jawai's Partizan had a good win over rivals Hemofarm 77-66 in the Adriatic League. Big Nate scored 8 points (4/7 FG) to go with 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and just 1 turnover in 21 minutes.

Steven Markovic had a better game in a 82-87 loss to CEZ Nymburk also in the Adriatic League. He scored 8 points (2/9 3PT) to go with 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal but 5 turnovers in playing 35 minutes.

Liam Rush had a massive game for Sundsvall Dragons in their 96-98 loss to Solna. He racked up 27 points (3/5 3PT) alongside 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and just 2 turnovers in playing 37 minutes.

Matt Nielsen and Aleks Maric do not see any action until the weekend over in Greece.

Partizan lost to Siroki TT Kabeli 79-86. Nathan Jawai scored 10 points (4/8 FG, 2/3 FT) alongside 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers in 20 minutes.

Radnikci defeated Crvena Zvezda Belgrade 85-83. Steven Markovic had a good scoring night, racking up 16 points (2/4 3PT, 2/4 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 6 turnovers in playing 31 minutes.

Oldenburg defeated LTi 46ers 74-67. Aron Baynes scored 6 points (3/7 FG) had 5 rebounds and 1 turnover in 15 minutes.

AJ Ogilvy's Beskitas team is expecting a response shortly from former NBA scoring champion Allen Iverson on its conditions to sign a deal to play with them this season.

NBA.com: http://linky.com.au/si9xz

Just another one LC, AJ Ogilvy averaged 16 points and 4 rebounds as Besiktas won all three games in the first round of the Turkish Cup, including an 84-70 win over Turk Telekom who they beat in the playoffs last year and who they face in the first game of the league season on Tuesday.

David Barlow's Zaragoza took on Joe Ingles’s Granada overnight, winning 89-75 to record their first win of the season. Barlow had his best game to date this season, scoring 16 points on a hot 5/7 from long range alongside 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 29 minutes. Ingles on the other hand had a quiet game, scoring just 8 points (0/4 3PT) to go with 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 4 turnovers in playing 27 minutes.

Meanwhile in Greece, the Greek league is in crisis, with players voting to go on a strike for an unknown period of time. The bodies meet again on 18-Oct to hopefully sort out the mess with centres primarily around finances. This leaves Australian Boomers Aleks Maric and Matt Nielsen still waiting to taste their first official action with their new Greek powerhouse teams.

Eurobasket Link: http://linky.com.au/7dokg

Matt Nielsen debuted with his new team Olympiakos as they recorded an easy 82-66 win over Real Madrid in Euroleague competition. Nielsen scored 4 points (2/4 FG) alongside 3 rebounds before fouling out in just 12 minutes of action.

Eurobasket Interview with Matt Nielsen: http://linky.com.au/uid7y

Aron Bayne's Ewe Baskets Oldenberg lost to Goettingen 68-80. Baynes started and scored 4 points (2/6 FG) alongside 6 rebounds, 1 block and 2 turnovers in just 15 minutes on court (only 3 fouls).

AJ Ogilvy is in action with Besiktas tonight Australian time as they take on Turk Telekom Ankara in the Turkish League.

Besiktas defeated Turk Telekom Ankara overnight 94-82. AJ Ogilvy scored 8 points (3/5 FG, 2/2 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 18 minutes of action.

Lietuvos Rytas lost to Fenerbahce Ulker 69-86 to the Euroleague. Brad Newley scored 15 points going 3/3 from long range. He also had 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 block, 1 steal and 1 turnover in the loss. And whilst his team has missed out on securing Jasikevicius, Instead they ended up signing 31 year old guard Khalid El-Amin who played in Ukraine last season.

The Sundsvall Dragons defeated Uppsala 78-65. Liam Rush again played a starring role, scoring 26 points (2/6 3PT, 4/6 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 2 steals and 4 turnovers in playing 31 minutes.

Nathan Jawai is in action tonight for Partizan in Euroleague Round 1 vs Zalgiris, as is Aleks Maric for Panathinaikos vs Valencia.

Panathinaikos easily accounted for Valencia 72-56 in Euroleague action. Alek Maric scored 5 points (2/6 FG, 1/2 FT) in his debut with his Greek side, also racking up a massive 9 rebounds (6 offensive) and 2 steals with no turnovers in playing just 10 minutes.

Partizan was not able to get past Zalgiris in their Euroleague encounter, going down 62-73. Nathan Jawai scored 6 points (3/4 FG) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 2 turnovers in playing nearly 26 minutes. He was ranked as the equal best player for the game (tied three-ways).

In Spain, 29 year old Spanish guard Carlos Cabezas has joined David Barlow's CAI Zaragoza.

And finally Ater Majok has secured himself his first pro gig, signing with one of the stronger Turkish 2nd division teams in Isikspor. Majok signed a 2 month deal, and if he wants to leave the club, he will be free to do so in December. He lines up for his first game this Saturday (Sunday Australian time).

Liam Rush has once again led his Sundsvall Dragons to a win, this time against Kfum Jamtland Basket 75-70. Rush scored 20 points (1/4 3PT, 7/8 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 3 blocks but 7 turnovers in playing 37 minutes. Rush was the 6th highest ranked player in the Swedish league for last week.

Brad Newley's Lietuvos Rytas take on Alytus Alita tonight in the Lithanian league, Steven Markovic's Radnicki take on Buducnost in the Adriatic league, Aron Bayne's Ewe Baskets Oldenberg take on the Walter Tigers in the German league, and Ater Majok finally debut's as a pro for FMV Isikspor against Istanbul BB in the Turkish 2nd division.

Meanwhile the Greek league is set to finally get underway with a rescheduled 1st round following the player's strike. Matt Nielsen's Olympiakos take on Aris tonight, while Aleks Maric's Panathinaikos take on PAOK Thessaloniki.

Brad Newley's Lietuvos Rytas thrashed Alytus Alita 94-63 in the Lithuanian league. Newley had a great game as a starter, scoring 18 points on 7/12 shooting (2/4 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers in just 18 minutes as LR played the bench in the lopsided win. Despite this, Newley was the second highest ranked player for the game.

Steven Markovic's Radnicki lost badly to Buducnost 61-95 in the Adriatic league. Markovic started and scored just 6 points on 2/9 shooting (2/4 3PT) with just 1 assist, 1 steal and 4 turnovers in 28 minutes.

Aron Bayne's EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to the Walter Tigers 68-87 in the German league. Baynes started and scored just 2 points on 1/4 shooting alongside 4 rebounds and 3 turnovers in a foul plagued 15 minutes on court.

Ater Majok had a great individual start to his professional career despite his team FMV Isikspor losing to Istanbul BB 58-66 in the Turkish 2nd division. Majok racked up a game-high 28 points on 8/17 shooting, nailing 12/14 from the line along with 7 rebounds, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers in playing 32 minutes. He was easily the highest ranked player in the game.

Meanwhile the Greek league finally got underway with a rescheduled 1st round despite the majority of local Greek players sitting out the round as the ongoing player dispute continues.

Matt Nielsen's Olympiakos defeated Aris 78-65. I haven't yet found a box score for this game.

Aleks Maric's Panathinaikos thrashed PAOK Thessaloniki 108-61. Maric had 10 points on 5/6 shooting (0/2 FT) alongside 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 turnovers.

Tonight, Nathan Jawai’s Partizan take on Cedevita in the Adriatic league and AJ Ogilvy’s Besiktas face Banvit in the Turkish league.

lovin the updates LC, keep em comin

I forgot to add that David Barlow's Zaragoza were playing Euroleague champions Barcelona overnight and Joe Ingles' Granada faced Caja Laboral in the Spanish ACB.

And what a game it was for Zaragoza! Quinteros nailed a 3 in regulation to force OT, and then a buzzer-beater in OT by Van Rossom ensured they stole a road win over Barcelona 71-70. David Barlow scored 5 points on 1/7 shooting (1/3 3PT, 2/2 FT) alongside 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 turnovers in playing 23 minutes.

Granada lost to Caja Laboral 81-85. Ingles had a nother very good all-round game, scoring 15 points (3/7 3PT, 4/6 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and no turnovers in playing 33 minutes.

AJ Ogilvy's Besiktas lost to Banvit 61-74 in the Turkish league. Ogilvy scored just 6 points on 3/8 shooting to go with 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block and 4 turnovers as he battled foul trouble in playing just 22 minutes.

Nathan Jawai's Partizan defeated Cedevita 80-72 in the Adriatic league. Jawai played a blinder, racking up a team-high 19 points on a sizzling 6/8 field goal shooting and nailing 7/9 from the line. He also had 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal but 5 turnovers in playing 27 minutes. He was the 2nd highest ranked player for the game behind Cedevita's Dontaye Draper!Draper had 21 points, 8 assists, 4 steals and 4 turnovers of his own, but Jawai earned NBL bragging rights with a win...

Big news for AJ Ogilvy's Besiktas team as they have announced that Allen Iverson has agreed in principle to sign an incentive-laden, two-year, $4 million contract to be signed by next week. Iverson’s contract will give him an opt-out clause after this season, but there is no escape clause during the season for Iverson to leave Turkey and return to the NBA. He is expected to make his debut as early as 6 November against Bornova.

Nooooooooooooo!

BTW LC, check out this informative post on another board. I must admit I LOLed, giddy as I was from an overwhelming sense of deja vu.

http://www.ozhoopsboards.com/showpost.php?p=246836&postcount=441

(Sorry, Linky is down)

LOL AB4EVA - that was in fact me!

I go by that alias on the boards at Oz Hoops. So nobody was plagiarising my reporting here on Hoops...

Hahaha. I considered that it may have been yourself, but then I thought, why would someone with such a succint moniker in LC then go by the much longer (but admittedly cooler) RedbackVenom?

I can't change now on Hoops - far too much history built up over quite some time! All good.

FIBA.com have published an interview with Australian Boomer Aleks Maric.

Link: http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/inte/p/newsid/44993/arti.html

Sundsvall lost to Norrkopin 81-101 in Sweden. Liam Rush started and recorded a big double-double, scoring 21 points (1/5 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and just 2 turnovers in playing 38 minutes. He was easily the highest ranked player for the game despite the loss.

Nathan Jawai's Partizan have signed American power forward James Gist. The American played in Russia with Spartak last season and replaces centre/forward Sava Lesic who has been released.

I finally have tracked down a box score from Olympiakos' win over Aris in the first round of the Greek league. Matt Nielsen scored 6 points (0/1 3PT, 4/6 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 3 turnovers in a foul plagued 20 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenburg defeated TBB Trier 68-66.on Baynes started and scored 6 points on 3/5 shooting to go with 2 rebounds, 1 block and 1 turnover in playing 15 minutes in the German league.

Partizan defeated Khimky 72-68 in Euroleague competition overnight. Nathan Jawai continues to show good signs, scoring 15 points on 7/12 shooting (1/1 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks and no turnovers in 28 minutes. Jawai was easily the highest ranked player in the game.

Olympiakos lost to Mark Worthington's old team Brose Baskets in Euroleague action, going down 61-73. Matt Nielsen started and scored 8 points (0/2 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steala dn 3 turnovers in playing 30 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas lost to Montepaschi 75-79 in Euroleague action. Brad Newley started and scored 4 points (0/2 3PT, 0/1 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 3 turnovers in 33 minutes on court.

Aleks Maric's Panathinaikos play CSKA Moscow tonight in further Euroleague action.

Allen Iverson is expected to arrive in Turkey on Monday to join up with AJ Ogilvy and Besiktas.

Panathinaikos defeated CSKA Moscow 74-60 in Euroleague action. Aleks Maric had 4 points on 2/2 shooting to go with 2 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 turnover.

Liam Rush's Sundsvall Dragons take on O8 in the Swedish league tonight.

The Sundsvall Dragons defeated O8, 89-79. Liam Rush started and scored 24 points on an efficient 10/15 shooting (0/1 3PT, 4/5 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 4 turnovers in playing 35 minutes.

Tonight's games:

- Steven Markovic’s Radnicki take on Ogokea in the Adriatic League
- Nathan Jawai’s Partizan take on U.Olimpija in the Adriatic League
- Brad Newley’s Lietuvos Rytas play Unics in the VTB League
- AJ Ogilvy’s Beskitas take on Aliaga in the Turkish League
- Ater Majok’s FMV Isikspor take on Genc Banvit in the Turkish 2nd Division

Steven Markovic's Radnicki lost to Ogokea in the Adriatic League, 71-78. Markovic had a great game in starting, scoring 18 points on 6/10 shooting (2/4 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers in playing 38 minutes.

Brad Newley’s Lietuvos Rytas lost to Unics Kazan in the VTB League, 85-87. Newley started and scored 10 points on 4/6 shooting (0/2 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 27 minutes.

These games are actually scheudled for tonight:

- AJ Ogilvy’s Beskitas take on Aliaga in the Turkish League
- Ater Majok’s FMV Isikspor take on Genc Banvit in the Turkish 2nd Division
- Nathan Jawai’s Partizan take on U.Olimpija in the Adriatic League
- Aron Baynes' EWE Baskets Oldenberg take on ALBA in the German league
- Alek's Maric's Panathaniakos take on Ilysiakos in the Greek League
- Matt Nielsen's Olympiakos take on AEK in the Greek league
- David Barlow's CAI Zaragoza take on Cajasol in the Spanish ACB
- Joe Ingles's winless CB Granada take on the also winless Estudiantes in the Spanish ACB

David Barlow's CAI Zaragoza defeated Cajasol 82-78 in the Spanish ACB. Barlow started and scored a game-high 17 points on 5/9 shooting (3/4 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 4 assists and just 1 turnover in playing 32 minutes. He was easily the highest ranked player in the game (30), and would well and truly be in line for the player of the week award.

Joe Ingles's CB Granada won the battle of the winless teams, defeating Estudiantes 77-74 in the Spanish ACB. Ingles started and scored just 3 points on 1/7 shooting (0/3 3PT, 1/2 FT) but had 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals but 5 turnovers in the win.

Nathan Jawai's Partizan lost to Union Olimpija 73-75 in the Adriatic League. Jawai scored 9 points on 3/7 shooting (3/6 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 4 turnovers in playing just 23 minutes.

Alek's Maric's Panathaniakos defeated Ilysiakos 81-62 in the Greek League. Maric scored 6 points on 2/2 shooting (2/6 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 2 steals and no turnovers in 17 minutes.

Matt Nielsen's Olympiakos destroyed AEK Athens 82-50 in the Greek league. Nielsen had a big influence on the game, starting and scoring 14 points on 4/10 shooting (0/2 3PT, 6/6 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers in 26 minutes.

AJ Ogilvy’s Beskitas lost to Aliaga 80-95 in the Turkish League. Ogilvy scored 9 points on 4/9 shooting (1/1 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 1 block and 2 turnovers in just 17 minutes. Allen Iverson is not expected to suit up for Besiktas until after November 8.

Aron Baynes' EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to ALBA 75-77 in overtime in the German league. Baynes put in a very efficient offensive display, scoring 10 points on a perfect 5/5 shooting. He also had 4 rebounds, 1 block and 4 turnovers in playing just 11 minutes as he was again limited due to foul trouble - continuing an ongoing theme.

Ater Majok’s FMV Isikspor lost to Genc Banvit 60-74 in the Turkish 2nd Division. Majok scored just 4 poinst on 1/4 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block and no turnovers in playing only 14 minutes. This seems a bit strange given his outstanding performance in his first and only other game for them, making mw wonder whether he got injured or not?

As I preidtced, David Barlow has been named as player of the week in the Spanish ACB.

Google translated from the Spanish ACB website:

"Third consecutive victory of CAI Zaragoza, this time with David Barlow as most outstanding man. Sus 17 puntos, 9 rebotes y 30 de valoración le convierten en el Jugador de la Jornada His 17 points, 9 rebounds and 30 valuation makes him the Player of the Week"

Olympiakos defeated Unicaja 93-66 in the latest round of Euroleague competition. Matt Neilsen started and scored 4 points on 2/3 shooting to go with 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 4 turnovers in a foul plagued 23 minutes.

Euroleague action tonight see's Brad Newley’s Lietuvos Rytas takes on Chalet, Nathan Jawai’s Partizan play Maccabi Tel Aviv, and Aleks Maric’s Panathinaikos take on U.Olimpija.

Euroleague results from overnight...

Lietuvos Rytas lost to Cholet Basket 69-73. Brad Newley started and scored 6 points on 2/7 shooting (2/2 FT) alongside 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 turnovers in playing 30 minutes. It was Cholet's first win.

Panathinaikos lost to Union Olimpija 84-85 in overtime. Aleks Maric did not play - he has a groin strain and remained at home to recuperate and is likely to be out of action for 5 days.

Partizan lost to Maccabi Tel Aviv, 54-67. Battling foul trouble, Nathan Jawai scored 4 points on 2/6 shooting to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 turnover in playing nearly 22 minutes.

Jawai was matched up with big Sofiklis Schortsinitis in the battle of the big boys. Sofo also had foul trouble and had 6p on 1/5fg and 8r in 29mins. Pretty close to a 0-0 draw!

Bad home loss for Partizan, and Lietuvos Rytas' loss to Cholet from France could well see them sit last in their group - neither Newley or Jawai will be progressing to the round of 16 by the looks of it.

After game with Maccabi Jawai and Amecikans are in trouble; simple they performance were very bad and the public want to see them out Partizan.

LC, have the Euro leagues changed to the extended Fiba three point line for this season?

Yep - 3pt lines are extended.

Partizan defeated KK Zagreb CO 86-66 in the Adriatic League. Nathan Jawai started and scored 12 points on 5/8 shooting (2/4 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and no turnovers in 22 minutes of action.

Besiktas had a much needed win over Bornova, 89-76 in the Turkish League. AJ Ogilvy was 1 rebound shy of a double-double, scoring 19 points (7/16 FG, 5/6 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 4 blocks and 1 turnover in 26 minutes after starting. He was easily the highest ranked player on his team. Allen Iverson joins the team next week.

Panathinaikos defeated Peristeri GS 89-66 in the Greek League. Aleks Maric did not play yet again due to his groin injury. He is expecting to be back in the line-up for this week's encounter with Efes Pilsen in the Euroleague.

Olympiakos defeated Panionios 77-70 in the Greek League. No boxes cores yet available.

Tonight’s games:
- David Barlow’s CAI Zaragoza take on Fuenlabrada in the Spanish ACB
- Joe Ingles’ Granada play Menorca in the Spanish ACB
- Brad Newley’s Lietuvos Rytas face Aiscai Kaunas in the Lithuanian League
- Steven Markovic’s Radnicki take on Zadar in the Adriatic League
- Ater Majok’s FMV Isikspor play Genc Telekom in the Turkish League 2nd division

Radnicki defeated Zadar 96-86 in the Adriatic League. Steven Markovic started and scored 11 points on 3/4 shooting (2/4 3PT, ¾ FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 turnovers in playing 21 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza lost to Fuenlabrada, 90-97. David Barlow started and scored 10 points on 4/8 shooting (0/1 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and no turnovers in playing 28 minutes. Fuenlabrada were on fire from long range, nailing 16/28 on three's compared to 7/17.

Granada lost to Meorca 57-60. Joe Ingles was very good as a starter, scoring 17 points on 4/8 shooting (3/5 3PT, 6/8 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block but 5 turnovers in playing 36 minutes. Ingles was easily his team’s best player as Coby Karl continues to struggle.

Lietuvos Rytas thrashed Aiscai Kaunas 100-62. Brad Newley did not play (I’m not sure why and have not been able to find out yet).

Ater Majok’s game has been held back until 10th November Australian time.

Matt Neilsen started and scored 12 points on 4/8 shooting (4/6 FT) alongside 2 rebounds, 1 block and no turnovers in 32 minutes in Olympiakos' win over Panionios.

EWE Baskets Oldenburg defeated Mitteldeutscher BC Weissenfels 72-58. Aron Baynes started and scored 8 points on 4/10 shooting alongside 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block and no turnovers in playing a limited 22 minutes due to foul troubles yet again.

Sundsvall Dragons defeated LF Basket 89-60 in the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and had a poor shooting night, yet still scored 10 points on a cold 4/16 shooting including 0/7 3PT (2/2 FT). He did also manage 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 3 turnovers in playing 32 minutes.

Tonight:
- FMV Isikspor and Ater Majok play Genc Telekom in the Turkish 2nd Division

FMV Isikspor lost to Genc Telekom 65-69 in the Turkish 2nd Division. Ater Majok racked up a double-double, scoring an equal game-high 17 points on 6/13 shooting (5/5 FT) alongside 12 rebounds, 1 assist, 5 blocks but also 5 turnovers in playing 38 minutes.

Tonight's games:

- Nathan Jawai’s Partizan play Assec.Prokom in Euroleague
- Matt Neilsen and his Olympiacos team take on Charleroi in Euroleague

Two Euroleague wins overnight for Aussies...both played important roles too:

Nathan Jawai's Partizan defeated Asseco Prokom Gdynia 67-62. Jawai came off the bench and impressed, scoring 15 points on 5/13 shooting (5/7 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 turnovers in playing nearly 25 minutes, ending with 4 fouls.

Matt Neilsen and his Olympiacos team defeated Charleroi 86-78. Nielsen started and scored 12 points on 3/6 shooting (1/3 3PT, 3/4 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 turnovers in playing 19 minutes due to foul trouble.

Tonight there are two more Euroleague games with Aussies involved:

- Lietuvos Rytas and Brad Newley play reigning champions Barcelona
- Aleks Maric should be back in action for Panathinaikos as they face Efes Pilsen

Thank you so much for the updates LC

I check this every day ... I really appreciate your work.

Just one question.

Are the Euroleague games 40 mins?

No probs...feel free to contribute.

Euroleague games are 40 minutes.

Currently in action are Brad Newley and Aleks Maric for Lietuvos Rytas and Panathinaikos respectively...watch live stats at:

www.euroleague.net

LC is forum hero of the year for his various topic efforts. Easy way to follow progress of various Australian players OS.

Your words are too kind...(gushing). I follow the games so I may as well share the results as I come across them.

Lietuvos Rytas played a tough game against Barcelona, going down 55-69. Brad Newley did not take to the court.

Panathinaikos easily accounted for Efes Pilsen, winning 84-61. Aleks Maric was back in the line-up in coming off the bench. He scored 3 points on 1/1 shooting (1/2 FT) to go with 4 rebounds and 1 block with no turnovers in just 8 minutes.

Tonight/tomorrow morning:
- AJ Ogilvy, Allen Iverson and Besiktas play Oyak Renault in the Turkish League

Besiktas managed to get past Oyak Renault 81-87 in overtime early this morning. Whilst Allen Iverson did no suit up, AJ Ogilvy only played 13 minutes in coming off the bench as he battled foul trouble in a game her would personally want to forget about. In that time he scored just 2 points from 2/2 free throws alongside 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block but 5 turnovers.

Tonight's games include:

- Matt Neilsen's Olympiakos take on Ikaros K. in the Greek League
- Aleks Maric’s Panathinakos play VAP Kolossos in the Greek League

Sundsvall Dragons lost to lague leading Sodertalje Kings 83-89 in the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and scored 16 points on 12/21 shooting (2/2 3PT) to go with 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers in 36 minutes.

Olympiakos defeated Ikaros Kallitheas 86-64 in the Greek League. Matt Nielsen started and scored a game-high 17 points on 4/5 shooting (2/2 3PT, 7/10 FT) alongside 5 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block an 1 turnover in playing 21 minutes.

Panathinakos defeated VAP Kolossos Rodou 83-53 in the Greek League. Aleks Maric came off the bench for 6 points on a perfect 3/3 shooting to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 turnover in 10 minutes.

Olympiakos and Panathinaikos are the only undefeated teams remianing in the Greek A1 league with 4-0 records.

Partizan lost to CEZ Nymburk 69-73 in the Adriatic League. Nathan Jawai starte and scored top-scored for his team with 14 points on 5/11 shooting (4/4 FT) to go with 2 rebound and no turnovers in playing 26 minutes.

Radnicki defeated Krka 86-82 also in the Adriatic League. Steven Markovic started and scored 13 points on 4/7 shooting (3/6 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal but 6 turnovers in 34 minutes on court.

Partizan and Radnicki are in equal 9th place in the Adriatic League with 3-4 records.

Tonight's games:

- Ater Majok is in action wth FMV Isikspor playing Darussafaka in the Turkish 2nd Division.
- David Barlow's CAI Zaragoza takes on league leading Caja Laboral in the Spanish ACB
- Joe Ingle's Granada play Cajasol in the Spanish ACB
- Aron Bayne's EWE Baskets Oldenburg take on Phoenix Hagen in the German Bundesliga.
- Brad Newley's Lietuvos Rytas play Honka in the VTB United League, with both teams searching for their first win on this competition so far this season.

EWE Baskets Oldenburg lost to Phoenix Hagen 62-89 in the German Bundesliga. Aron Baynes started and scored 4 points on 1/6 shooting (2/4 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 4 blocks and 2 turnovers in being limited to just 17 minutes on court due to foul trouble.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Honka 87-67. Brad Newley did not play.

FMV Isikspor lost to Darussafaka 75-87 in the Turkish 2nd Division. Ater Majok started and scored 13 points on 6/16 shooting (1/2 FT) to go with 13 rebounds, 3 blocks and no turnovers in being limited to 26 minutes on court due to foul trouble.

CAI Zaragoza lost 70-84 to league leading Caja Laboral in the Spanish ACB. David Barlow started and scored just 2 points on 1/8 shooting (0/3 3PT) alongside 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 1 turnover in 25 minutes on court.

Granada defeated Cajasol 73-72 in the Spanish ACB. Joe Ingle started and scored 8 points on 3/7 shooting (1/5 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals and 5 turnovers in a foul plagued 27 minutes.

Reports out of Europe are suggesting that Joe Ingles is set to sign with European powerhouse Regal Barcelona who are one of the favourites to win the Spanish ACB and Euroleague titles.

This from www.eurobasket.com:

According to http://basket-spot.blogspot.com, there are two new signings from two ACB clubs. Regal Barcelona, relatively shocked against Fenerbahce at Palau Blaugrana, reinforced the squad with Joe Ingles, the CB Granada player. The injury of Gianluca Basile and the below par performance from Ricky Rubio probably made Javi Pascual take that decision. Ingles played with his national team at the World Championships in ?stanbul, where they were eliminated at last 16 stage against Slovenia

The Ingles move to Regal Barcelona is now official. He has signed a 3 year deal with the European powerhouse and reigning Euroleague champion.
http://www.eurobasket.com/Euroleague/basketball.asp?NewsID=208794

Tonight/tomorrow morning:
- Allen Iverson makes his debut alongside AJ Ogilvy for Besiktas as they take on Hemofarm in Group B of Eurocup competition
- Aron Baynes and his EWE Baskets Oldenburg side play Unics Kazan in Group A of Eurocup competition

According to the ACB website, Joe Ingles is a chance to suit up in the next Euroleague game against Montepaschi later this week.

Sundsvall Dragons defeated Olna 95-74. Liam Rush started and scored 13 points on 5/12 shooting (3/6 3PT, 0/1 FT) to got with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 turnover in in 28 minutes.

Allen Iverson finally made his debut alongside AJ Ogilvy for Besiktas, but they were unable to overcome hold off Serbian power Hemofarm's second half surge in overcoming a 17 point deficit, go down 91-94. AJ Ogilvy came off the bench and was near unstoppable, racking up a double-double that included a game-high 20 points on 7/12 shooting (6/7 FT) to go with 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 1 turnover in playing nearly 31 minutes. His game-high ranking of 34 should have him well placed for Eurocup player of the week honours. Iverson scored 15 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 turnovers in his debut.

Aron Baynes and his EWE Baskets Oldenburg lost to Unics Kazan 72-89 also in the Eurocup. Also coming off the bench, Baynes shone brightly, scoring 17 points on 6/13 shooting (5/6 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block with no turnovers before fouling out in 22 minutes.

In other related news, European star point guard Sarunas Jasikevicius is heading back to Lithuania and will be joined Brad Newley at Lietuvos Rytas.

Tonight's Euroleague games:

- Brad Newley's Lietuvous Rytas take on Cibona
- Matt Nielsen's Olympiakos take on Lottomatica
- Nathan Jawai's Partyizan play Caja Laboral

Lietuvos Rytas easily accounted for Cibona Zagreb 90-62. Brad Newley was back and came off the bench to score 12 points on 5/10 shooting (2/3 3PT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block and 1 turnover in playing nearly 17 minutes.

Olympiakos also had a relatively easy win over Lottomatica Roma, 86-71. Matt Nielsen started and scored 5 points on 2/3 shooting (1/2 FT) alongside 3 rebounds and 1 turnover in nearly 18 minutes.

Partizan overcame Caja Laboral 74-71 in a tight game. Nathan Jawai started and scored 13 points on 5/14 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 8 rebounds and no turnovers in 28 minutes.

Barcelona lost to Montepaschi Siena 67-76. Joe Ingles made his debut in coming off the bench, scoring 5 points on 2/4 shooting (1/2 3PT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 17 minutes.

Tonight's games:

- Aleks Maric’s Panathinaikos take on Armani Jeans Milano in Euroleague

In true Ingles style his first Euroleague minutes included a steal and dunk followed quickly by a triple to ignite Barca's offence.

http://www.euroleague.net/main/results/showgame/report?gamecode=55

No joy for Ogilvy getting Eurocup player of the week unfortunately but did get a mention that he was considered.

http://www.eurocupbasketball.com/ulebcup/home/news/i/78712/3735

Thanks guys...please feel free to continue contributing to this thread. Ogilvy was just 1 ranking 1 point shy of being named player of the week.

You would expect it will take Ingles at least 3 if not half a dozen games to get into sync at his new team, so it was a very promising start for him.

Joe got "Steal of the Night" on Euroleague.TV (nasty link but should work):-

Link

Panathinaikos defeated Armani Jeans Milan 81-71. Aleks Maric came off the bench and scored 8 points on a perfect 4/4 shooting to go with 6 rebounds and 1 turnover in playing just 12 minutes.

Sundsvall Dragons defeated Ecoörebro 99-89nin the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and scored a game-high 28 points on 9/16 shooting (3/5 3PT, 7/12 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 30 minutes.

FMV Isikspor defeated Adanaspor 66-52 in the Turkish 2nd Division. Ater Majok scored a game-high 20 points on 9/13 shooting (2/3 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 turnover in 21 minutes.

Regal Barcelona lost to Caja Laboral Vitoria 80-87 in the Spanish ACB. Joe Ingles came off the bench and scored 10 points on a perfect 4/4 shooting (1/1 3PT, 1/3 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 turnovers in 17 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenburg defeated TBB Trier 68-66 in the German League. Aron Baynes started and scored 6 points on 3/5 shooting to go with 2 rebounds, 1 block and 1 turnover in 15 minutes.

Tonight's games:

- AJ Ogilvy’s Besiktas take on Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul in the Turkish League
- David Barlow’s CAI Zaragoza play Valencia in the Spanish ACB
- Brad Newley’s Lietuvos Rytas face Zalgiris in the Lithuanian League
- Alek’s Maric’s Panathinaikos encounter Kavala in the Greek A1 League
- Matt Nielsen’s Olympiakos play Marousi also in the Greek A1 League
- Nathan Jawai’s Partizan take on Crvena Zvezda in the Adriatic League
- Steven Markovic’s Radnicki play Cibona, also in the Adriatic League

Besiktas lost to Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul 67-74 in the Turkish League. AJ Ogilvy scored just 6 points on 2/2 shooting (2/3 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 steal and 1 block with 1 turnover in just 10 minutes. Iverson had an ordinary night as well in playing less than 20 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza lost to Valencia 72-83 in the Spanish ACB. David Barlow started and scored 5 points on 2/9 shooting (1/6 3PT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 steal and no turnovers in 28 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas lost badly in a battle of the last 2 remaining undefeated teams against Zalgiris, going down 60- in the Lithuanian League. Brad Newley came off the bench and went scoreless on 0/1 shooting (0/1 3PT) but had 3 rebounds and no turnovers in just 11 minutes.

Partizan thrashed Crvena Zvezda 99-68 in the Adriatic League. Nathan Jawai started and scored 13 points on 4/5 shooting (5/7 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 block but 5 turnovers in 19 minutes.

Radnicki lost to Cibona 82-88 in the Adriatic League. Steven Markovic started and scored 9 points on 3/9 shooting (1/5 3PT, 2/5 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and just 1 turnover in playing out the full 40 minutes.

Panathinaikos thrashed Kavala100-72 in the Greek A1 League. Alek's Maric did not play, listed as "Coach’s Decision"

Olympiakos also had a big win over Marousi, prevailing 94-70 in the Greek A1 League. Matt Nielsen started and scored 9 points on a perfect 4/4 shooting (1/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and no turnovers in playing 18 minutes. Oympiakos shot an incredible 37/60 (61%) from the field, including 7/14 from long range.

Panathinaikos and Olympiakos remain the only 2 undefeated teams in the Greek A1 League, 2 games clear of 3rd place.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to Le Mans 60-84 in the Eurocup. Aron Baynes came off the bench and scored 4 points on 2/5 shooting to go with 3 rebounds and 1 turnover in 13 minutes.

Besiktas lost to BG Goettingen 83-85 in the Eurocup. AJ Ogilvy came off the bench and scored 17 points on 5/8 shooting (0/1 3PT, 7/8 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 turnovers before fouling out in 21 minutes. Iverson had 18 points.

Tonight's Euroleague game:

- Brad Newley’s Lietuvos Rytas play Fenerbahce Ulker

Lietuvos Rytas lost to Fenerbahce Ulker 75-81 in the Euroleague. Brad Newley scored 5 points on 1/3 shooting (1/2 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 20 minutes.

Tonight's Euroleague games:

- Nathan Jawai's Partizan vs Zalgiris
- Joe Ingle's Barcelona take on Cibona
- Matt Nielsen's Olympiakos play Real Madrid
- Aleks Maric's Panathinaikos encounter Valencia

http://www.sportingo.com/basketball/a16187_nba-euroleague-feeling-benefits-australian-basketball-talent

Partizan defeated Zalgiris 68-62. Nathan Jawai started and scored 9 points on 3/8 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 7 rebounds and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 24 minutes. Importantly, Partizan draw level with Zalgiris in second place in Group A with both team's now on 4-2 records, trailing only Maccabi Electra who have a 5-1 record and two games clear of Caja Laboral and Khimki.

Olympiakos were defeated by Real Madrid 68-82. Matt Nielsen started and went scoreless on 0/6 shooting (0/2 3PT) and had just 1 rebound and 1 turnover in 13 minutes. Olympiakos are now in equal first place in Group B with Real Madrid sporting a 4-2 record.

Panathinaikos were defeated by Valencia 69-73 in their 500th Euroleague match. Aleks Maric did not play and will be sidelined for the next month following elbow surgery. Panathinaikos remain leaders in Group D, but now equal with both Efes Pilsen and Union Olympija on a 4-2 record.

Barcelona defeated Cibona 94-75, with Cibona remaining winless in Euroleague 2010. Joe Ingles was elevated to the starting line-up and he delivered!
Ingles scored 16 points on 6/12 shooting (1/4 3PT, 3/5 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers in a team-high 34 minutes. Barcelona improves to 4-2 and are 1 game behind Group C joint leaders Montepaschi Siena and Fenerbahce Ulker who have 5-1 records.

Tonight...

- AJ Ogilvy is in action as Besiktas take on Trabzonspor in the Turkish League
- Ater Majok's FMV Isikspor play Usak in the Turkish 2nd Division
- David Barlow's CAI Zaragoza face Estudiantes in the Spanish ACB
- Nathan Jawai's Partizan take on Steven Markovic's Radnicki in the Adriatic League
- Brad Newley's Lietuvos Rytas play Minsk-2006 in the VTB United League

Besiktas defeated Trabzonspor 94-85 in the Turkish League. AJ Ogilvy came off the bench and scored 12 points on 4/6 shooting (4/5 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 block with no turnovers in just 14 minutes on court. Iverson had 14 points and 8 assists in 28 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza defeated Estudiantes 84-70 in the Spanish ACB. David Barlow started and scored an equal game-high 16 points on 6/12 shooting (1/3 3PT, 3/5 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 turnovers in 29 minutes.

Radnicki defeated Partizan 89-85 in the Adriatic League. For the winners, Steven Markovic had an impressive double-double as a starter, scoring 12 points on 4/7 shooting (2/2 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 10 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 28 minutes. Nathan Jawai on the other hand had a quiet game as a starter, scoring just 5 points on 1/1 shooting (3/4 FT) alongside 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal and 3 turnovers in 16 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas accounted for Minsk-2006 90-84 in the VTB United League. Brad Newley came off the bench and scored 11 points on 4/8 shooting (1/3 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 31 minutes.

Tonight's games:

- FMV Isikspor vs Usak in the Turkish 2nd Division (Majok)
- Barcelona vs Manresa in the Spanish ACB (Ingles)
- Sundsvall vs Uppsala in the Swedish League (Rush)
- Panathinaikos vs Maroussi in the Greek A1 League (Maric - injured)
- Olympiakos vs Panellinios in the Greek A1 League (Nielsen)
- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs Telekom B. in the German Bundesliga (Baynes)

Barcelona easily accounted for Manresa 70-57 in the Spanish ACB. Joe Ingles started for the 2nd straight game and was again a shining light. Ingles scored a game-high 21 points on 6/10 shooting (4/6 3PT, 5/5 FT) to go with 2 rebounds and 3 turnovers in playing just 24 minutes.

Sundsvall defeated Uppsala 88-87 in the Swedish League. Liam Rush scored an equal game-high 21 points on 10/18 shooting (0/5 3PT, 1/1 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 turnovers in 31 minutes.

Panathinaikos thrashed Maroussi 102-65 in the Greek A1 League. Aleks Maric did not play as he is out injured.

Olympiakos thrashed Panellinios 92-65 in the Greek A1 League. Matt Nielsen started and scored 9 points on 2/5 shooting (0/1 3PT, 5/6 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 turnovers in 20 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to Telekom Baskets 72-74 in the German Bundesliga. Aron Baynes started and scored 4 points on 1/6 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 turnovers before fouling out in 17 minutes.

FMV Isikspor lost to Usak 69-77 in the Turkish 2nd Division. Ater Majok scored 7 points on 3/6 shooting (1/2 FT) to go with 10 rebounds, 2 steals, 3 blocks and 5 turnovers in 34 minutes.

I just have read that Partizan will take new centre Markovic and Jawai will stay in Partizan until January. Partizan's been disaponted with Jawai's performance; against Radnicki he was awful

Partizan have confirmed the release of import point guard Oliver Lafayette and have replaced him with Curtis Jerrells (formerly Baylor). Butr I can't find anywhere where it mentions Jawai's head is also on the chopping block. Although given his inconsistency and profile, it would not surprise many if this was to be the case.

Jawai leads Partizan in scoring and rebounding in the Euroleague so I hardly think they could think about getting rid of him cause what would that say about the rest of the players...

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated Banvit 96-73 in the Eurocup. Aron Baynes broke loose, starting and scoring 17 points on 6/9 shooting (5/6 FT) alongside 8 rebounds, 4 steals and 3 turnovers in ending with 4 fouls in 28 minutes.

Besiktas lost to Asvel Lyon 85-88. AJ Ogilvy came off the bench and scored 9 points on 4/8 shooting (1/4 FT) to go with 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 5 turnovers to end with 4 fouls in 24 minutes.

Partizan lost to Khimki Moscow badly in Euroleague, going down 65-92. Nathan Jawai started and had a good one, scoring 16 points on 5/10 shooting (6/7 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 23 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas lost to Montepaschi Siena 72-90 also in Euroleague. Brad Newley came off the bench and scored 7 points on 2/3 shooting (1/1 3PT) to go with 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 1 turnover in just 15 minutes.

Panathinaikos defeated CSKA Moscow 72-68 in Euroleague competition. Aleks Maric is still out injured following elbow surgery. He has a few more weeks to go before his return.

Tonight -

- Joe Ingles and Barcelona take on Cholet in Euroleague
- Matt Nielsen and Olympiakos play Mark Worthington's old team Brose Baskets in Euroleague

Olympiakos defeated Brose Baskets 86-69. Nielsen started and scored 6 points on 2/5 shooting (0/2 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 17 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Cholet 76-62. Ingles started and scored 8 points on 2/9 shooting (0/5 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 3 turnovers in a team-high 31 minutes.

Tonight:

- AJ Ogilvy and Besiktas face Olin Edirne in the Turkish League
- Liam Rush and Sundsvall take on Jamtland in the Swedish League

Besiktas defeated Olin Edirne 88-75 in the Turkish League. AJ Ogilvy started and scored 12 points on 4/9 shooting (4/6 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 block and no turnovers in just 20 minutes.

Sundsvall destroyed Jamtland 106-68 in the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and scored 19 points on 6/11 shooting (2/4 3PT, 5/7 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 3 turnovers in 30 minutes.

Tonight:

- Brad Newley's Lietuvos Rytas play Juventus in the Lithuanian League
- Ater Majok's FMV Isikspor take on Final Genclik in the Turkish 2nd Division
- Aron Baynes and EWE Baskets Oldenberg play ENBW Ludwigsburg who boast Rick Rickert in the German Bundesliga
- Panathinaikos play Iraklis in the Greek A1 League without Aleks Maric who will miss through injury
- Steven Markovic and Radnicki take on Serbian powerhouse Hemofarm in the Adriatic League

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Juventus 83-80 in the Lithuanian League. Brad Newley started and scored 13 points on 5/10 shooting (0/1 3PT, 3/7 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block and no turnovers in nearly 34 minutes.

Panathinaikos thrashed Iraklis 87-44 in the Greek A1 League. Aleks Maric was out injured.

Radnicki upset Serbian powerhouse Hemofarm 88-78 in the Adriatic League. Markovic was a key in racking up an impressive double-double as a starter, scoring 17 points on 6/14 shooting (5/8 3PT) alongside 10 assists, 2 rebounds, 2 steals and just 1 turnover in playing 39 minutes.

Tonight:

- Aron Baynes' EWE Baskets Oldenberg play ENBW Ludwigsburg who boast Rick Rickert in the German Bundesliga.
- Ater Majok's FMV Isikspor take on Final Genclik in the Turkish 2nd Division
- Matt Nielsen and Olympiakos take on PAOK Athens in the Greek A1 League
- Joe Ingles and Barcelona play Estudiantes in the Spanish ACB
- David Barlow's CAI Zaragoza face Menorca also in the Spanish ACB
- Nathan Jawai and Partizan take on Igokea in the Adriatic League

Olympiakos defeated PAOK Athens 89-82 in the Greek A1 League. Matt Nielsen did not play.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to ENBW Ludwigsburg 67-68 in the German Bundesliga. Aron Baynes started and scored 9 points on 4/8 shooting (1/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 block and 1 turnover before fouling out in 17 minutes.

FMV Isikspor lost badly to Final Genclik 61-90 in the Turkish 2nd Division. Ater Majok started and scored 8 points on 3/8 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 6 blocks and 5 turnovers in 35 minutes.

Barcelona lost to Estudiantes 62-63 in the Spanish ACB. Joe Ingles started and scored 8 points on 2/9 shooting (1/4 3PT, 3/4 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 2 assists and no turnovers in 29 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza lost to Menorca 65-75 also in the Spanish ACB. David Barlow started and scored just 4 points on 2/8 shooting (0/2 3PT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 block and 3 turnovers in just 18 minutes.

Partizan defeated Igokea 77-72 in a key matchup in the Adriatic League. Nathan Jawai came off the bench and had a massive impact, top-scoring for his team with 17 points on 4/4 shooting (9/10 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 block and 3 turnovers in just 20 minutes of action.

Tonight:

- Liam Rush and the Sundsvall Dragons play Norrkoping in the Swedish League

Sundsvall actually played and defeated 08 Stockholm HR 94-74. Liam Rush started and scored an equal game-high 25 points on a highly efficient 11/15 shooting (2/2 3PT, 1/1 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 turnover in nearly 35 minutes.

Tonight:

- Aron Baynes & EWE Baskets Oldenberg play Banvit in Eurocup competition
- AJ Ogilvy's Besiktas take on ASVEL also in the Eurocup

Liam Rush is really starting to dominate. Would love to see how he would go back in the NBL someday.

I'd love to see how Rush would go with a team in a stronger European league before he returns home to Oz. I think he could do very well in one of the stronger leagues.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to Banvit 72-81in Eurocup. Aron Baynes started and scored an equal game-high 21 points on an efficient 9/13 shooting (3/6 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block and 1 turnover in ending 29 minutes of action with 4 fouls. He was the highest rated player for the game with a ranking of 19.

Besiktas defeated ASVEL 80-74 also in the Eurocup. AJ Ogilvy came off the bench and scored 8 points on 3/4 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and no turnovers in just 18 minutes.

Tonight there are no Aussies in action in Euroleague, with games set for the following day as outlined below:

- Panathinaikos vs Union Olimpija (Maric out injured)
- Barcelona vs Fenerbahce Ulker (Ingles)
- Lietuvos Rytas vs Cholet (Newley)
- Olympiakos vs Unicaja (Nielsen)
- Partizan vs Maccabi Tel-Aviv (Jawai)

I am not surprised that Baynes produced those numbers given significant minutes. I am surprised that he started and that he did not foul out well before 29 minutes was up. Was his start due to an injury to a teammate? Anyhow, it's a very positive outcome for Baynes. Hopefully he can repeat these types of performances.

AB4EVA - Aron Baynes is EWE Baskets regular starting centre. The only surprise could be that he did not foul out in 29 minutes!!! He increased minutes are a sign that he did not foul out...

My bad. Did he start the season as a starter or has he progressed to that role? Maybe I just assumed he was coming of the bench because he only averages 18 minutes per game.

I'm pretty sure Baynes has started most if not all the games so far this season.
He is only averaging around 18 minutes a game as he contsantly gets into foul trouble.

Panathinaikos defeated Union Olimpija 95-88 in OT and secured a final 16 berth. Aleks Maric did not play again due to injury (elbow).

Barcelona defeated Fenerbahce Ulker 75-69. Joe Ingles started and scored just 4 points on 2/3 shooting (0/1 3PT) to go with 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 turnovers in nearly 26 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Cholet 92-80 and remains in contention for the final 16 stage. Brad Newley started and scored 8 points on 3/4 shooting (0/2 3PT, 2/4 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 3 blocks and 1 turnover in 34 minutes.

Olympiakos lost to Unicaja 74-76. Matt Nielsen did not play and apparently is out injured.

Partizan lost to Maccabi Tel-Aviv 62-76. Nathan Jawai came off the bench and scored 7 points on 3/6 shooting (1/2 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 23 minutes.

No games tonight from what I could find. Plenty of games scheduled for the following day.

thanks again for all your hard work, much appreciated.

Just wondered where these leagues sit in comparison to the NBL?

Seems like we have a few imports that come here and struggle more than they do in Europe.

Ill have a crack at it for you Wayne, but this is just my opinion.

The NBA is well clear of other national leagues, the Spanish ABC is the best of the rest, then comes a group of leagues that are quite comparable headed by Greece and Russia, but also containing Australia, Italy, Israel and Turkey.

The there is another group of very good leages half a step below that headed by France and Germany, but also including Lithuania, Serbia, Croatia and possibly Poland, which I havent seen but am told is an underrated league.

There are also the composite leagues, which have reps from different European comps - the Euroleague is clearly the best of these and not that far behind the NBA, then comes the Adriatic league, Eurocup, Eurochallenge and VTB United league in northern Europe, and these are good leagues that I think are a similar standard to NBL playoff basketball.

Outside of Europe the Puerto Rican, Argentine, Brazilian leagues are solid but below the group the NBL is in, while the PBL and NBA D in North America have a lot of talent in them but are not necessarily known for their team play.

In a nutshell, just considering the national leagues, I would have the NBL somewhere between 5-8 but not that far off 3rd or 4th, so it is right up there.

Besiktas defeated Antalya 96-75 in the Turkish League. AJ Ogilvy started and scored 12 points on 5/8 shooting (0/1 3PT, 2/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block and 3 turnovers in 23 minutes. Iverson did not play.

Panathinaikos defeated Aris 93-62 in the Greek A1 League. Aleks Maric did not pkay as he is still out injured.

FMK Isikspor defeated Orman 61-5 in the Turkish 2nd Division. Ater Majok did not play however and whilst I could not confirm it, I believe his 3 month contract has now expired and it has not been renewed leaving Majok without a team for now.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated BBC Bayreauth 85-84 in the German Bundesliga. Aron Baynes started and scored 11 points on 4/10 shooting (3/6 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 1 block and 1 turnover before fouling out in 25 minutes.

Tonight's games:

- David Barlow's CAI Zaragoza play Real Madrid in the Spanish ACB
- Joe Ingles and Barcelona tale on Valladolid in the Spanish ACB
- Brad Newley's Lietuvos Rytas play Dnipro in the VTB United League
- Nathan Jawai and Partizan play Zadar in the Adriatic League
- Steven Markovic and Radnicki take on Siroki TT also in the Adriatic League

Radnicki defeated Siroki TT 92-80 in the Adriatic League. Steven Markovic started and scored a massive game-high of 34 points on a sizzling hot 10/15 shooting which included 8/11 from downtown (6/7 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 4 assists and just 2 turnovers in 33 minutes. He also had a game-high efficiency ranking of 38!

Partizan lost to Zadar 88-91 in the Adriatic League. Nathan Jawai came off the bench and scored 12 points on 5/6 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 block and 3 turnovers in 23 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Dnipro 82-69 in the VTB United League. Brad Newley started and scored 14 points on 6/8 shooting (1/3 3PT, 1/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, a game-high 6 assists, 1 steal and no turnovers in 19 minutes. He also had a game-high efficiency ranking of 20.

Barcelona defeated Valladolid 65-55 in the Spanish ACB. Joe Ingles started and scored 11 points on 4/7 shooting (1/3 3PT, 2/5 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 turnovers in 29 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza lost to Real Madrid 65-84 in the Spanish ACB. David Barlow started and scored 7 points on 3/7 shooting (1/1 3PT) to go with 8 rebounds, 1 steal and no turnovers in a foul plagued 18 minutes.

Pretty efficient numbers put up across the board there!

Except Newley and Ingles FT%. What's up with that?

In the Euroleague, Olympiakos defeated Charleroi 80-67. Matt Neilsen missed the game due to injury.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to Unics Kazan 64-88 in the Eurocup. Aron Baynes started and scored 8 points on 3/7 shooting (2/3 FT) to go with 6 rebounds and 1 turnover in just 16 minutes and he only had 1 foul!

Besiktas lost to Serbian powerhouse Hemofarm 100-101 in overtime also in the Eurocup. AJ Ogilvy came off the bench to score 4 points on 2/6 shooting (0/1 FT) to go with 1 rebound and 2 turnovers before fouling out in just 15 minutes of action. Iverson did not play yet again.

Tonight's Euroleague games:

- Nathan Jawai and Partizan play Asseco Prokom
- Aleks Maric's Panathinaikos take on Efes Pilsen

Wow I am surprised!!!

I remember years ago when there was a champions tourny (with an NBA team), vaguely remember Perth playing in it we were close to being the second best league in the world?

Maybe it is rose coloured glasses on my part.

Have we slipped so far?

Our top teams couldnt compete in Europe?

Thanks everyone for all the info, love reading it

Any such list is misleading. An example is the Greek A1 League - only the top few teams in the Greek League are really of any substantial quality and the rest IMO are either on par with our weaker teams or in fact well below NBL standard.

I would have our NBL above Israel, France and Italy (who are really bad right now). I'd be interested in Paul's thoughts on ranking leagues, but really it is not that straightforward.

Panathinaikos lost to Efes Pilsen 78-79 in Euroleague. Aleks Maric again missed due to injury. In what some pundits are calling the game of the season, Efes Pilsen's win with a lay-up at the buzzer ensures they make the top 16, while the Greek giants remain in first place in Group D with a 6-3 record.

Partizan defeated Asseco Prokom Gdynia 61-59 in Euroleague. Nathan Jawai came off the bench and scored 4 points on 1/3 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 1 turnover in just 15 minutes. Partizan needed the win to remain in the hunt for the final 16.

Tonight’s games:

- Brad Newley’s Lietuvos Rytas take on Joe Ingles’ Barcelona in Euroleague action
- Liam Rush and Sundsvall take on Boras in the Swedish League

LC, I posted my thoughts a little bit higher. Anon isnt too far off what I said but I think he/she has an interest in promoting Markovic, who is really finding some good form and doesn't need to be promoted at the expense of the NBL.

The big thing to remember are there are good teams in all these leagues who could beat teams from other leagues on a given night - the level of basketball is very level across the top leagues.

I too used to think that the Adriatic league was very good on the same assumption that Anon made on the best players from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia etc playing in it, but I have watched a bit of it lately and changed my mind – it is a good comp but not above the other good comps around.

Of the 36 players who represented those three countries at this year’s WCs, only 10 of them play in the Adriatic league and only 4 of them had major roles – 10 guys from the NBL were at the WCs and Penney performed better than any of the Adriatic guys, and Vukona and Abercrombie were better than six or seven of them.

Furthermore, while the Adriatic league does have three Euroleague teams, Ljubljana is a good team this year, but went 1-9 last year, Partizan strong last year but middle of the road this year, and Cibona are terrible (0-9) and wouldn’t make the NBL playoffs.

Their three Eurocup teams all have 3-2 records. When you consider guys like Anstey, Nielsen, Newley, Draper, Ere, Darden, Shannon, Low etc have all been very good players at Eurocup level you realise it isnt really above the NBL at all – and certainly not 11 positions! As I said earlier, I think the Eurocup and Adriatic leagues are at about the level of the NBL playoffs.

People can look at the performances of Draper (who is absolutely dominating) and Markovic (who was behind Bruton, Gibson and Martin at the Boomers) this year in the Adriatic League, and Shannon a couple of years back who was a standout at both ends of the floor and make up their own minds.

My last few points, (because I am waffling and should really be doing work!) are that the French league is not better than the NBL!!!! And the idea that the NBL is a no defence league was once true but is now outdated.

Players regularly put up similar numbers in good European competitions than NBL despite the point that Anon made that there are less possessions in most European games and generally fewer players touch the ball and have scoring opportunities on each possession. The level of defensive intensity and disruption in the NBL is probably higher than all national leagues in Europe bar Spain.

My rankings, with non-national leagues in brackets:

NBA
(Euroleague)
Spain
Greece, Russia, (Eurocup, Adriatic, VTB)
Australia, Israel, Turkey, Italy
France, Germany, Lithuania, Serbia (FIBA Americas)
Croatia, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Poland

So Wayne, in my opinion the NBL is comparable to all leagues except the NBA, Euroleague and Spanish ACB, but the top NBL clubs would probably still make the playoffs in the ACB.

The Wildcats did come third in the world club championship in 93, but remember how far that Wildcats team (and the Tigers and Magic) was ahead of the majority of the NBL at the time. That Perth team would still be one of the top teams even now, whereas the majority of the competition from that time would be down the bottom with the Kings!

Just on the Spanish league being ranked below the Adriatic and Eurocup, Gran Canaria is a mid-level Spanish team but is consistently a good Eurocup team. Valencia, who went out in the Spanish QFs last year won the Eurocup. Spain has 5 Euroleague teams and last year had 4 - three made the QFs and Barcelona was the champion. The Adriatic league had one QF team, Partizan who had a standout year for an Adriatic team.

If you are interested in how ex-NBL imports go in Europe all their performances over the past two seasons are listed in the NBLers OS thread at ozhoopsboards.com, and it is mostly impressive reading, the majority of them are certainly world class.

Thaks Paul, a very good summary. Always appreciate your thoughts and opinions.

Lietuvos Rytas upset Barcelona 87-86 in Euroleague to keep its final 16 hopes alive. For the winners, Brad Newley started and scored just 2 points on 1/6 shooting (0/4 3PT) to go with 5 rebounds and no turnovers in just over 21 minutes. For Barcelona, Joe Ingles started and scored 9 points on 4/8 shooting (1/4 3PT) to go with 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 turnover in 29 minutes.

The Sundsvall Dragons defeated Boras 102-87. Liam Rush started and scored an equal game-high 22 points on an efficient 9/13 shooting (1/2 3PT, 3/3 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 1 turnover in 31 minutes.

Olympiakos played Ilysiakos in the Greek A1 League. I have not been able to track down a result yet.

Tonight: there are no games featuring Aussies from what I could find.

at least i got the score right!!!

Fixed now...(tail between legs...)

all good fun brother ;)

Radnicki lost to Cedevita 87-98 in the Adriatic League. Steven Markovic started and scored 6 points on 2/8 shooting (2/7 3PT) to go with 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 22 minutes. Dontaye Draper had 23 points and 11 assists for Cedevita.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Perlas 83-65 in the Lithuanian League. Brad Newley came off the bench and scored 7 points on 3/7 shooting (1/3 3PT) to go with 4 rebounds and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 23 minutes.

Panathinaikos defeated AEK 95-78. Aleks Maric is still out injured.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated Bremerhaven 87-74. Aron Baynes started and scored just 2 points on 1/2 shooting to go with 7 rebounds 1 assist, 1 steal and no turnovers in a foul plagued 13 minutes.

Partizan defeated Krka 75-50 in the Adriatic League. Nathan Jawai came off the bench and scored 13 points on a perfect 5/5 shooting (3/3 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers in just 13 minutes.

Tonight:

- David Barlow and CAI Zaragoza play Valladolid in the Spanish ACB
- Joe Ingles and Barcelona take on DKV Joventut in the Spanish ACB
- Matt Nielsen and Olymiakos play Peristeri GS in the Greek A1 League

CAI Zaragoza defeated Valladolid 72-68 in the Spanish ACB. David Barlow started and scored 8 points on 3/10 shooting (2/5 3PT) to go with 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 turnover in 28 minutes.

Barcelona defeated DKV Joventut 83-63 in the Spanish ACB. Joe Ingles started and scored 10 points on 4/11 shooting (0/5 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 turnover in 24 minutes.

Olympiakos destroyed Peristeri GS 101-64 in the Greek A1 League. Matt Nielsen did not play again and is out injured.

Tonight:

- Liam Rush's Sundsvall Dragons play LF Basket in the Swedish League

This explains why Neilsen has not been playing in the Greek A1:

http://www.talkbasket.net/news/olympiacos-replace-nielsen-with-erceg-3926.html

Very interesting about Nielsen. So he doesn't play the games in the Greek League but will stay play the Euroleague games? It remains all a bit cloudy for mine. Is he on the radar for any other teams?

Sundsvall Dragons defeated LF Basket 94-88. Liam Rush started and scored 13 points. No other details yet available.

Tonight:
- Aron Baynes and EWE Baskets Oldenberg play Le Mans in the Eurocup
- AJ Ogilvy and Besiktas take on Goettingen also in the Eurocup

He is out injured so another import has taken his place in Greek league games where less imports are allowed than Olympiakos have on their overall roster.

Nielsen is still contracted and will play Euroleague and possibly Greek league games again once he is back on the court.

Jawai rocks for Partizan Belgrade,by playing there foe a bit he will be worth a lot+not to mention the experience that we need for the Boomers.Alex Maric ased the club as a stepping stone towards further endeavors.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to Le Mans 71-73 in the Eurocup. Aron Baynes did not play.

Besiktas defeated Goettingen 91-86 also in the Eurocup. AJ Ogilvy came off the bench and went scoreless on 0/3 shooting but had 1 rebound and 2 turnovers before fouling out in only 13 minutes.

Tonight's Euroleague action:

- Aleks Maric's team Panathinaikos take on AJ Milano

Eurobasket.com has named Australian Aleks Maric as their best centre of the year as part fo their 2010 Eurobasket.com 2010 Awards.

"Best center of the year is one of the biggest revelations of the previous season: Aleks Maric. The big man had an impressive year with Partizan Belgrade which, surprisingly, reached the Euroleague Final Four losing just in the overtime against Olympiacos in the semifinal. Maric helped the Serbian powerhouse to win Adriatic League and Serbian league. In the summer the center moved to Panathinaikos."

http://www.eurobasket.com/Euroleague/basketball.asp?NewsID=212630

I tracked down the details of Sundsvall's 94-88 win over LF Basket in the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and had a double-double, scoring 13 points on 5/14 shooting (2/5 3PT, 1/1 FT) to go with 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 turnover in 36 minutes.

Panathinaikos defeated AJ Milano 93-62 and eliminated them from the competition and in doing so secured first place in Group D in Euroleague action overnight. Aleks Maric is still recovering from his elbow injury and did not play.

Tonight's Euroleague games:

- Nathan Jawai and Partizan play against Caja Laboral
- Matt Nielsen's Olympiakos take on Lottomatica Roma
- Brad Newley and Lietuvos Rytas play Cibona
- Joe Ingles's Barcelona are in action against Montepaschi

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Cibona 94-77 to secure a final 16 berth in Euroleague. Brad Newley started and scored 4 points on 2/6 shooting (0/2 3PT, 0/1 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 1 turnover in 22 minutes.

Barcelona narrowly defeated Montepaschi Siena 73-72. Joe Ingles came off the bench and went scoreless on 0/2 shooting (0/2 3PT) and had only 1 assist and 1 steal with no turnovers in 17 minutes.

Olympiakos defeated Lottomatica Roma 89-82 to secure first place in Group B. Matt Nielsen did not play and is still out injured.

Partizan lost to Caja Laboral 71-87. Nathan Jawai came off the bench and scored 13 points on 3/11 shooting (7/8 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 4 blocks and 1 turnover in 23 minutes.

It's time to catch up...

Besiktas defeated Karsiyaka 89-65 in the Turkish League. AJ Ogilvy started and recorded a double-double, scoring an equal team-high 20 points on 9/14 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 11 rebounds, 2 assists and no turnovers in only 23 minutes on court ending as the highest ranked player on the court (28).

Sundsvall defeated Boras 93-81 in the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and scored 19 points on 6/12 shooting (1/6 3PT, 6/8 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 turnovers in 28 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost badly to Brose Baskets 66-101 in the German Bundesliga. Aron Baynes started and scored just 1 points on 1/5 shooting to go with 1 rebound, 1 block and 1 turnover before fouling out in just 13 minutes on court.

CAI Zaragoza lost to Bizkaia Bilbao 68-74 int he Spanish ACB. David Barlow started and scored just 2 points on 1/8 shooting (0/4 3PT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and no turnovers in 26 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 95-75 in the Spanish ACB. Joe Ingles came off the bench and did not take a shot but had 3 fouls and 3 turnovers in just 6 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Sakalai 92-71 in the Lithuanian League. Brad Newley started and scored 11 points on 5/10 shooting (1/3 3PT) to go with 1 rebound, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 1 turnover in 29 minutes.

Radnicki lost to Union Olimpija 74-93 in the Adriatic League. Steven Markovic started and went scoreless on 0/6 shooting but had 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 turnovers in 37 minutes.

Partizan defeated a pathetic Cibona 85-55 in the Adriatic League. Nathan Jawai came off the bench and scored 16 points on 6/10 shooting (4/4 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover in only 15 minutes on court.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated Ratiopharm 84-79 in the German Bundesliga. Aron Baynes started and scored 5 points on 2/6 shooting (1/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers in 18 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas thrashed Rudupis 115-82 in the Lithuanian League. Brad Newley started and scored 17 points on 7/11 shooting (1/3 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 25 minutes.

Sundsvall defeated Sodertalje 92-80 in the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and scored 22 points on a hot 8/12 shooting (4/4 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals and 4 turnovers in 28 minutes.

Besiktas lost to Tofas 72-94 in the Turkish League. AJ Ogilvy started and scored 18 points on 4/8 shooting (10/13 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 23 minutes.

Sundsvall defeated Eco Orebro 96-82 in the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and scored 16 points on 5/7 shooting (1/3 3PT, 5/6 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 1 turnover in only 21 minutes on court.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated Duesseldorf 77-65 in the German Bundesliga. Aron Baynes started and had a double-double, scoring a game-high 19 points on 7/13 shooting (5/7 FT) to go with 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 turnover before fouling out in 28 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza lost to Manresa 42-58 in the Spanish ACB. David Barlow started and scored 9 points on 4/6 shooting (1/1 3PT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 3 turnovers before fouling out in 19 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Bizkaia Bilbao 65-63 in the Spanish ACB. Joe Ingles came off the bench and scored just 1 point on 1/2 free throws to go with 1 steal and no turnovers in only 4 minutes.

Besiktas lost to Galatasaray 71-73 in the Turkish League. AJ Ogilvy started and had a good double-double, scoring 18 points on 5/11 shooting (8/12 FT) to go with 12 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 turnovers in playing 37 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Honka (what a name) 90-75 in the VTB League. Brad Newley started and scored 12 points on an efficient 4/5 shooting (2/3 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 2 assists, 1 block and 2 turnovers in only 17 minutes of action.

Besiktas have wielded the axe, apparently unhappy with missing the round of 16 in the Eurocup and their pedestrian domestic record of 7-5 for eighth place in the Turkish League.

Head coach Burak Biyiktay has been sacked and replaced with Ergin Ataman, a man who has coached Efes Pilsen and Besiktas in the past.

It will be interesting to see how this affects the team and, more specific to our interests, how it affects AJ Ogilvy.

http://www.bjk.com.tr/en/haberler.php?h_no=3096

I saw that AB4EVA...interesting times ahead for Besiktas, but at least AJ's form has been rock solid over the past 4-5 games and being elevated to a starter's role in the process. Besiktas have now signed Ergan Ataman as coach and he has subsequently recruited Centre/Forward Vladimir Dragicevic to the team for the rest of the season in place of of Fedor Likholitov who has had a knee operation.

Olympiakos defeated VAP Kolossos 71-68 in the Greek A1 League. Matt Nielsen did not play.

Panathinaikos defeated Panionios 109-55 in the Greek A1 League - nearly doubling their score! Aleks Maric did not play. It was the highest score in a Greek League game this season.

Tonight:

- Liam Rush & Sundsvall take on Solna in the Swedish League
- Nathan Jawai & Partizan play against Buducnost in the Adriatic League

Sundsvall defeatd Solna 76-75 in the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and scored 11 points on 5/13 shooting (1/6 3PT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 3 turnovers in 33 minutes.

Partizan defeated Buducnost 65-61 in the Adriatic League. Nathan Jawai came off the bench and 11 points on 2/5 shooting (7/8 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers to be his team's highest ranked player in playing 22 minutes.

Tonight:

- Steven Markovic and Radnicki play Nymburk in the Adriatic Leage
- AJ Ogilvy and Besiktas play against Efes Pilsen in the Turkish League
- Joe Ingles and Barcelona play against Unicaja in the Spanish ACB
- Brad Newley and Lietuvos Rytas take on Techasas in the Lithuanian League
- Aron Baynes and EWE Baskets Oldenberg play against Dt Bank Sky in the German Budesliga
- Matt Nielsen's Olympiakos play against Kavala in the Greek A1 League
- Aleks Maric's Panathinaikos take on Ikaros in the Greek A1 League

Reports from Europe are claiming that AJ Ogilvy is expected to be loaned from his current Besiktas Tuskish team and head to German Bundesliga team Gloria Giants Duesseldorf who sit in 18th and last place are in desperate need of a big man.

In Turkey Ogilvy is averaging 11.8ppg and 6.1rpg in 12 games. He also played 8 Eurocup games averaging 10.9ppg and 5.8rpg.

http://www.eurobasket.com/Germany/basketball.asp?NewsID=213905

Radnicki lost to Nymburk 94-97 in OT in the Adriatic Leage. Steven Markovic started and scored 19 points on 6/15 shooting (4/9 3PT, 3/3 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal but 5 turnovers in 42 minutes.

Besiktas lost to Efes Pilsen 83-85 in the Turkish League. AJ Ogilvy started and recorded a double-double, scoring 18 points on 7/12 shooting (4/4 FT) to go with 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 2 turnovers to be his team's highet ranked player (26).

Barcelona defeated Unicaja 70-53 in the Spanish ACB. Joe Ingles returned o the starting lineup and scored 12 points on 4/4 shooting (1/1 3PT, 3/4 FT) to go with 2 assists and no turnovers in just 15 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Techasas 83-76 in the Lithuanian League. Brad Newley started and scored 4 points on 0/1 shooting (4/4 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 turnover in just 17 minutes.

Olympiakos defeated Kavala 81-60 in the Greek A1 League. Matt Nielsen did not play.

Panathinaikos defeated Ikaros 91-62 in the Greek A1 League. Aleks Maric did not play as he recuperates from injury.

Tonight:

- David Barlow's CAI Zaragoza take on Meridiano in the Spanish ACB
- Aron Baynes and EWE Baskets Oldenberg play against Dt Bank Sky in the German Budesliga

CAI Zaragoza defeated Meridiano 58-57 in the Spanish ACB. David Barlow started and scored 6 points on 2/7 shooting (1/4 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 27 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to Dt Bank Sky 71-76 in the German Budesliga. Aron Baynes started and went scoreless on 0/1 shooting with just 2 fouls and no turnovers in 12 minutes. I think he may have been injured but am not sure.

Tonight:

- Nathan Jawai's Partizan play against Serbian arch-rivals Hemofarm in the Adriatic League

Partizan defeated arch-rivals Hemofarm 71-64 in the Adriatic League. Nathan Jawai came off the bench to score a team-high 14 points on an efficient 7/9 shooting alongside 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 1 turnover in just under 24 minutes. Partizan moves up into qual 3rd place, just 1 win behind league pacesetters Krka & Olimpija.

Tonight:

- Liam Rush and Sundsvall take on Uppsala in the Swedish League

Sundsvall defeated Uppsala 96-84 in the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and scored 20 points on 8/13 shooting (2/3 3PT, 2/3 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 28 minutes.

And with rumours of AJU Ogilvy being loaned to German club Duesseldorf, Besiktas has now signed another centre in Huseyin Besok.

Tonight:

- AJ Ogilvy and Besiktas play against Erdemir in the Turkish League
- David Barlow and ZAI Zaragoza take on Lagun Aro GBC in the Spanish ACB
- Joe Ingles and Barcelona play against Meridiano in the Spanish ACB
- Brad Newley and Lietuvos Rytas take on Unics Kazan in the VTB League
- And in a clash of the titans, the table topping and last two remaining undefeated Greek A! League teams Olympiakos (Nielsen) and Panathinaikos (Maric) square off. Oddly enough, both Aussies are unlikely to play in this game due to injury.

Besiktas defeated Erdemir 66-64 in the Turkish League. AJ Ogilvy started and scored 14 points on 7/12 shooting to go with 6 rebounds, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers in 27 minutes. A good win considering Iverson did not play as he has injured an ankle.

ZAI Zaragoza defeated Lagun Aro GBC 88-72 in the Spanish ACB. David Barlow started and scored just 1 point on 1/2 free throws to go with 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and no turnovers in 26 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Meridiano 83-75 in the Spanish ACB. Joe Ingles came off the bench and scored only 2 points on 1/2 shooting (0/1 3PT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 8 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas lost to Unics Kazan 64-66 in the VTB League. Brad Newley came off the bench and went scoreless on 0/2 shooting (0/1 3PT, 0/2 FT) but had 3 rebounds, 1 assist and no turnovers in 15 minutes.

Olympiakos defeated Panathinaikos 61-65 in the clash of the undefeated titans in the Greek A1 League. Both Nielsen and Maric did not play for either team.

Tonight:

- Steven Markovic and Radnicki play against Crvena Zvezda in the Adriatic Leage
- Nathan Jawai and Partizan take on Siroki TT inthe Adriatic League

Radnicki defeated Crvena Zvezda 82-69 in the Adriatic League. Steven Markovic started and scored an equal team-high 17 points on 7/13 shooting (3/5 3PT) to go with 1 rebound, 6 assists and 5 turnovers before fouling out in nearly 29 minutes.

Partizan smashed Siroki TT 93-43 in the Adriatic League. Nathan Jawai came off the bench and scored 6 points on 1/1 shooting (4/4 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 2 blocks and no turnovers in only 8 minutes.

Tonight:

- Liam Rush & his league leading Sundsvall play against Jamtland in the Swedish League

Sundsvall thrashed Jamtland 94-65 in the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and scored a game-high 29 points on 10/15 shooting (5/7 3PT, 4/5 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 turnover in nearly 29 minutes. He was easily the highest ranked player for the game with a score of 32.

Matt Nielsen is set to return to Olympiakos' lineup after being activated to replace Gordon Lukas.

Tonight:

- Alek's Maric's Panathinaikos take on Panellinios in the Greek A1 League
- Matt Nielsen is back in the lineup as Olympiakos play against Iraklis also in the Greek A1 League
- Brad Newley and Leituvos Rytas take on Siauliai in the Lithuanian League
- Joe Ingles and Barcelona face Lagun Aro GBC in the Spanish ACB
- Nathan Jawai and Partizan play against Cedevita in the Adriatic League
- Steven Markovic's Radnicki play Buducnost in the Adriatic League.

I have said it before, but I would love to see Liam Rush back playing in Australia.

Totally agree - it would be great to see Rush back in Oz..

Now to get this thread back up and running...

Here is last night's results:

Olympiakos defeated Valencia 77-6 in Euroleague. Nielsen back in the starting lineup scored 7 points on 3/6 shooting (0/1 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 5 rebounds and 1 turnover in 21 minutes.

Tonight's games:

- Aleks Maric and Panathinaikos take on Caja Laboral in Euroleague
- Brad Newley and Lietuvos Rytas play Unicaja in Euroleague
- Joe Ingles and Barcelona take on Lottomatica Roma in Euroleague
- Nathan Jawai and Partizan play against Montepaschi in Euroleague

Luke Nevill is being linked with Russian team Spartak Moscow who are currently 5th in the Russian League and playing in the finl 16 of EuroChallenge.

Last night's Euroleague results:

Panathinaikos lost to Caja Laboral 70-77. Aleks Maric did not play.

Lietuvos Rytas lost to Unicaja 91-98. Brad Newley scored 12 points on 12 points on 3/9 shooting (1/2 3PT, 5/8 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 blok and no turnovers in 32 minutes.

Barcelona thrashed Lottomatica Roma 80-56. Joe Ingles came off the bench to score 9 points on 4/4 shooting (1/1 3PT) to go with 1 assist and 2 turnovers in only 12 minutes.

Partizan lost to Montepaschi 58-66. Nathan Jawai came off the bench and sored 2 points on 0/2 shooting (2/4 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block and no turnovers in 23 minutes.

Tonight:

- Liam Rush and Sundsvall play against Sodertalje in the Swedish League

AJ Ogilvy has been selected to the Turkish League All Star game on the "Import Stars" team!

Link: http://www.eurobasket.com/Turkey/basketball.asp?NewsID=216655

Luke Nevill has confirmed his departure from Melbourne and has signed to play with Triumph in the Russian League who are urently sitting in 7th spot.

http://www.eurobasket.com/Russia/basketball.asp?NewsID=216724

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/basketball/tigers-lose-centre-luke-nevill-to-russia/story-e6frfgbf-1226000078433

Last night's result:

Sundsvall defeated Sodertalje 87-68 to solidify 1st place in the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and scored 16 points on 6/14 shooting (1/5 3PT, 3/3 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 26 minutes.

Tonight:

- Matt Nielsen and Olympiakos play against Panionios in the Greek A1 League
- Aron Baynes and EWE Baskets Oldenberg take on the lowly LTi 46ers in the German Bundesliga
- Steven Markovic and Radnicki face Krka in the Adriatic League
- Nathan Jawai's 1st placed Partizan take on CEZ Nymburk also in the Adriatic League

Last night's results:

I cannot locate the Olympiakos vs Panionios result in the Greek A1 League

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated the lowly LTi 46ers 70-69 in the German Bundesliga. Aron Baynes started and went scoreless on 0/4 shooting and had 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover in finishing with 4 fouls in just 10 minutes.

Radnicki lost to Krka 73-88 in the Adriatic League. Steven Markovic started and scored 7 points on 2/7 shooting (1/6 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 4 turnovers in 38 minutes.

Tonight’s games:

- Aleks Maric’s Panathinaikos take on Peristeri GS in the Greek A1 League
- Nathan Jawai and Partizan take on CEZ Nymburk in the Adriatic League
- David Barlow and CAI Zaragoza take on CB Granada in the Spanish ACB
- Joe Ingles and Barcelona play against Valencia in the Spanish ACB
- Brad Newley and Lietuvos Rytas take on Neptunas in the Lithuanian League

I finally tracked down Olympiakos' result:

Olympiakos defeated Panionios 82-63. Matt Nielsen started and scored 2 points on 0/2 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds and no turnovers in 15 minutes.

Last night’s results:

Panathinaikos take on Peristeri GS 89-64 in the Greek A1 League. Aleks Maric did not play and is still out of action.

Partizan defeated CEZ Nymburk 86-75 in the Adriatic League. Nathan Jawai came off the bench and scored 5 points on 1/3 shooting (3/6 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 block and 1 turnover before fouling out in 21 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza defeated Granada 75-66 in the Spanish ACB. David Barlow started and scored 10 points on 4/6 shooting (2/4 3PT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 steal and no turnovers in 29 minutes.

Barcelona easily accounted for Valencia 85-57 in the Spanish ACB. Joe Ingles came off the bench to score a game-high 18 points on 6/8 shooting (3/4 3PT, 3/4 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 4 assists and 1 turnover in only 19 minutes to be his team’s and the game’s highest ranked player.

Lietuvos Rytas thrashed Neptunas 100-65 in the Lithuanian League. Brad Newley started and scored 8 points on 3/7 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 5 rebounds and 1 turnover in 19 minutes.

No game featuring any Aussies from what I could find for tonight.

From FIBA.com titled: "Ingles best Barca game"

Barcelona broke open a close game against Power Electronics Valencia on Sunday, winning 85-67.

Australia international Joe Ingles, who joined the club from Granada earlier in the campaign, poured in a game-high 18 points and Juan Carlos Navarro added 17.

Ingles drew praise from Barca coach Xavier Pascual.

"He is a player who is able to help us a lot," Pascual said.

"Today, he had a complete game on defense and in attack. I think he has had his best game since coming here and was solid in every way."

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/langid/1/newsid/45704/arti.html

The Turkish Stars defeated the Foreign Stars 128-127 in the Turkish Basketball League Allstar game. AJ Ogilvy came off the bench and scored 12 points on 6/7 shooting (0/1 3PT, 0/2 FT) to go alongside 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and no turnovers in 19 minutes.

No games tonight featuring any Aussies.

Listen to AJ Ogilvy's interview on Melbourne's SEN Radio via the links provided on BA's website here:

http://www.basketball.net.au/index.php?id=302&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1825&tx_ttnews[backPid]=1&cHash=c1ccf59605

No major news or results involving the Aussies in Europe overnight.

Tonight:

Brad Newley and Lietuvos Rytas play against CSKA Moscow in the VTB League.

Lietuvos Rytas lost to CSKA Moscow 63-723. Brad Newley started and scored 4 points on 2/8 shooting to (0/3 3PT) to go with 7 rebounds, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 23 minutes.

Tonight: There are no Euroleague games and no Aussies in action.

Last night's result:

Sundsvall defeated Eco Orebro 97-78 in the Swedish League. Liam Rush started and scored 16 ponts on 6/9 shooting (3/5 3PT,1/2 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 3 turnovers in 29 minutes.

Tonight's games:

- Luke Nevill may make his debut for Triumph against Enisey in the Russian PBL
- Aleks Maric's Panathinaikos take on VAP Kolossos in the Greek A1 League
- Aron Baynes and EWE Baskets Oldenberg take on Goettingen in the German Bundesliga

Yep - missed Barca's win and Ingle’s great scoring output in coming off the bench...here are the details:

Barcelona defeated DKV Joventut 86-66 in the quarter final of the Copa del Rey. Ingles came off the bench and scored 15 points on 6/9 shooting (2/4 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 1 rebound and no turnovers in just over 16 minutes.

The Serbian Cup is also in action and here is a quick catch-up…

Radnicki defeated OKK Beograd 82-80 in the 1st round of the Serbian Cup. Markovic started and scored 15 points on 6/10 shooting (2/4 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 19 minutes.

Radnicki defeated Crvena Zvezda 81-69 in the quarter final of the Serbian Cup. Markovic did not play.

Partizan defeated Mega Vizura 80-65 in the quarter final of the Serbian Cup. Jawai came off the bench and scored 11 points on 2/5 shooting (7/10 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 turnover in 13 minutes.

Partizan defeated Radnicki 81-76 in the semi final of the Serbian Cup. Jawai came off the bench and scored 8 points on 1/2 shooting (6/8 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and no turnovers in 18 minutes. Markovic started and scored a game-high 21 points on 8/13 shooting (6/8 3PT, 3/4 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 7 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 34 minutes.

Last night’s results:

Barcelona backed up with a win over Caja Laboral 92-73 in the semi final of the Copa del Rey. Ingles came off the bench and scored 6 points on 2/2 shooting (1/1 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 2 assists and no turnovers in just over 12 minutes.

Partizan defeated FMP 77-73 in the final of the Serbian Cup. Jawai came off the bench and scored 10 points on 4/8 shooting (2/6 FT) to go with 5 rebounds and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 17 minutes.

Triumph defeated Enisey 92-74 in the Russian PBL. Nevill made his debut in coming off the bench and scoring 6 points on 1/4 shooting (4/4 FT) to go with 1 turnover in 6 minutes.

Panathinaikos defeated VAP Kolossos 92-56 in the Greek A1 League. Maric did not play.

Olympiakos defeated Ikaros 102-56. Nielsen came off the bench and scored 111 points on 5/7 shooting (0/1 3PT, 1/1 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover in 17 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated Goettingen 74-70 in the German Bundesliga. Baynes started and scored 6 points on 3/6 shooting (0/2 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block ancd 5 turnovers before fouling out in 17 minutes.

Tonight:

- Joe Ingles and Barcelona take on Real Madrid in the final of the Copa del Rey

Also, Panathinaikos are set to take on arch-rivals Panathinaikos in the final of the Greek Cup

Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 68-60 to win the final of the Copa del Rey. Ingles scored just 1 point on 0/1 shooting (0/1 3PT, 1/4 FT) to go with no other stats in just over 2 minutes on court.

Lietuvos Rytas got through the to the Lithuanian Cup final by defeating Naglis 102-69. Newley top-scored with 15 points in the big win.

Lietuvos Rytas lost overnight to Zalgiris 69-81 in the Lithuanian Cup final. Not sure of Newley's input as he does not get mentioned in recap and I cannot find any box scores for either game.

Besiktas (5th in Turkish League) fought their way to the final of the Turkish Cup and Australia's AJ Ogilvy led the way as follows:

Besiktas defeated Euroleague final 16 team Efes Pilsen (3rd in Turkish League) 57-55 in the quarter-final. AJ Ogilvy started and had a double-double, scoring a clear game-high 19 points on 8/16 shooting (3/3 FT) to go with 11 rebounds, 1 block and 1 turnover in 30 minutes - a very good performance in a quality despite Iverson not playing.

Besiktas defeated Trabzonspor (10th in Turkish League) 90-88 in the semi-final. AJ Ogilvy continued his great form as a starter, scoring a team-high 21 points on 8/11 shooting (5/7 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 turnover in 35 minutes.

Besiktas lost to Euroleague power and Turkish League leader Fenerbahce Ulker 72-81 overnight in the final of the Turkish cup. AJ Ogilvy once again led his team against a quality opponent in racking up a monster double-double, scoring a team-high 24 points on 4/10 shooting (16/18 FT) to go with 14 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 34 minutes.

Tonight:

- Liam Rush and Sundsvall take on middle of the table Solna in the Swedish League

Sundsvall maintained their grip on 1st place in the Swedish League by defeating Solna 96-82. Liam Rush started and scored 20 points on 6/10 shooting (4/6 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 33 minutes.

Tonight:

- Nathan Jawai and Partizan take on Montepaschi Siena in Group G of the final 16 in Euroleague

Partizan lost to Montepaschi Siena 74-77 in Euroleague action. Jawai came off the bench and scored 8 points on 2/2 shooting (4/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 6 turnovers in nearly 22 minutes.

Tonight's final 16 Euroleague games:

- Aleks Maric’s Panathinaikos take on Caja Laboral
- Brad Newley and Lietuvos Rytas play against Unicaja
- Joe Ingles and Barcelona take on Lottomatica Roma
- Matt Nielsen’s Olympiakos play against Valencia

Panathinaikos defeated Caja Laboral 76-74. Aleks Maric did not play.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Unicaja 70-65. Brad Newley started and scored 7 points on 3/6 shooting (0/2 3PT, 1/1 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and no turnovers in just over 26 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Lottomatica Roma 74-65. Joe Ingles came off the bench and went scoreless on 0/2 shooting (0/1 3PT) but had 1 rebound, 2 assists and no turnovers in nearly 8 minutes.

Olympiakos defeated Valencia 85-79. Matt Nielsen started and went scoreless on 0/2 shooting (0/1 3PT) but had 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 14 minutes.

Tonight:

- Liam Rush and Sundsvall take on Uppsala in the Swedish League

Sundsvall vs Uppsala game has yet to be played.

However in Swedish League news, Liam Rush has been named as a starter alongside 3 other Sundsvall Dragons team members to the North team for the Swedish Basketball League All Star game. Rush in fact led the All Star ballot and received the most votes overall.

Tonight:

- Luke Nevill and Triumph take on last placed N. Novgorod in the Russian PBL
- Aron Baynes and EWE Baskets Oldenberg take on the Walter Tigers in the German Bundesliga
- Aleks Maric's Panathinaikos take on Kavala in the Greek A1 League
- Steven Markovic and Radicki play against Cibona in the Adriatic League


In other European news, FIBA has announced Serbian superstar Milos Teodosic as FIBA European player of the year for 2010.

Player / Fan Voting / Expert Voting / Ranking
Milos Teodosic (SRB) 13160 195 0.169
Pau Gasol (ESP) 6213 203 0.167
Dirk Nowitzki (211-F-78) (GER) 5118 102 0.086
Linas Kleiza (203-F-85, college: Missouri) (LTU) 6270 96 0.083
Juan Carlos Navarro (192-G-80) (ESP) 2884 98 0.080
Hedo Turkoglu (206-F-79) (TUR) 11369 37 0.043
Ersan Ilyasova (207-F-87) (TUR) 8523 30 0.034
Dimitris Diamantidis (196-G-80) (GRE) 6103 24 0.026
Luol Deng (201-F-85, agency: Interperformances, college: Duke) (GBR) 1773 26 0.023
Andrea Bargnani (209-F/C-85) (ITA) 1730 25 0.022
Goran Dragic (194-G-86) (SLO) 4880 19 0.021
Omri Casspi (204-F/G-88) (ISR) 3111 19 0.019
Nicolas Batum (201-F-88) (FRA) 1597 11 0.011
Timofey Mozgov (216-C-86) (RUS) 3226 6 0.009
Nikola Pekovic (210-C-86, agency: Beo Basket) (MNE) 4413 2 0.007
TOTAL 80,370 893

Last night's results:

Triumph lost to last placed Nizhniy Novgorod 75-84 in the Russian PBL. Luke Nevill came off the bench and scored 2 points on 1/1 shooting to go with 3 turnovers in 7 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to the Walter Tigers 89-93 in the German Bundesliga. Aron Baynes started and scored 11 points on 4/6 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 14 minutes.

Panathinaikos defeated Kavala 89-64 in the Greek A1 League. Aleks Maric did not play.

Radicki defeated Cibona 89-79 in the Adriatic League. Steven Markovic started and scored a game-high 29 points on 9/16 shooting (7/12 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 turnovers in playing the full 40 minutes. He was the highest ranked player with a value of 31 and would in line for the Adriatic League’s player of the week award.

Tonight:

- Joe Ingles and Barcelona take on David Barlow and CAI Zaragoza in the Spanish ACB
- AJ Ogilvy and Besiktas play against Aliaga in the Turkish League
- Brad Newley and Lietuvos Rytas take on Sakalai in the Lithuanian League
- Matt Nielsen and Olympiakos play against Marousi in the Greek A1 League
- Nathan Jawai and Partizan take on Crvena Zvezda in the Adriatic League

Barcelona defeated CAI Zaragoza 87-67 in the Spanish ACB. Joe Ingles came off the bench and scored 9 points on 3/4 shooting (2/3 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 1 assist, 1 steal and no turnovers in 16 minutes. David Barlow started and scored 4 points on 1/7 shooting (0/1 3PT, 2/3 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist and no turnovers in 26 minutes.

Besiktas defeated Aliaga 98-74 in the Turkish League. Ogilvy started and scored 10 points on 4/5 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 14 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas thrashed Sakalai 88-52 in the Lithuanian League. Newley started and scored 4 points on 1/5 shooting (0/1 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 12 minutes as the bench got plenty of playing time.

Olympiakos defeated Marousi 92-76 in the Greek A1 League. Nielsen started and scored 3 points on 1/5 shooting (0/1 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 20 minutes.

Partizan defeated Crvena Zvezda 76-68 in the Adriatic League. Jawai came off the bench and scored 8 points on 2/4 shooting (4/6 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 1 turnover in 18 minutes.

Tonight: no games from what I could find.

In the Swedish League All Star game, the North lost to the South 117-128. Liam Rush (North) started and scored a team-high 24 points on 10/16 shooting (4/10 3PT) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 4 turnovers in just over 23 minutes in front of his home court crowd.

Tonight in Euroleague:

- Brad Newley and Lietuvos Rytas take on Aleks Maric's Panathinaikos

Last night's Euroleague result:

Lietuvos Rytas upset Panathinaikos 68-67. Brad Newley was the star of the game game and was massive down the stretch in hitting clutch baskets and pulling in rebounds to ensure LR got over the line. Newley scored a game-high 16 points on 6/10 shooting (2/4 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 turnover to also be the highest ranked player in the game. Aleks Maric did not play for Panathinaikos.

Tonight’s Euroleague games:

- Joe Ingles and Barcelona take on Maccabi Tel-Aviv
- Nathan Jawai and Partizan play against Real Madrid
- Matt Nielsen and Olympiakos take on Fenerbahce Ulker

Good news for the Boomers as rewported on FIBA.com...Matt Nielsen plans to suit up for the Boomers at the FIBA Oceania Championship when they square off against New Zealand and try to qualify for the Olympics.

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/inte/p/langid/1/newsid/45879/arti.html

FIBA.com story on Lietuvos Rytas' upset win over Panathinaikos that highlights how well Newley played: http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/langid/1/newsid/45882/arti.html

Olympiakos defeated Fenerbahce Ulker 80-65. Matt Nielsen did not play.

Barcelona defeated Maccabi Tel-Aviv in 92-85 OT. Joe Ingles came off the bench and scored 10 points on 4/6 shooting (1/2 3PT, 1/2 FT) that included 5 points in OT. He also had 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal and no turnovers in 17 minutes.

Partizan lost at home to Real Madrid 56-61 after trailing 18-33 at the half time break. Nathan Jawai came off the bench and scored 6 points on 2/4 shooting (2/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 turnovers in nearly 15 minutes.

Tonight:

- Liam Rush and Sundsvall take on Jamtland in the Swedish League

Sundsvall defeated Uppsala 97-84 in the Swedish League. Liam Rush led all scorers with 23 points on 8/14 shooting (2/5 3PT, 5/7 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 turnovers in 29 minutes.

Tonight:

- Joe Ingles and Barcelona take on Caja Laboral in the Spanish ACB
- Luke Nevill and Triumph play against CSKA Moscow in the Russian PBL
- Brad Newley and Lietuvos Rytas take on Nevezis in the Lithuanian League
- Aleks Maric's Panathinaikos play against Marousi in the Greek A1 League
- Aron Baynes and EWE Baskets Oldenberg take on ALBA in the German Bundesliga

The weekend's results:

Barcelona defeated Caja Laboral 89-66 in the Spanish ACB.
Joe Ingles came off the bench and scored 6 points on 2/3 shooting (2/2 3PT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal and no turnovers in 14 minutes.

Triumph lost to CSKA Moscow 62-90 in the Russian PBL.
Luke Nevill started and scored 6 points on 3/4 shooting to go with 3 rebounds and 2 turnovers in 13 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Nevezis 90-79 in the Lithuanian League.
Brad Newley started and scored 11 points on 4/6 shooting (0/1 3PT, 3/4 FT) to go with 6 rebounds and 1 turnover in 23 minutes.

Panathinaikos defeated Marousi 98-57 in the Greek A1 League.
Aleks Maric did not play.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to ALBA 81-93 in the German Bundesliga.
Aron Baynes started and scored 8 points on 3/5 shooting (2/6 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 block and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 14 minutes.

Besiktas defeated Bornova 92-72 in the Turkish League.
AJ Ogilvy started and scored 2 points on 1/3 shooting to go with 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and 1 turnover in just 17 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza lost to Valencia 72-76 in the Spanish ACB.
David Barlow started and scored 8 points on 4/5 shooting (0/1 3PT) to go with 6 rebounds and no turnovers in 29 minutes.

Olympiakos defeated Panellinios 79-61 in the Greek A1 League.
Matt Nielsen started and scored 6 points on 1/2 shooting (0/1 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 2 blocks and no turnovers in 20 minutes.

Partizan defeated Radnicki 80-64.
Nathan Jawai started and scored 8 points on 3/3 shooting (2/4 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 4 turnovers in a foul plagued 25 minutes.
Steven Markovic started and scored 10 points on 2/14 shooting (2/5 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 36 minutes.

Tonight:

- Liam Rush and Sundsvall play against Uppsala in the Swedish League

Sundsvall Dragons went down to 8th placed Jamtland 612-74 in a rare loss for the Swedish League leader.
Liam Rush started and scored a team-high 17 points on 7/17 shooting (3/8 3PT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers in 31 minutes.

No games featuring any Aussies tonight.

The Greek Cup final between Panathinaikos Athens and Olympiakos S.F.P. Pireus which was scheduled for 6th of May at Elliniko Arena is officially postponed. Due to the fierce rivalry between the fans of the two teams, it was feared that potential riots could erupt! The government state has therefore requested the game to be played without crowd or in front of pupils from primary schools of Athens! A very sad state of affairs for Greek basketball fans...

Tonight:

- Sundsvall vs Norrkoping (Rush)

Overnight result:

Sundsvall defeated Norrkoping 105-90 in the Swedish League.
No box score yet available.

Tonight's Euroleague games:

- Lietuvos Rytas vs Caja Laboral. The winner of this game will progress to the final 8 (Newley)
- Panathinaikos vs Unicaja. The Greek giants will progress win or lose (Maric)
- Barcelona vs Union Olimpija. Barcelona will progress whether they win or lose (Ingles)
- Partizan vs Efes Pilsen. Even if Partizan win they cannot progress (Jawai)
- Olympiakos vs Zalgiris. Win or lose the Greeks will prgress (Nielsen)

Last night's Euroleague results:

Lietuvos Rytas lost to Caja Laboral 68-77.
Newley started and scored 7 points on 3/6 shooting (0/2 3PT, 1/1 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 turnover in 26 minutes. LR are now knocked out of Euroleague and do not progress to the final 8.

Panathinaikos defeated Unicaja 77-61.
Maric did not play.

Barcelona defeated Union Olimpija 76-58.
Ingles came off the bench and scored 10 points on 4/6 shooting (2/3 3PT) to go with 3 fouls and 1 turnover in nearly 18 minutes.

Partizan defeated Efes Pilsen 67-65.
Jawai started and scored 6 points on 2/3 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 turnovers in 18 minutes.

Olympiakos defeated Zalgiris 78-64.
Nielsen came off the bench and scored 3 points on 1/3 shooting (0/1 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 3 assists and no turnovers in 14 minutes.

Tonight’s games:

- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs MBC (Baynes)

Saturday night’s games:

- Triumph vs Dynamo Moscow in the Russian PBL (Nevill)
- Lietuvos Rytas vs Juventus in the Lithuanian League (Newley)
- Radnicki vs Hemofarm in the Adriatic League (Markovic)
- Partizan vs Igokea in the Adriatic League (Jawai)
- Besiktas vs Oyak Renault in the Turkish League (Ogilvy)

Weekend's results:

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated MBC 80-74 in the German Bundesliga.
Aron Baynes started and scored 10 points on 4/5 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 18 minutes.

Besiktas defeated Oyak Renault 89-68 in the Turkish League.
AJ Ogilvy did not play - coaches decision? !?!

Sundsvall defeated O8 97-89 in the Swedish League.
Liam Rush started and scored 23 points on 7/12 shooting (3/4 3PT, 6/6 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 31 minutes. Rush is currently 4th in the league in scoring with 20.0ppg and 3rd in steals with 1.9spg as his teams heads the table4 games clear of 2nd place.

CAI Zaragoza lost to Caja Laboral 61-79 in the Spanish ACB.
David Barlow started and scored 14 points on 5/9 shooting (4/7 3PT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 steal and no turnovers in 28 minutes.

Barcelona was upset by Fuenlabrada 66-69 in the Spanish ACB.
Joe Ingles came off the bench and did not take a shot but had 1 assist and 1 turnover in 10 minutes. Barcelona now only has a 1 game edge on 2nd placed Real Madrid in the Spanish ACB.

Triumph lost to Dynamo 77-88 in the Russian PBL.
Luke Nevill came off the bench and scored 4 points on 1/1 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 block and no turnovers in a foul plagued 7 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Juventus 100-79 in the Lithuanian League.
Brad Newley started and scored 5 points on 2/2 shooting (1/1 3PT) to go with 3 assists and no turnovers in only 12 minutes.

Radnicki defeated Hemofarm 66-59 in the Adriatic League.
Steven Markovic started and scored 7 points on 2/4 shooting (2/3 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 5 assists and no turnovers in 17 minutes. Radnicki moved up into 6th spot.

Partizan lost to Igokea 86-88 in the Adriatic League.
Nathan Jawai started and scored 9 points on 3/4 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds and 1 turnover in 21 minutes. In falling to the 7th placed team, Partizan drops to equal 2nd in league standings.

Lietuvos Rytas lost to CSKA Moscow 63-73 in the VTB League.
Newley started and scored 4 points on 2/8 shooting (0/3 3PT) to go with 7 rebounds, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 23 minutes. CSKA is in outright 1st place with LR in equal 3rd spot in Group A.

Tonight:

- Olympiakos vs PAOK Athens in the Greek A1 League (Nielsen)
- Panathinaikos vs Iraklis in the Greek A1 League (Maric)
- Partizan vs Zadar in the Adriatic League (Jawai)
- Radnicki vs Siroki TT in the Adriatic League (Markovic)

Olympiakos defeated PAOK Athens 77-49 in the Greek A1 League
Nielsen started and racked up a double-double, scoring 12 points on 4/8 shooting (0/2 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 11 rebounds, 2 steals and no turnovers in 26 minutes.

Panathinaikos defeated Iraklis 101-68 in the Greek A1 League
Maric did not play.

Partizan thrashed Zadar 85-50 in the Adriatic League.
Jawai started and scored 10 points on 4/7 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 assis, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 20 minutes.

Radnicki lost to Siroki TT 94-103 in the Adriatic League
Markovic started and scored a team-high 21 points on 9/12 shooting (2/4 3PT, 1/1 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 7 assists, 3 steals and 3 turnovers in 40 minutes.

Tonight:

- Barcelona vs Cajasol in the Spanish ACB (Ingles)
- CAI Zaragoza vs Fuenlabrada in the Spanish ACB (Barlow)

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Minsk-2006 86-78 in the VTB United League.
Newley started and scored 6 points on 2/5 shooting (2/3 3PT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist and no turnovers in 20 minutes. Interestingkly, Tywain McKee plays for Minsk and scored 18 points.

Barcelona defeated Cajasol 73-60 in the Spanish ACB.
Ingles came off the bench and went scoreless on 0/1 shooting but had 1 block and no turnovers in nearly 10 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza vs Fuenlabrada in the Spanish ACB
Still to be played...

Tonight:

- Sundsvall vs Boras in the Swedish League (Rush)

Tomorrow night:

- Besiktas vs Fenerbahce Ulker in the Turkish League (Ogilvy)
- Barcelona vs Menorca in the Spanish ACB (Ingles)
- Triumph vs Unics Kazan in the Russian League (Nevill)
- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs Phoenix Hagen in the German Bundesliga (Baynes)
- Partizan vs KK Zagreb in the Adriatic League (Jawai)
- Radnicki vs Cedevita in the Adriatic League (Markovic)

Sundsvall defeated Boras 95-74 in the Swedish League.
Rush did not play.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 2 points on 1/3 shooting to go with 3 rebounds, 2 assists,1 steal, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 19 minutes.

Besiktas defeated Fenerbahce Ulker 92-84.
Ogilvy started and scored a game-high 22 points on 6/8 shooting (10/13 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 30 minutes.

Triumph lost to Unics Kazan 84-95 in the Russian PBL.
Nevill was elevated into the starting lineup and scored 12 points on a perfect 5/5 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 turnovers in 24 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated Phoenix Hagen 102-91.
Baynes started and scored 10 points on 5/9 shooting (0/4 FT) to go with 1 rebound, and 1 assist with 1 turnover in 21 minutes.

Partizan defeated top of the table Krka 72-62 in the Adriatic League.
Jawai started and scored 2 points on 1/1 shooting to go with 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 24 minutes.

Radnicki lost to Cedevita 73-79 in the Adriatic League.
Markovic started and scored 7 points on 2/10 shooting (0/4 3PT, 3/3 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 6 turnovers in 40 minutes.

Tonight:

- ZAI Zaragoza vs Cajasol in the Spanish ACB (Barlow)
- Barcelona vs Menorca in the Spanish ACB (Ingles)

ZAI Zaragoza defeated Cajasol 86-72 in the Spanish ACB.
Barlow started and scored 2 points on 1/3 shooting (0/2 3PT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 14 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Menorca 78-73 in the Spanish ACB.
Ingles did not play.

In the Lithuanian All-Star game, Brad Newley played for the Time Team who lost to the LKL Allstars 114-122.
Newley had 15 points for the Time Team.

AJ Ogilvy was named Turkish League player of the week. The 22-year old centre had a game-high 22 points with 9 rebounds for Besiktas in his team's victory over Euroleague giants Fenerbahce Ulker.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Siauliai 90-89 in the first game of the Baltic League quarterfinal series.
Newley started and scored 3 points on 1/3 shooting (0/2 3PT, 1/6 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 3 assists and 1 turnover in 22 minutes.

Partizan defeated Cibona 89-74 in the Adriatic League.
Jawai started and scored 10 points on 5/5 shooting to go with 3 rebounds and 4 turnovers before fouling out in nearly 20 minutes.

Sundsvall lost to LF Basket 89-99 in the Swedish League.
Rush did not play.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 8 points on 4/4 shooting to go with 4 rebounds, 3 steals, 1 block and 3 turnovers in 17 minutes.

Tonight:

- Radnicki vs Union Olimpija in the Adriatic League (Markovic)
- ZAI Zaragoza vs Fuenlabrada in the Spanish ACB (Barlow)

Radnicki lost badly to Union Olimpija 65-92 in the Adriatic League.
Markovic started and scored 9 points on 3/7 shooting (1/4 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 2 assists, 1 steal and 4 turnovers in 32 minutes.

ZAI Zaragoza defeated Fuenlabrada 82-60 in the Spanish ACB.
Barlow started and scored 15 points on 5/7 shooting (4/5 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 turnover in 29 minutes.

Tonight:

- Lietuvos Rytas vs Dnipro in the VTB League (Newley)

Defending champions Partizan ended the Adriatic League regular season on top of the ladder with an 18-8 overall record. Radnicki finished in 10th place with a 12-14 record. The Final Four Tournament will be held at the Stozice Arena in Ljubljana from 19th to 21st of April and also contain Union Olimpija, Krka and Buducnost. Partizan and Radnicki are also set to commence playing in the Serbian Superleague.

Lietuvos Rytas thrashed Dnipro 116-76 in the VTB League.
Box score is currently unavailable.
LR unfortunately miss out on the VTB League final foul after ending the regular season in 3rd place in Group A behind CSKA Moscow and Unics Kazan. Khimky and Azovmash were the other two teams from Group B to progress.

Tonight:

- Sundsvall vs Sodertalje in the Swedish League (Rush & Mottram)
- Barcelona vs Estudiantes in the Spanish ACB (Ingles)
- Olympiakos vs Ilysiakos in the Greek A1 League (Nielsen)
- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs TBB Trier in the German Bundesliga (Baynes)

Sundsvall defeated Sodertalje 86-80 in the Swedish League.
Rush did not play yet again due to injury.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 4 points on 2/5 shooting to go with 1 rebound and no turnovers in 13 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Estudiantes 73-53 in the Spanish ACB
Ingles did not play.

Olympiakos defeated Ilysiakos 73-70 in the Greek A1 League
Nielsen started and scored 6 points on 2/3 shooting (0/1 3PT, 2/4 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 steal and 3 turnovers in 21 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to TBB Trier 65-76 in the German Bundesliga
Baynes started and scored 10 points on 5/7 shooting to go with 6 rebounds, 1 block and 3 turnovers with only 2 fouls in nearly 21 minutes.

Former Wollongong Hawk Tywain McKee has left Minsk-2006 and signed with Luke Nevill's struggling Triumph team in the Russian PBL. In other related news, Sheron Collins has signed with Brad Newley’s team Lietuvos Rytas for the remainder of the season. In addition, Allen Iverson has been given the all-clear to resuming training with a view to returning to the Turkish League with AJ Ogilvy's Besiktas. Besiktas was 14-7 and in fifth place in Turkey's 16-team first division as of Friday, with nine regular-season games left. Interestingly, Besiktas is 7-1 in he Turkish League since Iverson's injury and are currently in 5th place 1 win behind Efes Pilsen.

Tonight:

- Triumph vs Khimki in the Russian PBL (Nevill)
- Panathinaikos vs Aris in the Greek A1 League (Maric)
- Partizan vs Buducnost in the Final Four of the Adriatic League (Jawai)
- Besiktas vs Trabszonspor in the Turkish League (Ogilvy)

Weekend's results:

Triumph lost badly to Khimki 54-90 in the Russian PBL
Nevill started and scored 2 points on 1/5 shooting to go with 3 rebounds and no turnovers in 17 minutes. They desperately need help, with Tywain McKee set to join them for their next game.

Panathinaikos defeated Aris 75-69 in the Greek A1 League
Maric made a long awaited return from injury, coming off the bench and going scoreless on 0/1 shooting, but also recording 1 rebound and no turnovers in

Besiktas defeated Trabszonspor 96-89 in the Turkish League
Ogilvy started and scored 15 points on 7/9 shooting (1/2 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and no turnovers in 32 minutes to be the highest ranked player on his team (24).

ZAI Zaragoza defeated Menorca 76-65 in the Spanish ACB.
Barlow started and scored a team-high 14 points on 6/9 shooting (2/4 3PT, 0/1 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist and no turnovers in 21 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated Telekom Baskets Bonn 75-7 in the German Bundesliga.
Baynes started and scored 8 points on 3/3 shooting (2/4 FT) to go with 1 rebound and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 7 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Siauliai 85-72 in game 2 of the Baltic League quarter final series.
Newley started and scored 11 points on 5/7 shooting (1/3 3PT, 0/1 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 2 blocks and 4 turnovers in 26 minutes.

The Euroleague quarter finals commence tonight...and the games involving Aussies are as follows:

- Olympiakos vs Montepaschi (Nielsen)
- Barcelona vs Panathinaikos (Ingles & Maric)

All three teams featuring Aussies are all on the same side of the draw, so it is foreseeable that the winner of the Barcelona vs Panathinaikos series could take on Olympiakos (if they get through) in the semi finals. Whilst I would like Barca to get through over Panathinaikos, imagine an all-Greek semi final match-up? They would have to lock their fans out! Even more so given that the Greek League final between the two has been postponed indefinitely due to their concern for violence!

In other games tonight:

- Lietuvos Rytas vs Perlas in the Lithuanian League (Newley)

No Aussies involved, but checkout this awesome finish in the Spanish ACB - love the enthusiastic commentary...

Olympiakos thrashed Montepaschi Siena 89-41 in game 1 of their Euroleague quarter final match up.
Nielsen came off the bench and scored 2 points on 1/4 shooting to go with 2 rebounds and 2 turnovers in nearly 11 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Panathinaikos 83-82 in a thrilling finish in game 1 of their Euroleague quarter final match up.
Ingles did not see any action.
Maric came off the bench and scored 5 points on 5/6 free throws to go with 1 block and no turnovers in only 2 minutes on court.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Perlas 86-63 in the Lithuanian League.
Newley was relegated to coming off the bench and responded with a game-high 18 points on 7/10 shooting (3/4 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers in only 18 minutes on court.

Sundsvall defeated Jamtland 74-62 in the Swedish League.
Rush returned from injury, starting and scored 17 points on 6/14 shooting (2/5 3PT, 3/3 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 3 turnovers in 34 minutes.

Tonight:

- Partizan vs Metalac in the Serbian Super League (Jawai)
- Radnicki vs Crvena Zvezda in the Serbian Super League (Markovic)

I should have previously mentioned that Sundsvall were the regular season champions with a 29-7 record in the Swedish League, and their win over Jamtland was in game 1 of their quarter final series.

Radnicki defeated Crvena Zvezda 90-82 in the Serbian Super League.
Markovic started and scored 7 points on 3/12 shooting (1/7 3PT) to go with 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 turnovers in 30 minutes.

Partizan defeated Metalac 78-67 in the Serbian Super League.
Jawai started and scored 11 points on 4/8 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 turnovers in 18 minutes.

Tonight's game:

- Sundsvall vs Jamtland in their quarter final game 2 in the Swedish League (Rush & Mottram)

Tomorrow night’s games:

- Besiktas vs Oline Edirne in the Turkish League (Ogilvy)
- Partizan vs FMV in the Serbian Super League (Jawai)
- Lietuvos Rytas vs Zalgiris in the Lithuanian League (Newley)
- Panathinaikos vs AEK Athens in the Greek A1 League (Maric)
- Olympiakos vs Peristeri GS in the Greek A1 League (Nielsen)
- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs ENBW Ludwigsburg (Rick Rickert) in the German Bundesliga (Baynes)

I forgot to include last night's Euroleage Game 2 results from the quarter finals...

Panathinaikos defeated Barcelona 75-71. Series tied at 1-1.
Maric came off the bench and scored 1 point on 0/1 shooting (1/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds and no turnovers in 5 minutes.
Ingles came off the bench and went scoreless on 0/1 shooting but had 1 rebound, 1 assist and no turnovers in 5 minutes.

Olympiakos lost to Montepaschi Siena 65-82. Series tied at 1-1.
Nielsen did not play - illness.

The weekend update:

Besiktas lost to Oline Edirne 83-93 in the Turkish League
Ogilvy started and scored 7 points on 1/4 shooting (5/5 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 turnovers in only 14 minutes on court.

Partizan defeated FMV 76-67 in the Serbian Super League
Jawai started and scored 11 points on 5/8 shooting (1/1 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 2 steals and 2 turnovers in 16 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas lost to Zalgiris 57-74 in the Lithuanian League
Newley came off the bench and went scoreless on 0/1 shooting (0/1 3PT) but had 1 foul and no turnovers in 7 minutes.

Panathinaikos vs AEK Athens in the Greek A1 League - Postponed (Maric)

Olympiakos vs Peristeri GS in the Greek A1 League – Postponed (Nielsen)

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated ENBW Ludwigsburg 96-89 in the German Bundesliga
Baynes started and scored 8 points on 4/8 shooting (0/1 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block and no turnovers in a foul plagued 20 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Manresa 72-64 in the Spanish ACB
Ingles started and scored 8 points on 2/4 shooting (2/3 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 1 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 21 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza lost to Estudiantes 89-106.
Barlow started and scored 12 points on 4/6 shooting (4/6 3PT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 turnovers before fouling out in 24 minutes.

Radnicki inflicted Beograd's first loss of the season in winning 74-62 in the Serbian Super League
Markovic started and scored 2 points on 1/3 shooting ((0/1 3PT) to go with 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in only 18 minutes of action.

Panathinaikos defeated Barcelona 76-74 in game 3 of their Euroleague quarter final match up to take a 2-1 series lead.
Maric came off the bench and went scoreless on 0/1 shooting but had 1 rebound and 1 turnover in nearly 4 minutes of action.
Ingles came off the bench and scored 2 points on 1/3 shooting (0/2 3PT) to go with 1 assist, 2 steals and no turnovers in 12 minutes.

Olympiakos lost to Montepaschi Siena 72-81 in game 3 of the Euroleague quarter final match-up to now trail 1-2 in the series.
Nielsen came off the bench and scored 5 points on 2/3 shooting (1/1 3PT) to go with 1 assist and 1 turnover in 14 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Rudupis 96-82 in the Lithuanian League.
Newley started and scored 5 points on 2/3 shooting (1/1 3PT) to go with 3 rebounds, 2 assists and no turnovers in 15 minutes.

Tonight:

- Partizan vs Radnicki in the Serbian Super League (Jawai & Markovic)

Sundsvall defeated Jamtland 91-75 in Game 3.
Rush started and scored 9 points on 4/8 shooting (1/3 3PT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block and 1 turnover in 27 minutes.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 6 points on 2/4 shooting (2/4 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 turnover in nearly 16 minutes.

Partizan lost to Radnicki 91-96 in the Serbian Super League.
Jawai came off the bench and scored 5 points on 1/1 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 5 rebounds and no turnovers in 11 minutes.
Markovic started and scored 2 points on 0/6 shooting (0/4 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 5 assists in 28 minutes.

Tonight:

- Besiktas vs Antalya in the Turkish Basketball League (Ogilvy)
- Sundsvall vs Jamtland in Game 4 of the Swedish League Quarter Finals (Rush & Mottram)

Besiktas defeated Antalya 80-76 in the Turkish Basketball League.
Ogilvy started and scored 10 points on 4/7 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 7 rebounds and 1 turnover in 25 minutes.

Sundsvall lost to Jamtland 75-78 in Game 4 of the Swedish League Quarter Finals, series now tied 2-2 with a 5th and final game to come.
Rush started and scored 14 points on 6/10 shooting (2/4 3PT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 5 turnovers in 32 minutes.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 2 points on 1/2 shooting to go with 5 rebounds and 2 turnovers in 11 minutes.

Tonight:

- Barcelona vs Bizkaia Bilbao in the Spanish ACB (Ingles)
- Partizan vs Beograd in the Serbian Super League (Jawai)
- Radnicki vs Mega Vizura in the Serbian Super League (Markovic)
- Lietuvos Rytas vs Siauliai in the Lithuanian League (Newley)

I notice Daniel Kickert hasnt been rating a mention LC? He is playing in Poland for Turow, chuck him on your list.

In game one of the QFs he ,ade a big contribution off the bench with 13p on 5/10 and 2r in 20 minutes as Turow won 72-66.

Thanks Paul...will do.

Weekend catch-up:

Barcelona lost to Bizkaia Bilbao 78-83 in OT in the Spanisch ACB.
Ingles started and scored 15 points on 5/10 shooting (3/6 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers in 28 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza defeated Manresa 85-65 in the Spanish ACB.
Barlow started and scored 4 points on 1/5 shooting (1/3 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 turnovers in 27 minutes.

Partizan defeated Beograd 85-72 in the Serbian Super League.
Jawai started and scored 12 points on 5/7 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 21 minutes.

Radnicki defeated Mega Vizura 82-72 in the Serbian Super League.
Markovic started and scored 6 points on 2/6 shooting (2/4 3PT) to go with 8 assists, 1 steal and 1 turnover in only 22 minutes.

PGE Turow defeated PBG Basket 73-72 in OT in quarter final Game 2 in the Polish League.
Kickert came off the bench and scored 2 points on 1/5 shooting (0/2 3PT) to go with just 1 foul in 13 minutes.

Olympiakos thrashed VAP Kolossos 96-63 in the Greek A1 League.
Nielsen came off the bench and scored 17 points on 7/10 shooting (1/1 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and no turnovers in 18 minutes.

Panathinaikos defeated Panionios 75-61 in the Greek A1 League.
Maric came off the bench and did not take a shot but had 2 fouls and 2 turnovers in 6 minutes.

Tonight:

- Sundsvall vs Jamtland in quarter final Game 5 in the Swedish League (Rush & Mottram)
- Triumph vs Spartak in the Russian PBL (Nevill)

Triumph lost to Spartak 80-91 in the Russian PBL.
Nevill came off the bench and scored 2 points on 1/1 shooting to go with 2 rebounds, no turnovers and 3 fouls in 4 minutes.
Tywain McKee has now also joined the team and had a great game. He started and scored 15 points on 4/11 shooting (2/5 3PT, 5/6 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 turnovers in 37 minutes.

Sundsvall defeated Jamtland 83-67 in the deciding game 5 of the Swedish League quarter finals.
Rush started and scored a team-high 18 points on 7/14 shooting (4/6 3PT) to go with 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and no turnovers in 31 minutes. Rush had the highest player efficiency rating of 21 for the game.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 4 points on 2/3 shooting to go with 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 1 turnover in 19 minutes.

Tonight:

- Partizan vs Crvena Zvezda in the Serbian Super League (Jawai)
- PGE Turow vs PBG Basket in game 3 of the Polish League quarter finals (2-0) (Kickert)
- Lietuvos Rytas vs Techasas in the Lithuanian League (Newley)

Partizan thrashed Crvena Zvezda 118-77 in the Serbian Super League.
Jawai started and scored 13 points on 4/6 shooting (5/5 FT) to go with 5 rebounds in 13 minutes as the court time was shared.

PGE Turow lost to PBG Basket 69-77 in game 3 of the Polish League quarter finals (2-1).
Kickert started and scored 5 points on 2/2 shooting (1/1 3PT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 steal and 1 turnover before fouling out in just over 10 minutes on court.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Techasas 89-76 in the Lithuanian League.
Newley started and scored 9 points on 3/3 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 4 steals and 1 turnover in 17 minutes.

Tonight:

- Radnicki vs Hemofarm in the Serbian Super League (Markovic)

Radnicki lost to Hemofarm 63-67 in the Serbian Super League.
Markovic started and scored 3 points on 1/3 shooting (1/2 3PT) to go with 2 turnovers in only 16 minutes.

Tonight:

- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs Bayreuth in the German Bundesliga (Baynes)

The big weekend catch-up...

Sundsvall defeated Sodertalje 78-62 in game 1 of their semi final series in the Swedish League.
Rush started and scored 4 points on 2/3 shooting (0/1 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover in 19 minutes.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 6 points on 3/4 shooting (0/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 11 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated Bayreuth 87-60 in the German Bundesliga.
Baynes started and scored 8 points on 3/6 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 block and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 10 minutes.

Triumph lost to Nizhny Novgorod 83-88 in the Russian PBL.
Nevill did not play and was not on the 12-man roster for this game.
Tywain McKee had a game-high 18 points for Triumph in the loss.

PGE Turow lost to PGB Basket 47-69 in Game 4 of their quarter final series in the Polish League.
Kickert started and scored 10 points on 5/9 shooting (0/2 3PT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block and no turnovers in 14 minutes.

Barcelona lost to Real Madrid 72-77 in OT in the Spanish ACB.
Ingles started and had a team-high 14 points on 6/10 shooting (2/5 3PT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 3 turnovers in a foul plagued 23 minutes.

Partizan defeated Mega Vizura 100-82 in the Serbian Super League.
Jawai started and scored 15 points on 6/6 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 steal and 3 turnovers in only 18 minutes.

Radnicki defeated Metalac 87-75 in the Serbian Super League.
Markovic started and scored 14 points on 6/11 shooting (2/4 3PT) to go with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers in 30 minutes.

PGE Turow defeated PGB Basket 87-70 in the deciding game 5 of their quarter final series in the Polish League.
Kickert did not play - coaches decision.

CAI Zaragoza lost to Bizkaia Bilbao 56-79 in the Spanish ACB.
Barlow started and scored 1 point on 0/2 shooting (0/1 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 24 minutes.

Besiktas defeated Erdemir 92-76 in the Turkish League.
Ogilvy started and scored 12 points on 5/7 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 3 turnovers in 17 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to Bremerhaven 71-83.
Baynes started and scored 6 points on 2/5 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 13 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Ventspils 84-80 in the playoff for 3rd place in the Baltic League.
Newley came off the bench and scored 2 points on 1/1 shooting to go with 2 rebounds and no turnovers in just 5 minutes on court.

You're doing a brilliant job LC. It occurs to me that the words "... in a foul plagued x minutes" after any Baynes stat line is redundant. Omitting that could increase your productivity by 10% ;)

LOL & Thanks!

If Baynes can stay out of foul trouble, he has shown he can be a valuable contributor at both ends of the floor.

It's not quite Europe I know, but Mark Worthington has joined with Puerto Rican team Guaynabo in their National League, playing his first game in a Round 6 win.

Guaynabo defeated Coamo 83-76 (Coamo has Matt Freije).
Worthington started and scored 4 points on 1/5 shooting (0/3 3PT, 2/5 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 3 turnovers in 28 minutes.

Wortho actually played the previous game too and had 14 points in 17 minutes.

Thanks Paul...missed that one.

Radnicki lost to FMP 83-87 in the Serbian Super League.
Markovic started and scored 15 points on 4/10 shooting (1/5 3PT, 6/6 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 turnovers in 37 minutes.

Partizan defeated Hemofarm 90-76 in the Serbian Super League.
Jawai started and scored 4 points on 1/2 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 15 minutes.

Triumph lost to Enisey 97-98 in the Russian PBL.
Nevill started and scored 4 points on 2/2 shooting to go with 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in only 9 minutes on court.
Tywain McKee had a team-high 32 points on 12/19 shooting alongside 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 4 turnovers in the loss.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Aiscai Kaunas 91-75 in the Lithuanian League.
Newley came off the bench and scored 9 points on 4/7 shooting (1/3 3PT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and no turnovers in 14 minutes.
LR hasparted ways with their 2nd coach this season with still over a month left to play. LR will now finish the season with their 3rd coach of the year despite doing really well in Euroleague.

Tonight:

- PGE Turow vs Trefl Sopot in game 1 of the Polish League semi finals (Kickert)
- Panathinaikos vs Ikaros in the Greek A1 League
- Olympiakos vs Kavala in the Greek A1 League

Sundsvall defeated Sodertalje 81-76 in game 2 of the Swedish League semi finals series (2-0).
Rush started and scored 12 points on 4/8 shooting (0/3 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 30 minutes.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 1 point on 0/1 shooting (1/4 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist and no turnovers in 10 minutes.

PGE Turow lost to Trefl Sopot 62-76 in game 1 of the Polish League semi finals (0-1).
Kickert came off the bench and scored 12 points on 4/7 shooting (3/4 3PT, 1/1 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 21 minutes.

Panathinaikos defeated Ikaros 92-70 in the Greek A1 League.
Maric came off the bench and scored 9 points on 4/6 shooting (1/1 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 15 minutes.

Olympiacos defeated Kavala 92-63 in the Greek A1 League.
Nielsen did not play.

Tonight:

- Sundsvall vs Sodertalge in game 3 of the Swedish League semi finals (2-0) (Rush & Mottram)
- PGE Turow vs Trefl Sopot in game 2 of the Polish League semi finals (0-1) (Kickert)
- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs Brose Baskets in the German Bundesliga (Baynes)
- Guaynabo vs Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican National League (Worthington)

Sundsvall defeated Sodertalje 104-79 in game 3 of the Swedish League semi finals (3-0)
Rush started and scored 15 points on 5/9 shooting (2/3 3PT, 3/4 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 turnover in just under 27 minutes.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 17 points on 7/9 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 14 minutes!
Sundsvall are now into the grand final series against the winner of Norrkoping and LF Basket in the other semi final series.

Guaynabo defeated Mayaguez 89-82 in the Puerto Rican National League.
Worthington scored 12 points on 5/8 shooting (1/3 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 block and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 21 minutes.

Tonight:

- Radnicki vs Hemofarm in the Serbian Super League (Markovic)
- PGE Turow vs Trefl Sopot in game 2 of the Polish League semi finals (0-1) (Kickert)
- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs Brose Baskets in the German Bundesliga (Baynes)
- Guaynabo vs San German in the Puerto Rican National League (Worthington)

The weekend catch-up:

Radnicki lost to Crvena Zvezda 85-95 in the Serbian Super League.
Markovic started and scored 15 points on 4/11 shooting (3/8 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 4 turnovers in 35 minutes.

PGE Turow defeated Trefl Sopot 77-66 in game 2 of the Polish League semi finals (1-1).
Kickert came off the bench and scored 13 points on 6/8 shooting (1/2 3PT) to go with 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and no turnovers in 20 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to Brose Baskets 78-83 in the German Bundesliga.
Baynes started and scored 2 points on 1/3 shooting to go with 3 rebounds and 2 turnovers in 7 minutes (only 2 fouls!).

Guaynabo lost to San German 78-93 in the Puerto Rican National League.
Worthington came off the bench and scored 3 points on 1/4 shooting (0/1 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 turnover in 11 minutes.

Besiktas lost to Karsiyaka 84-87 in the Turkish League.
Ogilvy started and scored 11 points on 5/7 shooting (1/1 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block and no turnovers in a foul plagued 12 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza defeated Real Madrid 86-84 in the Spanish ACB.
Barlow started and scored 9 points on 3/6 shooting (2/4 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds and no turnovers in 22 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Valladolid 75-53 in the Spanish ACB.
Ingles started and scored 6 points on 2/5 shooting (2/3 3PT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 turnover in 17 minutes.

Olympiakos defeated Panathinaikos 87-83 in OT in the Greek A1 League.
Nielsen did not play for Olympiakos.
Maric came off the bench and scored 2 points on 0/2 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds and no turnovers in a foul plagued 6 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated Ratiopharm Ulm 91-86 in the German Bundesliga.
Baynes started and scored 13 points on 6/9 shooting (1/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 block and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 18 minutes.

Tonight:

- PGE Turow vs Trefl Sopot in game 3 of the Polish League semi finals (1-1) (Kickert)

Great win by Zaragoza!

PGE Turow lost to Trefl Sopot 69-82 in game 3 of the Polish League semi finals (1-2).
Kickert came off the bench and went scoreless on 0/2 shooting (0/2 FT) but had 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 turnover in 19 minutes.

Tonight:

- Besiktas vs Tofas in the Turkish League (Ogilvy)
- Triumph vs Lokomotiv in the Russian PBL (Nevill)
- Lietuvos Rytas vs Perlas in game 1 of the Lithuanian League quarter finals (Newley)
- Partizan vs Budnocnost in game 1 of the Adriatic League semi finals (Jawai)
- Guaynabo vs Coamo in the Puerto Rican League (Worthington)

Besiktas defeated Tofas 85-79 in the Turkish League.
Ogilvy started and scored 16 points on 7/12 shooting (2/3 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers in just over 21 minutes.

Triumph lost to Lokomotiv 75-90 in the Russian PBL.
Nevill started and scored 15 points on 5/7 shooting (5/5 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 2 turnovers before fouling out in 28 minutes.
Tywain McKee had a game-high 21 points in the loss.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Perlas 82-73 in game 1 of the Lithuanian League quarter finals (1-0).
Newley came off the bench and scored 11 points on 2/3 shooting (0/1 3PT, 7/8 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 3 steals and 5 turnovers in 23 minutes.

Partizan defeated Budnocnost 62-58 in game 1 of the Adriatic League semi finals (1-0).
Jawai started and scored 3 points on 0/2 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 3 turnovers in 24 minutes.

Guaynabo vs Coamo in the Puerto Rican League (Worthington) - still to be played.

Tonight:

- PGE Turow vs Trefl Sopot in game 4 of the Polish League semi finals (1-2) (Kickert)
- Panathinaikos vs Panellinios in the Greek A1 League (Maric)
- Olympiakos vs Iraklis in the Greek A1 League (Nielsen)

Guaynabo defeated Coamo 92-85 in the Puerto Rican League.
Worthington did not play (I'm not sure why).

PGE Turow defeated Trefl Sopot 91-82 in game 4 of the Polish League semi finals (2-2).
Kickert came off the bench and scored 11 points on 3/4 shooting (1/2 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist and no turnovers in just 13 minutes.

Panathinaikos destroyed Panellinios 112-42 in the Greek A1 League.
Maric came off the bench and scored 10 points on 4/5 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 2 turnovers in 28 minutes.

Olympiakos defeated Iraklis 83-44 in the Greek A1 League.
Nielsen did not play - does anyone know why he has missed the last few games?

Tonight:

- Lietuvos Rytas vs Perlas in game 2 of the Lithuanian League quarter finals (1-0) (Newley)
- Partizan vs Union Olimpija in the final of the Adriatic League (Jawai)

LC not 100% sure but I only think he is playing in Euro League games as you can have more imports for those games.

That's right, but I am not sure it is the reason Nielsen isnt playing. He has been playing most Greek league games since late January from memory, but has only played the one directly after Olympiakos' Euroleague elimination.

They may be resting his old body for the Greek league playoffs?

Partizan defeated Union Olimpija 77-74 to defend their Adriatic League crown.
Jawai started and scored 10 points on 3/4 shooting (4/5 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and no turnovers in 24 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Perlas 103-82 in game 2 of the Lithuanian quarter finals to sweep their final into the semi finals (2-0).
Newley came off the bench and scored a game-high 23 points on 6/9 shooting (1/4 3PT, 10/13 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 turnovers in 24 minutes.

Tonight: no games featuring any Aussies.

Tomorrow night:

- Sundsvall vs Norrkoping in game 1 of the Swedish League grand final (Rush & Mottram)
- CAI Zaragoza vs Valladolid in the Spanish ACB (Barlow)
- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs Duesseldorf in the German Bundesliga (Baynes)

The big long-weekend catch-up:

Guaynabo lost to Bayamon 77-80 in the Puerto Rican League.
Worthington started and scored 10 points on 2/10 shooting (0/3 3PT, 6/8 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 turnover before fouling out in 22 minutes.

Sundsvall lost to Norrkoping 78-79 in game 1 of the Swedish League grand final (0-1).
Rush started and scored 18 points on 7/17 shooting (3/8 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 turnover in 35 minutes.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 7 points on 2/3 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and no turnovers in 16 minutes.

EWE Baskets defeated Duesseldorf 77-64 in the German Bundesliga.
Baynes started and scored 2 points on 1/4 shooting to go with 1 rebound, 1 block and 1 turnover before fouling out in only 12 minutes. It seems Baynes cannot shake his foul woes in the German league that have been plaguing him for most of the season. The win keeps them in 6th spot.

Sundsvall defeated Norrkoping 94-93 in game 2 of the Swedish League grand final (1-1).
Rush started and scored 13 points on 5/11 shooting (3/6 3PT) to go with 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers before fouling out in 22 minutes.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 2 points on 1/4 shooting to go with 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 19 minutes.

Guaynabo defeated Isabela 95-82 in the Puerto Rican League.
Worthington started and scored 22 points on 8/13 shooting (2/4 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 7 turnovers in 32 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza lost to Valladolid 70-82 in the Spanish ACB.
Barlow started and scored 2 points on 2/2 free throws to go with 1 rebound and no turnovers in just 14 minutes. Since being elevated from Division 2, Zaragoza have had a great season with some notable wins over very good opponents including Real Madrid.

Besiktas lost to Galatasaray 73-81 in the Turkish League.
Ogilvy started and scored a team-high 18 points on 7/8 shooting (4/4 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 25 minutes. Ogilvy is having a great season since being elevated to a starter's role. Besiktas is in 6th place.

Barcelona defeated DKV Joventut 68-65 in the Spanish ACB.
Ingles came off the bench and went scoreless on 0/1 shooting (0/1 3PT) and had no other stats in 5 minutes.

Sundsvall defeated Norrkoping 80-70 in game 3 of the Swedish league grand final (2-1).
Rush started and scored a game-high 21 points on 7/11 shooting (3/5 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 1 block and 1 turnover in 31 minutes.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 5 points on 1/1 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1 turnover in 12 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Rudupis 88-75 in game 1 of the Lithuanian League semi finals (1-0).
Newley came off the bench and scored an game-high 15 points on 6/8 shooting (2/3 3PT, 1/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and no turnovers in 23 minutes. Since relegated to a 6th man role in coming off the bench, Newley’s output has picked up a lot.

Tonight:

- Partizan vs FMP in the Serbian Super League (Jawai)
- Radnicki vs Beograd in the Serbian Super League (Markovic)
- Triumph vs CSKA Moscow in the Russian PBL (Nevill)
- Guaynabo vs Humacao in the Puerto Rican League (Worthington)

Partizan defeated FMP 78-62 in the Serbian Super League.
Jawai started and scored 10 points on 2/8 shooting (6/6 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block with no turnovers before fouling out 15 minutes.

Radnicki defeated Beograd 91-85 in the Serbian Super League.
Markovic started and scored a game-high 22 points on 6/13 shooting (4/6 3PT, 6/6 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 3 assists and 4 turnovers in 31 minutes.

Triumph lost to CSKA Moscow 83-87 in the Russian PBL.
Nevill started and scored 8 points on 3/5 shooting (0/1 3PT, 2/4 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 1 steal and 3 turnovers before fouling out in 20 minutes.
Tywain McKee had 23 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals in the loss.

Guaynabo vs Humacao in the Puerto Rican League - yet to be played (Worthington)

Tonight:

- Sundsvall vs Norrkoping in game 4 of the Swedish League grand final (2-1) (Rush & Mottram)
- PGE Turow vs Trefl Sopot in the deciding game 5 of the Polish League semi finals (2-2) (Kickert)
- Lietuvos Rytas vs Rudupis in game 2 of the Lithuanian League semi finals (1-0) (Newley)
- Panathinaikos vs Peristeri GS in game 1 of the Greek A1 League quarter finals (0-0) (Maric)

Sundsvall lost to Norrkoping 84-93 in game3 of the Swedish League grand final (2-2).
Rush started and scored a team-high 18 points on 6/9 shooting (4/7 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 block and 3 turnovers in 35 minutes.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 3 points on 1/3 shooting (1/2 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and no turnovers in 13minutes.

PGE Turow defeated Trefl Sopot 78-77 in game 4 of the Polish League semi finals (3-2).
Kickert came off the bench and scored 13 points on 6/9 shooting (1/2 3PT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 20 minutes (Game 6 is on 2 May Australian time).

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Rudipis 96-69 in the Lithuanian League semi finals (2-0).
Newley came off the bench and scored 13 points on 4/5 shooting (0/1 3PT, 5/6 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist, 3 steals, 1 block and 3 turnovers in 22 minutes.

Panathinaikos defeated Peristeri GS 88-60 in game 1 of the Greek A1 League quarter finals (1-0).
Maric came off the bench and scored 5 points on 1/3 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 3 rebounds and no turnovers in 12 minutes.

LC, which leagues (if any) would still be running during the period from about mid-May to mid-July?

Guaynabo lost to Humacao 91-98 in the Puerto Rican League.
Worthington started and scored 13 points on 4/14 shooting (3/9 3PT, 2/4 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 turnovers in 27 minutes.

Tonight:

- Guaynabo vs Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican League (Worthington)

South American leagues mostly and the Philippines.

And NZ!

May be in Europe. Shame about the timing then.

Isaac, Paul is on the money, the South American leagues primarily take over from Europe during this time.

Eurobasket 2011 commences on 31 August if you could delay your trip until then through September...

The weekend update:

Besiktas lost to Efes Pilsen 83-86 in the Turkish League.
Ogilvy started and scored a game-high 22 points on 8/10 shooting (6/8 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 1 block and no turnovers in a foul plagued 24 minutes. He was also the highest ranked player for the game in what was against a quality opponent.

Norrkoping defeated Sundsvall 87-75 in game 5 of the Swedish League grand final (2-3).
Rush started and scored 9 points on 3/12 shooting (2/7 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block and 5 turnovers in 32 minutes.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 2 points on 0/3 shooting (2/6 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist and no turnovers in 12 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Largun Aro GBC 81-55 in the Spanish ACB.
Ingles came off the bench and scored 7 points on 3/9 shooting (1/3 3PT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 turnover in 15 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza defeated DKV Joventut 91-74 in the Spanish ACB.
Barlow started and scored 12 points on 3/9 shooting (1/6 3PT, 5/6 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 turnover in 31 minutes.

Triumph lost to Khimky 76-101 in the Russian PBL.
Nevill started and scored 8 points on 4/5 shooting to go with 3 rebounds and no turnovers in just 8 minutes. Tywain McKee had 18 points in the loss.

PGE Turow lost to Trefl Sopot 79-93 in game 6 of the Polish League semi finals (3-3).
Kickert came off the bench and scored 15 points on 6/10 shooting (1/3 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 1 steal and no turnovers in 21 minutes.

EWE Baskets lost to ALBA 68-95 in the German Bundesliga.
Baynes started and scored 6 points on 3/6 shooting to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover in 17 minutes with just 3 fouls!

Thanks guys - can't really delay this particular trip as it's geared around the NBL off-season.

Someone needs to make a "FOUL PLAGUED MINUTES" t-shirt.

Head to Spain and you should be able to catch most of the playoffs in the best national league in Europe. A number of leagues will be having their grand finals in late May early June, but for some real good basketball head to Spain where the playoffs start May 21ish and run till mid-late June from memory, and where the weather is usually bloody nice!

Could almost work - we are planning on finishing up in Spain in early July.

Guaynabo defeated Arecibo 81-74 in the Puerto Rican League.
Worthington came off the bench (I think) and scored 2 points on 1/4 shooting (0/1 3PT) to go with 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and no turnovers in only 14 minutes.

Tonight:

- Sundsvall vs Norrkoping in game 6 of the Swedish League grand final (2-3)
- Radnicki vs Partizan in the Serbian Super League (Markovic & Jawai)
- Guaynabo vs Santurce in the Puerto Rican League (Worthington)

Sundsvall vs Norrkoping in game 6 of the Swedish League grand final (2-3) (Rush & Mottram)
I cannot locate a result yet. The Swedish League website appears to be in meltdown!

Radnicki lost to Partizan 74-76 in the Serbian Super League.
Markovic started and scored 8 points on 2/7 shooting (0/4 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 5 assists, 2 steals and 3 turnovers in 33 minutes.
Jawai started and scored 2 points on 1/2 shooting to go with 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 5 turnovers in a foul plagued 15 minutes.

Guaynabo vs Santurce in the Puerto Rican League (Worthington) - not yet played.

Tonight:

- Barcelona vs Meridiano in the Spanish ACB (Ingles)
- PGE Turow vs Trefl Sopot in the deciding game 7 of the Polish League semi finals (3-3) (Kickert)
- Olympiakos vs VAP Kolossos in game 2 of the Greek A1 League quarter finals (1-0) (Nielsen)
- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs ALBA in game 2 of the German Bundesliga quarter finals (0-1) (Baynes)

Sundsvall defeated Norrkoping 94-93 in OT in game 6 of the Swedish League grand final (3-3).
No box score is yet available.

Guaynabo lost to Santurce 76-78 in the Puerto Rican League.
Worthington started and scored 13 points on 4/7 shooting (2/2 3PT, 3/3 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 block and 3 turnovers before fouling out in 23 minutes.

Tonight revisited:

- Barcelona vs Meridiano in the Spanish ACB (Ingles)
- PGE Turow vs Trefl Sopot in the deciding game 7 of the Polish League semi finals (3-3) (Kickert)
- Olympiakos vs VAP Kolossos in game 2 of the Greek A1 League quarter finals (1-0) (Nielsen)
- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs ALBA in game 2 of the German Bundesliga quarter finals (0-1) (Baynes)

Sundsvall defeated Norrkoping 94-93 in OT in game 6 of the Swedish League grand final (3-3).
Rush started and scored 19 points on 7/17 shooting (1/6 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 1 steal and 5 turnovers in 38 minutes.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 3 points on 1/2 shooting (1/2 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 10 minutes.
Game 7 is scheduled for the 7th.

Barcelona defeated Meridiano 84-75 in the Spanish ACB.
Ingles came off the bench and scored 2 points on 1/2 shooting to go with 1 rebound, 1 steal and no turnovers in 8 minutes.

PGE Turow defeated Trefl Sopot 77-67 in game 7 of the Polish League semi finals (4-3).
Kickert came off the bench and scored 7 points on 2/8 shooting (0/3 3PT, 3/3 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover before fouling out in 21 minutes.
Game 1 of the grand final series starts on the 7th and is against Asseco Prokom.

Olympiakos defeated VAP Kolossos 83-67 in game 2 of the Greek A1 League quarter finals (2-0).
Nielsen did not play as
Olympiakos move into the semi finals and play the winner of the Aris vs Marousi series currently levelled at 1-1.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to ALBA 77-80 in game 2 of the German Bundesliga quarter finals (0-2).
Baynes started and scored 8 points on 4/6 shooting to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 12 minutes.
Game 3 is scheduled for the 7th.

Tonight:

- Sundsvall vs Norrkoping in the series deciding game 7 of the Swedish League grand final (3-3) (Rush & Mottram)
- CAI Zaragoza vs Lagun Aro GBC in the Spanish ACB (Barlow)
- Lietuvos Rytas vs Zalgiris in game 1 of the Lithuanian League grand final series (0-0) (Newley)

Sundsvall defeated Norrkoping 102-83 in the series deciding game 7 to win the Swedish League Championship (4-3).
Rush started and scored 18 points on 7/12 shooting (4/6 3PT) to go with 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals, 1 block and 4 turnovers in 31 minutes.
Mottram came off the bench and scored 9 points on 4/5 shooting (1/1 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover in 11 minutes.

CAI Zaragoza lost to Lagun Aro GBC 71-84 in the Spanish ACB.
Barlow started and scored 5 points on 1/2 shooting (1/2 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 turnovers in 26 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas lost to Zalgiris 81-83 in game 1 of the Lithuanian League grand final series (0-1).
Newley came off the bench and scored 12 points on 3/8 shooting (1/4 3PT, 5/7 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 block and 3 turnovers in 21 minutes.

Euroleague "Final Four" action tonight:

- Panathinaikos vs Montepaschi Siena in the Euroleague semi final (Maric)
Catch the games on euroleague.net

Congrats to Rush and Mottram! Rush would have to go close to Finals MVP with his numbers?

I'm not sure who will get it (can't find it anywhere) but Rush will have still competition from team mate Wesby who also had a great series.

Sundsvall Dragons win gold medal

Panathinaikos defeated Montepaschi Siena 77-69 in the Euroleague semi final.
Maric did not play - coaches decision.
Panathinaikos now meet Maccabi Tel-Aviv on Sunday night Australian time as Maccabi dismantled Real Madrid in the other semi final.

Tonight:

- Besiktas vs Mersin in the Turkish Basketball League (Ogilvy)
- Partizan vs Metalac in the Serbian Super League (Jawai)
- PGE Turow vs Asseco Prokom in game 1 of the Polish League grand final (0-0) (Kickert)
- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs ALBA in game 3 of the German Bundesliga quarter finals (0-2) (Baynes)

A massive win for Greek giants Panathinaikos overnight in winning the Euroleague grand final! Dimitris Diamantidis of Panathinkaikos was named Euroleague MVP and was also named Euroleague finals MVP. Monetpaschi Siena defeated Real Madrid in the playoff for third place.

Panathinaikos defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 78-70 in the Euroleague grand final.
Aleks Maric came off the bench and scored 2 points on 1/3 shooting to go with 3 rebounds, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 9 minutes.

Other catch-up results:

Besiktas defeated Mersin 90-89 in the Turkish Basketball League.
Ogilvy did not play and was not listed in the boxes core for this game. I'm not sure why, but it was the last round before finals and Besiktas could not move up nor down win or lose and perhaps they rested him?

Partizan defeated Metalac 73-66 in the Serbian Super League.
Jawai started and scored a game-high 18 points on 7/10 shooting (4/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers in a limited 18 minutes due to foul trouble!

PGE Turow lost to Asseco Prokom 79-88 in game 1 of the Polish League grand final (0-1).
Kickert started and scored 9 points on 3/12 shooting (1/5 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with no rebounds, 1 steal and no turnovers in 23 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated ALBA 99-86 in game 3 of the German Bundesliga quarter finals (1-2)
Baynes started and scored 6 points on 2/4 shooting (2/4 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 1 block and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 16 minutes.

Tonight:

- PGE Turow vs Asseco Prokom in game 2 of the Polish League grand final (0-1) (Kickert)
- Lietuvos Rytas vs Zalgiris in game 2 of the Lithuanian League grand final (0-1) (Newley)

PGE Turow defeated Asseco Prokom 81-66 in game 2 of the Polish League grand final (1-1).
Kickert started and scored 15 points on 6/8 shooting (3/4 3PT) to go with 3 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 turnover in 23 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas defeated Zalgiris 81-70 in game 2 of the Lithuanian League grand final (1-1).
Newley came off the bench and scored 12 points on 5/8 shooting (1/3 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and no turnovers in 30 minutes. Newley is widely reported as being clearly the best performed player for his team in this game.

Tonight:

- Partizan vs Beograd in the Serbian Super Lague (Jawai)
- Radnicki vs Mega Vizura in the Serbian Super League (Markovic)
- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs ALBA in game 4 of the German Bundesliga quarter finals (1-2) (Baynes)

Guaynabo defeated San German 86-81 in the Puerto Rican League.
Worthington started and scored 19 points on 8/16 shooting (3/8 3PT, 0/3 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 1 turnover in 35 minutes.

Partizan defeated Beograd 84-56 in the Serbian Super League.
Jawai started and scored 5 points on 2/4 shooting (1/2 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 18 minutes.

Radnicki lost to Mega Vizura 103-106 in the Serbian Super League.
Markovic started and scored 12 points on 5/7 shooting (2/4 3PT) to go with 1 assist, 2 steals and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 17 minutes.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg defeated ALBA 80-79 in game 4 of the German Bundesliga quarter finals (2-2).
Baynes started and scored a game-high 17 points on 7/9 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds and no turnovers in a foul plagued 16 minutes.

Tonight:

- Triumph vs Dynamo in the Russian PBL (Nevill)
- Guaynabo vs Isabela in the Puerto Rican League (Worthington)

17 points in 16 minutes for Baynes, the guy needs to learn how to stay on the court

That has been his problem all season long!

Triumph lost to Dynamo 106-109 in 2OT in the Russian PBL.
Nevill did not play. McKee had 29 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 turnovers in 47 minutes.
Triumph finished in last place and obviously missed the finals.

Tonight:
- Besiktas vs Galatasaray in game 1 of the Turkish League quarter finals (0-0) (Ogilvy)
- PGE Turow vs Asseco Prokom in game 3 of the Polish League grand final (1-1) (Kickert)
- Lietuvos Rytas vs Zalgiris in game 3 of the Lithuanian League grand final (1-1) (Newley)

Mark Worthington has moved teams in the Puerto Rican National League. He will now play for CJ Bruton's old team Quebredillas who are currently in 2nd place, just ahead of his "old" team Guaynabo who lost without Worthington 73-80 today to 9th placed Isabela who boasts Darnell Hinson.

Quebradillas signs Mark Worthington

Wortho is expected to suit up for Quebredillas in the next game against 4th placed Santurce.

Besiktas lost to Galatasaray 90-94 in game 1 of the Turkish League quarter finals (0-1)
Big game from AJ, with Ogilvy racking up a double-double as a starter, scoring 16 points on 3/6 shooting (10/11 FT) to go with 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 4 turnovers in ending the game on 4 fouls in 32 minutes.

PGE Turow lost to Asseco Prokom 56-81 in game 3 of the Polish League grand final (1-2)
Kickert started and scored 11 points on 4/11 shooting (3/5 3PT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals and no turnovers in 20 minutes.

Lietuvos Rytas lost to Zalgiris 67-70 in game 3 of the Lithuanian League grand final (1-2)
Newley came off the bench and went scoreless on 0/4 shooting (0/1 3PT) but had 3 rebounds and no turnovers in 15 minutes.

Today/tonight:

- Quebradillas vs Santurce in the Puerto Rican League (Worthington)
- Partizan vs Crvena Zvezda in the Serbian Super League (Jawai)

Quebradillas lost to Santurce 64-92.
Worthington did not play.

Partizan defeated Crvena Zvezda 95-92 in the Serbian Super League.
Jawai started and scored 10 points on 4/6 shooting (2/3 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 turnover in 26 minutes.

Tonight:

- Radnicki vs Hemofarm in the Serbian Super League (Markovic)
- PGE Turow vs Asseco Prokom in game 4 of the Polish League grand final (1-2) (Kickert)

After a lot of talk and negotiations, Olympiakos will finally take on Panathinaikos in the final of the Greek Cup which will now be played on Sunday 15th May at 6.30 pm local Greek time (16th May in Australia).

Radnicki defeated Hemofarm 77-74 in the Serbian Super League
Markovic started and scored 7 points on 3/8 shooting (1/2 3PT) to go with 5 rebounds, 2 assist and 3 turnovers in 25 minutes.

PGE Turow defeated Asseco Prokom 54-48 in game 4 of the Polish League grand final (2-2)
Kickert started and scored a game-high 16 points on 6/12 shooting (1/5 3PT, 3/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block and 2 turnovers before fouling out in 28 minutes.

Tonight:

- Besiktas vs Galasatary in game 2 of the Turkish League quarter finals (0-1) (Ogilvy)
- Barcelona vs Unicaja in the Spanish ACB (Ingles)
- CAI Zaragoza vs Meridiano in the Spanish ACB (Barlow)
- Triumph vs Krasnie Krilya in the Russian PBL (Nevill)
- Olympiakos vs Panathinaikos in the final of the Greek cup (Nielsen & Maric)
- EWE Baskets Oldenberg vs ALBA in game 5 of the German Bundesliga quarter finals (2-2) (Baynes)

Besiktas lost to Galasatary 70-80 in game 2 of the Turkish League quarter finals (0-2).
Ogilvy started and scored 4 points on 2/2 shooting (0/4 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 2 blocks and 3 turnovers in 29 minutes.

Barcelona lost to Unicaja 79-84 in the Spanish ACB.
Ingles did not suit up. Barcelona still finished in 1st place and will now play against Unicaja (8th) in their quarter final.

CAI Zaragoza defeated Meridiano 90-86 in the Spanish ACB.
Barlow started and scored 12 points on 4/12 shooting (4/6 3PT) to go with 7 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover in 32 minutes. After being promoted to the first division, Zaragoza just missed the finals by 3 wins and finished in a respectable 10th place..

Triumph lost to Krasnie Krilya 87-94 in the Russian PBL.
Nevill did not play again - coaches decision. Tywain McKee had just 3 points in a quiet outing.

Olympiakos defeared Euroleague champions Panathinaikos 74-68 in the final of the Greek cup
I have not yet found a box score.

EWE Baskets Oldenberg lost to ALBA 68-99 in game 5 of the German Bundesliga quarter finals (2-3).
Baynes started and scored 7 points on 2/2 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds and 1 turnover ina foul plagued 17 minutes.

Tonight:

- Lietuvos Rytas vs Zalgiris in game 4 of the Lithuanian League grand final (1-2) (Newley)

Lietuvos Rytas lost to Zalgiris 71-83 in game 4 of the Lithuanian League grand final (1-3)
Newley came off the bench and scored 6 points on 2/7 shooting (0/3 3PT, 2/5 FT) to go with 4 rebounds and 1 turnover in just 14 minutes.

Quebredillas vs Coamo in the Puerto Rican League (Worthington & Bruton)
Game has not yet been played.
READY BRUTON AND WORTHINGTON

Tonight:

- Partizan vs Mega Vizura in the Serbian Super League (Jawai)
- PGE Turow vs Asseco Prokom in game 5 of the Polish League grand final (2-2) (Kickert)

Quebradillas defeated Coamo 91-87 in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton started and scored 14 points on 4/5 shooting (4/4 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 1 turnover in 30 minutes.
Worthington started and scored 11 points on 4/11 shooting (1/3 3PT, 2/4 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 2 turnovers in 29 minutes.

Partizan defeated Mega Vizura 80-68 in the Serbian Super League.
Jawai started and scored 7 points on 2/4 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 5 turnovers in 23 minutes.

PGE Turow defeated Asseco Prokom 84-79 in OT in game 5 of the Polish League grand final (3-2).
Kickert started and scored 10 points on 5/11 shooting (0/4 3PT) to go with 7 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block and no turnovers in 36 minutes.

Tonight:

- Radnicki vs Metalac in the Serbian Super League (Markovic)
- Olympiakos vs Aris in game 1 of the Greek A1 League semi finals (Nielsen)
- Panathinaikos vs PAOK in game 1 of the Greek A1 League semi finals (Maric)

Saw this game and Kickert made two important baskets in overtime after missing a couple of wide open threes nearing the end of regulation. Impressed by his defence and board work, which have been weaknesses. Could definitely be a very good reserve or role playing starting centre in the NBL, although he very well may get another contract from his strong finish to this season.

Good game to watch too despite being low scoring (64-64 end of reg). Hadnt seen the Polish league before this year but there are a few good teams in there.

Thanks for the info on Kickert. Will be interesting to see what turns out for him...

Radnicki lost to Metalac 76-78 in the Serbian Super League.
Markovic started and scored 18 points on 7/13 shooting (4/10 3PT) to go with 1 rebound, 7 assists, 2 steals and 5 turnovers in 36 minutes.

Today/tonight:

- Quebradillas vs Arecibo in the Puerto Rican League (Burton & Worthington)
- Barcelona vs Unicaja in game 1 of the Spanish ACB quarter finals (0-0) (Ingles)
- Triumph vs Unics Kazan in the Russian PBL (Nevill)
- Olympiakos vs Aris in game 1 of the Greek A1 League semi finals (0-0) (Nielsen)
- Panathinaikos vs PAOK in game 1 of the Greek A1 League semi finals (0-0) (Maric)

Quebradillas lost to Aricebo 73-83 in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton started and scored 7 points on 2/7 shooting (2/5 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 turnovers in 34 minutes.
Worthington started and scored a team-high 18 points on 5/12 shooting (3/4 3PT, 5/6 FT) to go with 9 rebounds and no turnovers in 34 minutes.

Olympiakos defeated Aris 95-63 in game 1 of the Greek A1 League semi finals (1-0).
Nielsen did not play.

Panathinaikos defeated PAOK 95-52 in game 1 of the Greek A1 League semi finals (1-0).
Maric came off the bench and scored 11 points on 3/3 shooting (5/6 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 3 turnovers in 13 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Unicaja 76-65 in game 1 of the Spanish ACB quarter finals (1-0).
Ingles came off the bench and scored 6 points on 2/3 shooting (2/3 3PT) to go with no turnovers in 12 minutes.

Triumph lost to Unics Kazan 69-90 in the Russian PBL.
Nevill came off the bench and scored 4 points on 2/4 shooting to go with 5 rebounds and 2 turnovers in 12 minutes. McKee scored 8 points in another quiet performance.

Tonight/tomorrow:

- Partizan vs Hemofarm in the Serbian Super League (Jawai)
- Quebradillas vs Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican League (Bruton & Worthington)

Brad Newley had 5p on 2/7 and 4r in 21 mins as LR Vilnius were thrashed 95-69 to lose the Lithuanian GF 4-1, highlighting the gap between the two power teams this year. I suspect there will be some significant changes in Vilnius this off-season, and think there is a good chance Newley will be looking for a new home.

How I missed LR's game and result that I do not know!

But I do tend to agree, I think Newley may be looking for a new team for next season.

The weekend catch-up:

Partizan defeated Hemofarm 85-66 in the Serbian Super League.
Jawai came off the bench and scored 4 points on 2/3 shooting to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 turnover in 10 minutes. Partizan finished the season in first place and will take on fourth placed FMP in the semi finals commencing on 24 May.

Quebradillas defeated Mayaguez 89-79 in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton started and scored 11 points on 3/8 shooting (2/4 3PT, 3/3 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 4 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 32 minutes.
Worthington started and scored 10 points on 4/6 shooting (2/3 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 turnovers in a foul plagued 22 minutes.

PGE Turow lost to Asseco Prokom 64-72 in game 6 of the Polish League grand final (3-3).
Kickert started and scored a game-high 16 points on 7/10 shooting (1/2 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 29 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Unicaja 84-52 in game 2 of the Spanish ACB quarter finals (2-0 series win). Barca will play Caja Laboral in their semi final which commences on 26 May.
Ingles came off the bench and scored 8 points on 3/4 shooting (1/1 3PT, 1/3 FT) to go with 1 rebound, 3 assists and 1 turnover in 16 minutes.

Radnicki defeated FMP 89-78 in the Serbian Super League.
Markovic started and scored an amazing game-high score of 36 points on 10/20 shooting (5/9 3PT, 10/11 FT) to go with 3 assists, 1 steal and 5 turnovers in 34 minutes. Radnicki finished the season in third place and will take on second placed Hemofarm in the semi finals commencing on 24 May.

Olympiakos defeated Aris 102-76 in game 2 of the Greek A1 League semi finals (2-0).
Nielsen was yet again not on the game-day roster and did not play.

Panathinaikos defeated PAOK75-69 in game 2 of the Greek A1 League semi finals (2-0).
Maric came off the bench and scored 2 points on 0/1 shooting (2/4 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 2 steals and 1 turnover in 14 minutes.

Tonight:

- PGE Turow vs Asseco Prokom in the deciding game 7 of the Polish League grand final (3-3) (Kickert).
- Olympiakos vs Aris in game 3 of the Greek A1 League semi finals (2-0) (Nielsen)
- Panathinaikos vs PAOK in game 3 of the Greek A1 League semi finals (2-0) (Maric)

Eurobasket.com have run a story claiming big changes taking place at Lietuvos Rytas naming 4 players cut from the roster, but so far Brad Newley has not yet been mentioned... Big changes are coming in Lietuvos Rytas

A bit of a catch-up...

PGE Turow lost to Asseco Prokom 71-76 in the deciding game 7 of the Polish League grand finals (3-4).
Kickert started and scored a game-high 18 points on 7/12 shooting (2/3 3PT, 2/4 FT) to go with 8 rebounds, 3 steals and no turnovers before fouling out in 29 minutes.

Panathinaikos defeated PAOK 105-65 in game 3 of the Greek A1 League semi finals (3-0).
Maric scored a team-high 13 points on 5/6 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 5 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals, 2 blocks and no turnovers in 21 minutes.

Olympiakos defeated Aris 87-64 in game 3 of the Greek A1 League semi finals (3-0).
Nielsen was once again not on the game-day roster.

Quebradillas lost to Arecibo 86-93 in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton started and scored 2 points on 0/4 shooting (0/2 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 3 assists and 1 turnover in 25 minutes.
Worthington started and scored 10 points on 3/10 shooting (1/3 3PT, 3/4 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and no turnovers before fouling out in 27 minutes.

Partizan defeated FMP 100-71 in game 1 of the Serbian Super League semi finals (1-0).
Jawai started and scored 10 points on 3/3 shooting (4/6 FT) to go with 2 turnovers in 15 minutes.

Radnicki lost to Hemofarm 89-92 in game 1 of the Serbian Super League semi finals (0-1).
Markovic started and scored 22 points on 5/10 shooting (2/4 3PT, 10/10 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers before fouling out in 37 minutes.

Tonight/tomorrow:

- Barcelona vs Caja Laboral in game 1 of the Spanish ACB semi finals (0-0) (Ingles)
- Partizan vs FMP in game 2 of the Serbian Super League semi finals (1-0) (Jawai)
- Radnicki vs Hemofarm in game 2 of the Serbian Super League semi finals (0-1) (Markovic)
- Olympiakos vs Panathinaikos in game 1 of the Greek A1 League grand final (0-0) (Nielsen & Maric)
- Quebradillas vs Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican League (Bruton & Worthington)

Partizan lost to FMP 75-84 in game 2 of the Serbian Super League semi finals (1-1).
Jawai started and scored 4 points on 2/4 shooting to go with 4 rebounds and 3 turnovers in a foul plagued 10 minutes. Fouls contributed greatly to Partizan's downfall.

Radnicki defeated Hemofarm 81-80 in game 2 of the Serbian Super League semi finals (1-1).
Markovic continued his sizzling form, scoring a game-high 26 points on 5/13 shooting (3/8 3PT, 13/14 FT) to go with 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 4 turnovers in 33 minutes. Markovic nailed 2 free throws late in the game to seal the win for Radnicki.

Olympiakos lost to Panathinaikos at home in game 1 of the Greek A1 League grand final 70-75 (0-1).
Nielsen was once again omitted from the game-day roster.
Maric came off the bench to score a valuable 14 points on a perfect 6/6 shooting and 2/2 from the free throw line to go with 5 rebounds, 2 blocks and no turnovers in a foul plagued 10 minutes.

Quebradillas vs Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton & Worthington - still to be played today.

Tonight:

- Barcelona vs Caja Laboral in game 1 of the Spanish ACB semi finals (0-0) (Ingles)

Quebradillas lost to Mayaguez 83-95 in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton started and scored 8 points on 3/12 shooting (2/9 3PT) to go with 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 turnover in 30 minutes.
Worthington started and scored 12 points on 2/7 shooting (2/3 3PT, 6/6 FT) to go with 5 rebounds and 2 turnovers in 22 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Caja Laboral 86-71 in game 1 of the Spanish ACB semi finals (1-0).
Ingles came off the bench and did not take a shot but had 1 assist and 1 turnover in 3 minutes.

Tonight:

- Partizan vs FMP in game 3 of the Serbian Super League semi finals (1-1) (Jawai)
- Radnicki vs Hemofarm in game 3 of the Serbian Super League semi finals (1-1) (Markovic)

Partizan defeated FMP 98-68 in game 3 of the Serbian Super League semi finals (2-1).
Jawai started and scored 12 points on 5/6 shooting (2/4 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and no turnovers in 19 minutes.

Radnicki lost to Hemofarm 66-96 in game 3 of the Serbian Super League semi finals (2-1).
Markovic started and scored 9 points on 3/7 shooting (2/4 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 3 turnovers in 30 minutes.

Partizan now faces arch-rivals Hemofarm in the grand final series commencing on 1 June.

Tonight:

- Barcelona vs Caja Laboral in game 2 of the Spanish ACB semi finals (1-0) (Ingles)
- Panathinaikos vs Olympiakos in game 2 of the Greek A1 League grand final (1-0) (Maric & Nielsen)

Barcelona defeated Caja Laboral 78-62 in game 2 of the Spanish ACB semi finals (2-0).
Ingles came off the bench and scored 2 points on 1/2 shooting to go with 1 rebound, 1 assist and no turnovers in 7 minutes.

Panathinaikos defeated Olympiakos 78-66 in game 2 of the Greek A1 League grand final (2-0).
Maric came off the bench and scored 4 points on 2/4 shooting to go with 2 rebounds and no turnovers in 6 minutes.
Nielsen was once again not on the game-day roster.

No games featuring any Aussies scheduled tonight...

Tonight:

- Barcelona vs Caja Laboral in game 3 of the Spanish ACB semi finals (2-0) (Ingles)
- Partizan vs Hemofarm in game 1 of the Serbian Super League grand final (0-0) (Jawai)
- Panathinaikos vs Olympiakos in game 3 of the Greek A1 League grand final (2-0) (Maric & Nielsen)

Today:

- Quebradillas vs Isabela in the Puerto Rican League (Bruton & Worthington)

Quebradillas defeated Isabela 79-74 in the Puerto Rican league.
Bruton started and scored 12 points on 4/9 shooting (2/4 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 turnover in 31 minutes.
Worthington started and scored 8 points on 3/7 shooting (1/3 3PT, 1/3 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 2 assists and no turnovers in a foul plagued 22 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Caja Laboral 71-61 in game 3 of the Spanish ACB semi finals for a clean sweep (3-0).
Ingles did not play - coaches decision.

Partizan thrashed Hemofarm 85-60 in game 1 of the Serbian Super League grand final (1-0).
Jawai started and scored 12 points on a perfect 6/6 shooting (0/1 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and no turnovers in just 19 minutes.

Panathinaikos lost to Olympiakos 68-76 in game 3 of the Greek A1 League grand final (2-1).
Maric came off the bench and scored 4 points on 1/1 shooting (2/2 FT) to go with 1 rebound and 2 turnovers in 5 minutes.
Nielsen was once again not on the game-day roster.

Quebradillas lost to San German77-82 in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton started and scored 12 points on 3/11 shooting (3/9 3PT, 3/4 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 33 minutes.
Worthington started and scored 13 points on 5/11 shooting (2/5 3PT, 1/2 FT) to go with 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 4 turnovers in 23 minutes.
Quebradillas has now slid down to 5th place below San German.

Barcelona will face Bilbao in the final of the Spanish ACB starting on 9 June (Ingles).

Tonight/tomorrow:

- Partizan vs Hemofarm in game 2 of the Serbian Super League grand final (1-0) (Jawai)
- Panathinaikos vs Olympiakos in game 4 of the Greek A1 League grand final (2-1) (Maric & Nielsen)
- Quebradillas vs Arecibo in the Puerto Rican League (Bruton & Worthington)

Panathinaikos defeated Olympiakos 101-94 in OT in game 4 of the Greek A1 League grand final to win the series 3-1.
Maric came off the bench and scored 5 points on 1/3 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 1 rebound and no turnovers in 6 minutes.
Nielsen was not on the game-day roster.

Partizan defeated Hemofarm 89-83 in game 2 of the Serbian Super League grand final (2-0).
Jawai started and scored 5 points on 1/1 shooting (3/4 FT) to go with 6 rebounds and 1 turnover in a foul plagued 19 minutes. Game 3 is scheduled for 8th June.

Quebradillas vs Arecibo in the Puerto Rican League (Bruton & Worthington)
Game yet to be played (today)

Quebradillas lost to Arecibo 65-67 in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton started and scored 5 points on 2/7 shooting (1/4 3PT) to go with 1 rebound, 5 assists, 1 steal and 1 turnover in 35 minutes.
Worthington started and scored 14 points on 5/12 shooting (2/4 3PT, 2/3 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block and 1 turnover in 26 minutes.

Good to see reports on the men. Is anyone tracking the women playing in Europe?

Not that I'm aware...it takes a fair bit of time to track the men let alone the women.

Partizan defeated Hemofarm 86-69 in game of the Serbian Super Leage grand final to sweep the series (3-0) and win their 10th straight title.
Jawai started and scored 8 points on 3/3 shooting (2/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 19 minutes.

Tonight:

- Barcelona vs Bilbao in game 1 of the Spanish ACB grand final (0-0) (Ingles)

CJ Bruton has been released by Quebradillas in the Puerto Rican league and effectively replaced by Sherron Collins who spent some time with the Charlotte Bobcasts last NBA season.

Update catchup...

Barcelona defeated Bilbao 74-64 in game 1 of the Spanish ACB grand final (1-0).
Ingles came off the bench and scored 3 points on 1/1 shooting (1/1 3PT) to go with 1 turnover in 6 minutes.

Barcelona defeated Bilbao 74-67 in game 2 of the Spanish ACB grand final (2-0).
Ingles came off the bench and scored 10 points on 4/5 shooting (1/1 3PT, 1/1 FT) to go with 1 rebound and 2 turnovers in 17 minutes.

Quebradillas lost to Isabela 92-99 in OT in the Puerto Rican League.
Despite being released, Bruton's replacement was sacked within 1-day of arriving in town!
Bruton went on to play, starting and scored 12 points on 4/11 shooting (2/5 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 turnover in 43 minutes.
Worthington started and scored 9 points on 2/12 shooting (1/3 3PT, 4/5 FT) to go with 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and no turnovers before fouling out in 28 minutes.
Quebradillas is really struggling in losing to the last palced team...

Worthington is apparently now headed back to Australia and will probably have Bruton alongside him on the plane unless Quebradillas have had a change in heart.

Today:

- Quebradillas vs San German in the Puerto Rican League

Quebradillas defeated San German 86-75 in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton played yet again and this time starred and maybe has done his chances of remaining with the team no harm! He started and scored a team-high 22 points on 7/11 shooting (4/6 3PT, 4/5 FT) to go with 3 rebounds, 5 assists and just 1 turnover in 39 minutes.
As mentioned, Worthington has now left the team and should have landed back in Oz by now.

Tonight:

- Barcelona vs Bilbao in game 3 of the Spanish ACB grand final (2-0) (Ingles)

As was reported in the Nathan Jawai "back on the NBA radar" thread, he has apparently agreed to terms with Russian side Unics Kazan.

Nathan Jawai agreed to terms with Unics Kazan

Barcelona defeated Bilbao 64-55 in game 3 of the Spanish ACB grand final to sweep their way to the title (3-0).
Ingles came off the bench and scored 6 points on 3/6 shooting (0/3 3PT) to go with 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 steal, 1 block and 2 turnovers in 20 minutes.

Today:

- Quebradillas vs San German in the Puerto Rican League (Bruton)

No probs...glad it is appreciated!

Quebradillas lost to San German 71-77 in the Puerto Rican League.
Burton started and scored a team-high 22 points on 9/17 shooting (4/9 3PT, 0/1 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 37 minutes.
Worth noting Quebradillas were without Peurto Rican national team member Ramos.

Tomorrow:

- Quebradillas vs Isabela in the Puerto Rican League (Bruton)

Bruton should get fired more often - clearly it has given him the motivation he needed!

Definitely put the wind up him that's for sure, as ever since his number's have been very good.

Quebradillas defeated Isabela 99-87 in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton started and scored a game-high 28 points on 9/12 shooting (6/8 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 2 assists and 1 turnover in 32 minutes.
Darnell Hinson had 12 poinst and 8 assists for Isabela.

Maybe Wortho was cramping CJ's style? Since he left he has been on fire!

Quebradillas defeated Mayaguez 90-88 in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton started and scored 18 points on 6/15 shooting (4/13 3PT, 2/2 FT) to go with 2 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal and 2 turnovers in 38 minutes.

Today:

-Quebradillas vs Mayaguez in the Puerto Rican League (Bruton)

Also worth mentioning is that Troy DeVries has reportedly signed with Melilla in Spain

Quebradillas lost to Mayaguez 82-88 in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton started and scored scored just 5 points on 2/7 shooting (1/5 3PT) to go with 2 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 turnovers in 29 minutes.

Boomers giant Luke Nevill looking for new home

Luke Nevill has confirmed he is not heading back to Russian club Triumph, and instead is looking for a new team...

Quebradillas defeated San German 88-87 in the Puerto Rican League.
Bruton started and scored 15 points on 5/10 shooting (2/6 3PT, 3/3 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 turnover in 35 minutes.

Quebradillas have brought in a new import, PJ Tucker who also played in this game. I am therefore assuming that Wortho will not be back.

Rhys Carter has signed with Swedish club Uppsala.

Uppsala grab Rhys Carter

Catch-up in Puerto Rico:

Quebradillas defeated San German 85-84 in Game 2 of the quarter finals (2-0)
Bruton started and scored 5 points on 1/7 shooting (1/6 3PT) to go with 1 rebound, 4 assists, 1 steal and 3 turnovers in 35 minutes.

Quebradillas lost to San German 73-84 in game 3 of the quarter finals (2-1)
Bruton started and scored 9 points on 2/12 shooting (1/7 3PT, 4/4 FT) to go with 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 turnovers in a foul plagued 23 minutes.

Quebradillas lost to San German 90-95 in game 4 of the quarter finals (2-2)
Bruton did not play and looks like he may have been replaced on the team by new import guard Darious Washington. Also, another new import in forward CJ Tucker has also just joined the team.

Don't you just love the Puerto Rican league where changes to imports can occur at any time?

Bruton has been replaced, one game after hitting the match winning triple for a road win to go 2-0! Quebradillas lost game four yesterday at home and the series is now 2-2. I could be wrong, but I think CJ Tucker and PJ Tucker are the same person.

To make the situation at Quebradillas even more intriguing, not only did they release CJ Bruton as an import, but then they hired him as their head coach!

Yep, CJ Bruton is now head coach of Quebradillas!

AJ Ogilvy has departed Turkish club Besiktas and signed with Spanish ACB powerhouse team Valencia. Ogilvy has signed a 1 year deal with an option for a second.

Valencia add Andrew James Ogilvy

Great news for one of our very talented and promising big men. He joins Barlow and Ingles in the Spanish ACB for next season.

With CJ Bruton at the coaching helm, Quebradillas defeated San German 84-83 in game 5 of the Puerto Rican quarter finals (3-2).

Great work as always LC! Much appreciated! Its funny to hear about how CJ is going. I am tipping next he will be team doctor

I am predicting he will be fired as Coach after the team's first loss, only to be made the team's new owner two days later!

Quebradillas defeated San German 79-71 to win their quarter final series 4-2.

Bruton's Pirates will face Bayamon in the semi finals.

Basketball Australia: Ogilvy signs with Spanish club Valencia

Bruton's Quebradillas Pirates take on Bayamon on Wednesday in the Puerto Rican league semi finals.

Bruton's Pirates lost the Puerto Rican League grand final by the way in a belated update...

In more recent news, Aron Baynes has sined with Greek A1 League team Ikaros.

Ikaros gets bigger with Aron Baynes