Euroleague 2012-2013 Regular Season Week 1 Results

The new season of Euroleague has officially kicked off last October 11, 2012. Hence, the wait is over for Euroleague fans who are excited to see which teams will make it to the Euroleague Final Four and be crowned as champs!

Euroleague Week 1 Thursday Recap

Starting off in Group A, BC Khimki Moscow suffered its first defeat of the season at the hands on Fenerbahce Ulker Istanbul via a 92-80 rout last October 11. Emir Preldzic, the MVP for week 1 of the 2012-2013 Euroleague Regular Season, raked in 20 points to help out his team's cause. But the team also got a fair amount of support across its players like Bo McCalebb, Omer Onan, and Oguz Savas. As for BC Khimki, Zoran Planinic led them in the offensive department with 17 points. The poor 25 percent shooting of the team did not help their cause to kick off the season in a winning note.

In another Group A match on Thursday, Mapooro Cantu suffered a 13-point loss to Union Olimpija in an 84-71 game. The win from Union Olimpijia was made possible thanks to the efforts from Dylan Page and with three other teammates scoring in double digits (namely Jaka Blazic, Aron Baynes, and Sasu Salin).  

The first game of the season was kicked off by a Group D match between CSKA Moscow (last year's runner up) versus Lietuvos Rytas Vilnius. Head coach Ettore Messina's CSKA squad ends up with the win in a close game with a 75-73 finish. Sonny Weems was the highest scorer for the Russian squad after raking in 14 points in nearly 27 minutes of play within a 5/8 field goal shooting percentage. Helping him out in the scoring duties were Nenad Krstic and Viktor Khryapa, who each scored 12 apiece for their team. Meanwhile, Renaldas Seibutis carried Rytas' on his back with 19 points in 32 minutes that he played on the court. But the Russian powerhouse seemed to be too much for the Lithuanians to hold off.

Other game results on Thursday are as follows: 

Elan Chalon-Sur-Saone beats Asseco Prokom via an 81-74 game, making their Euroleague debut memorable. Meanwhile, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv inks their first win of the season after beating Unicaja Malaga, 85-80. In Group C, Zalgiris Kaunas and defending champs Olympiacos Piraeus each earn their respective wins over Cedevita Zagreb and Caja Laboral Vitoria, respectively, during Thursday's schedule of games.

In Group D, Spanish champs Regal FC Barcelona took an easy win in front of their home crowd at Palau Blagrana as they went up against Brose Baskets Bamberg, winning 72-60.  

To get more highlights from the Thursday basketball action at Euroleague Regular Season Week 1, view this:

 

Euroleague Week 1 Friday Recap

Spanish powerhouse Real Madrid went up with the Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos Athens in their respective debuts this season, but it was the Spanish team that came out victorious in this matchup in Group A. Rudy Fernandez was all fired up with 23 points in this game and 2-time Euroleague Rising Star awardee Nikola Mirotic chipped in 18 points to help out his team's cause despite an equally strong debut for Big Sofo with 23 points.

Here is a breakdown of the Euroleague Week 1 results for Friday's games per group:

Group B:

Alba Berlin outdid Montepaschi Siena in their first meeting last Friday as they went away with a 92-82 victory. David Moss helped power his team to victory with Kristjan Kangur sharing 13 points. They successfully defended their first win against a rallying Alba Berlin team, which had six players scoring in double figures.

Group C:

Emporio Armari Milano beat Andalou Efes Istanbul by 5 points (winning 80-75) last Friday as the two teams completed the remaining game for Group C on Friday. Ioannis Bourousis was the leading scorer for both teams with 23 points in 26 minutes on the floor.

Group D:

Besiktas JK Istanbul defeated Partizan Belgrade in an 81-65 match, led by the 25-point scoring from Patrick Christopher. On the other hand, Vladimir Lucic is the best scorer for Partizan at 18 points.

To check out the highlights of the games on Friday, check out the video below:

Be sure to check us again for more updates and news on the ongoing Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2012-2013 season.  

News Roundup for Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2012-2013 Season

The kick off for Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2012-2013 season is just around the corner. To be exact, it is just around a week from now (October 11, 2012) and so fans are excited to know what’s the latest with their favorite teams heading into this brand new season. Here is a quick roundup of the latest news from in and around the league.

Regal FC Barcelona Extends Xavi Pascual Contract

Barca fans, listen up! Your beloved head coach, Xavi Pascual, will be commanding the sidelines for Regal FC Barcelona for the next 3 seasons, which means that he will not only be returning as head coach for the 2012-2013 season of Euroleague, but will be keeping his post until the 2014-2015 season.

This news was confirmed by reps from Regal FC Barcelona last Thursday. If you can remember, he is the only Spanish head coach to have won a title in the Euroleague for 30 years now and he also helped Barca win the Euroleague trophy in 2010 during the Final Four competition in Paris.

Panathanaikos Acquire a New Defensive Specialist

Randal Falker

As if Panathinaikos Athens isn’t already a formidable competition in the Euroleague, they had beefed up their lineup yet again with their latest acquisition – defensive ace Stephan Lasme. For the past two years, Lasme had been absent from the Euroleague but he is back to join one of the favorites coming into this new season. In the 2009-2010 Euroleague Season, Lasme was recognized among the Best Defender Award while suiting up for Maccabi Electra.

Besiktas Istanbul Boosts Frontline with Falker

Another team that has given its lineup a major boost coming into the Turkish Airlines Euroleague 2012-2013 season is Besiktas JK Istanbul. The 27-year-old Randal Falker will reunite with his former coach with whom he played with at Cholet Basket. A couple of seasons ago, Falker debuted in the Euroleague playing for Cholet after he helped the team win the French League crown.

Be sure to check back for more updates on the Euroleague. 

Draw Results for 2012-2013 Turkish Airlines Euroleague

The 2012-2013 Euroleague season has officially kicked off! The commencement of the much anticipated new season in the most prestigious basketball competition in Europe, the Euroleague, was signaled by the recent draw that was held in Barcelona, Spain. There are lots of exciting new things for the league, which will be something that fans should await for. One of the biggest changes this season is the fact that this will mark the only draw that is going to be held this season.

The 2013 Euroleague Final Four has been set to take place in London, wherein the recent Olympic Games was held as well. One other exciting change this season is the game schedule. Instead of the usual Wednesday and Thursday game schedule, this season it has been moved to Thursdays and Fridays.

To view the group classifications and see which group your favorite team belongs in to start off the regular season, view the image below:

image courtesy of http://euroleague.net

If you're a Euroleague fan, these new changes is no doubt exciting as it will also change the face of the games in the upcoming 2012-2013 Euroleague season. Keep it here for more updates and analysis on these groupings soon!

Which is your favorite team? How do you think they'd do with their group? Discuss more below.