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@EuroLeague: @olympiacosbc missed the victory, @Fenerbahce won 72 – 73

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The game of the night was played in the Peace and Friendship Stadium, in Piraeus (located within the Athens urban area) between Olympiacos and Fenerbahce. The final score was 72 – 73 for the Zeljko Obradovic’s squad. The Home team had a great opportunity to win. The last attack belonged to David Blatt’s team. First, Nigel Williams-Goss missed a two pointer, and second, Nikola Milutinov had the chance to fix everything after an offensive rebound, but the Serbian centre also missed it and allowed the guests to win. The best in Fenerbahce was the ex Olympiacos player, Kostas Sloukas. The Greek guard scored 22 points with 5 rebounds and 4 assists. His teammate Nikola Kalinic added 16 points and 4 rebounds. Melih Mahmutoglu finished the game with 12 points (4 of 7 for three pointers). In Olympiacos, Kostas Papanikolaou had a great roll. The Greek forward scored 18 points (one

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First loss for Trinchieri (@EuroCup), Olympiacos hosting Fenerbahce (@EuroLeague)

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Zenit defended home court, first loss for Trinchieri Zenit won 75 – 71 against Partizan in the Round 7 of the EuroCup at the Sibur Arena in St. Petersburg, Russia. The third quarter was the key moment of the game. The Home team won, in that part of the game, with a score of 18 – 10, and at the half time, the Black and Whites team (Crno-Beli) were leading by 4 (40 – 44). The First and second quarters ended identically (20 – 22 each one of them). And in the last part of the match the result was 17 – 17. After three wins in a raw (one in the EuroCup and 2 in the ABA League), Andrea Trinchieri’s squad lost in Russia, so, it was the first loss for him as a Partizan head coach. The Italian coach took 11 players to Russia because Rade Zagorac broke

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Željko Obradović, Championship Game Press Conference

Teacher (Obradović) against pupil (Laso) in the Final (@EuroLeague Final Four 2018)

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Madrid and Fenerbahce held the press conference for the F4 EuroLeague final game at the Press Conference room in the Štark Arena in Belgrade. Head coaches of both teams, Željko Obradović and Pablo Laso, and Fenerbahce player Kostas Sloukas and Madrid player Rudy Fernández talked to the media about the final and the atmosphere in the Serbian capital. Pablo Laso mentioned how proud he is of his players because they had a tough season, but with all problems the team from Madrid managed to qualify to the F4 and now to fight for the Trophy. “We are playing the championship final in the EuroLeague. Happy to be here. Happy with the year we’re having. Very proud of my players and the way they have competed since the first game. And right now we are facing a great team that did the job as well as us. There were the 16

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European basketball cream de la cream in Belgrade (@EuroLeague Final Four 2018)

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The capital of Serbia is hosting the EuroLeague Final 4 Tournament and the best clubs in Europe are now in Belgrade. The opening press conference was held on the courts within the walls of Kalemegdan Fortress where the representatives from the four European clubs (CSKA, Fenerbahce, Madrid and Žalgiris) were talking about the last four games in the championship to come. First of all, the Mayor of Belgrade, Mr. Siniša Mali, and Euroleague Basketball President, Mr. Jordi Bertomeu, welcomed the media, basketball legends and fans who were attending the press conference. After them, the representatives of Madrid (its head coach Pablo Laso and its player Luka Dončić), Fenerbahce (coach Željko Obradović and Luigi Datome), CSKA (coach Dimitris Itoudis and Sergio Rodríguez) and Žalgiris (coach Sarunas Jasikevicius and team captain Paulius Jankunas) were answering questions about the games. Željko Obradović was talking about being in Belgrade and in Serbia and that

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@EuroLeague: Fenerbahçe – Žalgiris, Final 4 Semifinal in Belgrade (Road to)

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The first semi-final pair at the @EuroLeague Final Four 2018 will be Fenerbahçe Istanbul – Žalgiris Kaunas. The Lithuanian team won in the fourth game of the @EuroLeague Playoffs 2018 against Olympiacos with a score of 101 – 91, while the Turkish team was better than Baskonia with a final result of 83 – 92. Both semi-finalists won against their opponents 3 and lost only 1 game in the @EuroLeague Playoffs 2018 and booked their tickets to Serbia. Basketball fans are used to see Željko Obradović’s Fener at the @EuroLeague Final Four tournaments, but this was an historical moment for Žalgiris and its coach, Sarunas Jasikevicius. And in the semifinal, the coach (Željko) will face his ex-player from the times in the Greek club Panathinaikos (Jasikevicius). In Kaunas, the sports hall “Žalgirio” was totally green, the fans were supporting their favourite team and celebrated with them such as important club

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