SDH Presents Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball Weekly (4/6/2013)

In this episode, Euroleague Basketball Magazine reviews Top 16 week 14 action with Top 10 plays plus Kostas Papanikolaou being named bwin MVP.

As an added bonus, see how the Europeans do it when it comes to cheerleading.  Here is the EFES Dance Square off where the dance teams from the Euroleague compete for the title of top dance crew.  It's certainly a must see.

Remember that you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights

SDH Presents Thursday's Top Performers of Euroleague Basketball's Top 16 Week 14 (4/4/2013)

It is the last week of Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 action as  teams continue make their final push in order to reach Championship glory.  Here are the top performers from Thursday night's action starting with the Game of the Week where Olympiaco's Kostas Papanikolau earned Player of the Game honors.

As it was the case last week, the Spanish would once again steal the show as Spain's team would garner a bulk of the awards starting with the Assist of the Night going to FC Barcelona's Victor Sada for the impressive lob pass from the three point line.

Real Madrid's Rudy Fernandez would take home the Play of the night for catching this great alley-oop pass for the powerful one handed finish.

And Caja Laboral's Andres Nocioni earned the Block of the Night for this amazingly athletic rejection.

Spain would not hog all of the spotlight, however, as CSKA Moscow picked up what was left on Thursday's Honor Roll.  Sasha Kaun would dazzle onlookers with the impressive two handed slam earning him the Dunk of the Night . . .

while Viktor Khryapa earned Thurday's Nightly Notable for his play down the stretch that led CSKA for the win.  The Russian forward led the way for his side at Athens by scoring 13 points, plus 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

  

As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights.

SDH Presents Euroleague Basketball's Thursday Recap Top 16 Week 14 (4/4/2013)

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 playoffs trudges on with FOURTEEN teams fighting tooth and nail in order to reach Championship glory in the last night of Top 16 play.  Here are highlights of the best moments of a jam packed SEVEN GAME Thursday Night.

Zalgiris Kuanas finished the Top 16 with 6-8 record and in the sixth place of Group E beating Brose Baskets in their final game.

Alba Berlin finished its Top 16 campaign on the high note at Martin Carpena taking down the home team Unicaja Malaga.

Reigning Turkish Airlines Euroleague champion Olympiacos stormed into the playoffs beating BC Khimki MR.

Caja Laboral Vitoria advanced to the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Playoffs winning against Montepaschi Siena.

CSKA Moscow secured first place in Group E of the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 as they went into Athens to beat the home team Panathinaikos.

High-flying Real Madrid beat Anadolu Efes Istanbul on their home court in the Spanish capital. 

In a thrilling game to the final buzzer FC Barcelona Regal defeated Maccabi Electra.

As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights.

SDH Presents Top 16 Euroleague Basketball Previews: Week Fourteen

It is week fourteen of the Top 16 Euroleague playoffs as the 16 best teams battle each other in order to make it to the next stage.  Here are the previews on what to expect this upcoming Thursday and Friday starting with Group E,

. . . Group F,

. . . and finally the Game of the Week featuring Olympiacos Piraeus versus BC Khimki Moscow.

As always, you can join in " Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights.

SDH Presents Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball Weekly (3/30/2013)

In this episode, Euroleague Basketball Magazine reviews Top 16 week 13 action with Top 10 plays plus FC Barcelona's Nate Jawai named bwin MVP.

As an added bonus, take a look at March's bwin Euroleague MVP, Maccabi's Devin Smith.  Smith ranked among the Euroleague's best 10 players in most major statistical categories: performance index rating, scoring, two- and three-point shooting percentage, rebounds, steals and blocked shots.

Remember that you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights

SDH Presents Friday's Top Euroleague Basketball Performances (3/29/2013)

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 playoffs trudges on with eight teams continuing to fight tooth and nail in order to reach Championship glory.  Here are the top performers from Friday starting off with the Top Ten Plays from Week Thirteen.

FC Barcelona's Nate Jawai earned this week's bwin MVP for his stellar performance as he earned a Performance Index Rating of 34.

At the same time, his teammate Sarunas Jasikevicius, came out with Assist of the Night honors with this gorgeous play worthy of such an established and seasoned Euroleague veteran.

The spotlight would remain on España as both Omar Cook and Nemanja Bjelica of Caja Laboral would also take Friday Night Honors.  Cook earned Friday's Nightly Notable for dishing 11 assists as he helped his team earn a vital win . . .

. . . while Bjelica served a plate full of rejection with this intimidatibg swat earning him mention for Friday's Block of the Night.

And despite losing the game to FC Barcelona, Montepaschi Siena still earned recognition thanks to Viktor Sanikidze who recieved Friday's Dunk of the Night honors.

Last, but certainly not the least, the Play of the Nights goes to Fenerbache Ulker's Bo McCalebb for finishing the dunk from a pass that was from half court.

As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights

SDH Presents Friday's Euroleague Basketball Top 16 Highlights: Week 13 (3/29/2013)

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 playoffs trudges on with eight teams continuing to fight tooth and nail in order to reach Championship glory.  Here are highlights of the best moments of the four games that were played yesterday on an action packed Friday Night.

Caja Laboral claims season-saving win on the road in Moscow, Russia against BC Khimki.

Alba Berlin blasts Lithuanian Zalgiris Kuanas in the German team's final home game.

Austrailian teammates Nate Jawai and Joe Ingles led FC Barcelona to its 11th straight win at the expense of Montepaschi Siena.

  

And finally, Greek Olympiacos Piraeus rallied late in the game to come back and beat Fenerbahce Ulker.

As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights

SDH Presents Thursday's Top Performers of Euroleague Basketball's Top 16 Week 13 (3/28/2013)

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 playoffs trudges on with eight teams continue to fight tooth and nail in order to reach Championship glory.  Here are the top performers from Thursday night's action starting with the Game of the Week where CSKA's Milos Teodosic earned Player of the Game honors.

And despite losing the game, Real Madrid would still walk away with the Play of the Game thanks to Marcus Slaughter with the alley-oop slam.

Maccabi Electra also came out big winners Thursday night as two of the team's players earned recognition for their stellar play.  First Moran Roth brought home the Assist of the Night for Thursday with this splendid pass to his teammate.

Then his teammate Devin Smith put in some work on the defensive end earning him Thursay's Block of the Night honors.

Karem Gonlum of Anadolu Efes took away Thursday's Dunk of the Night for the one handed lob courtesy of his teammate Jordan Farmar.

Unicaja's Marcus Williams earned Thursday's Nightly Notable fot his inspired play scoring 22 points, grabbing 7 boards and dished our 7 assists as he led his team to the win. 

And finally, the Play of the Night comes courtesy of Panathinaikos' Dimitris Diamantidis for the drive to the lane and the one handed lob to his teammate.

As always, you can join in " Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights.

SDH Presents Euroleague Basketball's Thursday Recap Top 16 Week 13 (3/28/2013)

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 playoffs trudges on with eight teams continue to fight tooth and nail in order to reach Championship glory.  Here are highlights of the best moments of the four games that were played yesterday on an action packed Thursday Night.

The action started when Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv rewrote the record book in its rout of Besiktas JK Istanbul.

Panathinaikos locked up a playoffs spot with a win at Bamberg against the home team Brose Baskets.

Unicaja's playoff hopes still remained alive after its road win over Anadolu Efes.

And last, but certainly not the least, CSKA blasted Real Madrid in front of their home court fans in Moscow for the Russian team's 10th win.

As always, you can join in " Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights.

SDH Presents Top 16 Euroleague Basketball Previews: Week Thirteen

It is week eleven of the Top 16 Euroleague playoffs as the 16 best teams battle each other in order to make it to the next stage.  Here are the previews on what to expect this upcoming Thursday and Friday starting with Group E,

. . . Group F,

. . . and finally the Game of the Week featuring CSKA Moscow and Real Madrid.

As always, you can join in " Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights.

SDH Presents Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball Weekly (3/24/2013)

In this week's episode, Euroleague Basketball Magazine reviews Top 16 week 12 action with Top 10 plays plus Petteri Koponen named bwin MVP.

As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights 

SDH Presents Friday's Top Euroleague Basketball Performances (3/22/2013)

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 playoffs trudges on with six teams continue to fight tooth and nail in order to reach Championship glory.  Here are the top performers from Friday starting off with the Top Ten Plays from Week Twelve.

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BC Khimki's Petteri Koponen stole the show as he earned recognition to be Friday's Nightly Notable pacing the winners with 23 points on just one missed shot and 7 assists.

That performance also earned him bwin MVP for Week 12.

Koponen also managed to wrangled the Assist of the Night for this 

for the bullet pass to his cutting teammate--one of his seven assists;

Although Khimki and Kopenen took much of the spotlights, there were other stars that shined as well.  Friday's Play of the Night comes courtesy of Besitkas' Tutku Asik for the one handed drive down the lane . . .

while Maccabi's Nik Caner-Medley earned Dunk of the Night honor for the way he toasted his defenders while applying the jam.

Finally, Caner-Medley's teammate, Shawn James would make an equally strong impression on the defensive end earning him Friday's Block of the Night.

As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights 

SDH Presents Friday's Euroleague Basketball Top 16 Highlights: Week 12 (3/23/2013)

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 playoffs trudges on with six teams continuing to fight tooth and nail in order to reach Championship glory.  Here are highlights of the best moments of the three games that were played yesterday on an action packed Friday Night.

BC Khimki Moscow Region got closer to claiming a playoff spot from Top 16 Group F by taking down the Turkey's Fenerbahce Ulker on their home court in Moscow.

It may be a case of " too little, too late," but Besiktas JK Istanbul edged Montepaschi Siena and earned its first-ever Top 16 victory.

And finally, Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv claims a road win against reigning champions Olympiacos.

  

As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights 

SDH Presents Thursday's Top Performers of Euroleague Basketball's Top 16 Week 12 (3/21/2013)

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 playoffs trudges on with eight teams continue to fight tooth and nail in order to reach Championship glory.  Here are the top performers from Thursday night's action starting with the Game of the Week where CSKA's Sasha Kaun earned Player of the Game Honors.

Augusto Cesar Lima of the opposing Unicaja Malaga earned the Play of the Game for the fast break after the block and the dish to his teammate on the other side of the court.

FC Barcelona, would steal the show Thursday night, however, as Regal's Ezarem Lorbek would earn Thursday's Nightly Notable for coming up big for  his team when it counted most.  Lorbek scored all his 16 points in the last 13 minutes for FC against Caja Laboral.

The spotlight also shined on Ezram's teammate, Nate Jawai, as he earned Play of the Night honors for this sweet alley-oop dunk.

Other teams would not be outdone, though, as Panathinaikos' James Gist would take away Thursday's Dunk of the Night for this great two-handed put back slam. . .

while Zalgiris' Rimantas Kaukenas served a good helping of rejection earning him Thursday's Block of the Night.

So there you have it:  the best of the Euroleague from the Euroleague's best.  As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights 

  

SDH Presents Euroleague Basketball's Thursday Recap Top 16 Week 12 (3/21/2013)

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 playoffs trudges on with eight teams continue to fight tooth and nail in order to reach Championship glory.  Here are highlights of the best moments of the four games that were played yesterday on an action packed Thursday Night.

Zalgiris Kaunas gave its fans plenty to cheer about in an exciting victory over the visiting Anadolu Efes.

FC Barcelona Regal became the Top 16 Group F champion by topping Caja Laboral.

CSKA Moscow booked its place in the Turkish Airlines Euroleague playoffs by taking down Unicaja Malaga.

And finally, Panathinaikos Athens played the role of rude guests as they edged Real Madrid at the Community of Madrid Sports Palace in Spain.

As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights 

SDH Presents Top 16 Euroleague Basketball Previews: Week Twelve

It is week twelve of the Top 16 Euroleague playoffs as the 16 best teams battle each other in order to make it to the next stage.  Here are the previews on what to expect this upcoming Thursday and Friday starting with Group E,

. . . Group F,

. . . and finally the Game of the Week featuring Unicaja Malaga versus CSKA Moscow.

As always, you can join in " Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights.

SDH Presents Turkish Airlines Euroleague Basketball Weekly (3/17/2013)

In this episode, Euroleague Basketball Magazine reviews Top 16 week 11 action with Top 10 plays plus Luka Zoric is named bwin MVP.

As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights 

SDH Presents Friday's Top Euroleague Basketball Performances (3/15/2013)

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 playoffs trudges on with eight teams continue to fight tooth and nail in order to reach Championship glory.  Here are the top performers from Friday starting off with the Top Ten Plays from Week Eleven.

Unicaja Malaga stole the show on Friday as they were awarded the Nightly Notable for its crucial road win against Real Madrid. Big men Luka Zoric and Fran Vazquez made big plays down the stretch in order to overcome their team's Spanish rival.

Zoric, for his his inspired play and finishing the week with a Performance Index Rating of 33 was selected for the bwin MVP of the Top 16 Week 11.

His teammate Marcus Williams also had a share of the spotlight thank to this dish that led to the pinpoint pass through the lane for the easy deuce.

FC Barcelona's Marcelinho Huertas would break Unicaja's dominace by earning Friday's Assist of the Night with this sweet entry pass that led to the two handed stuff.

CSKA's Sasha Kaun served a hefty helping of rejection that earned him Friday's Block of the Night.

And finally, Friday's Dunk of the Night comes courtesy of Panithinaikos' Stephane Lasme who wowed spectators with the cross court lob finishing with the two handed slam.

As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights 

SDH Presents Friday's Euroleague Basketball Top 16 Highlights: Week 11 (3/15/2013)

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 playoffs trudges on with eight teams continuing to fight tooth and nail in order to reach Championship glory.  Here are highlights of the best moments of the four games that were played yesterday on an action packed Friday Night.

CSKA Moscow took a crucial step towards locking down a Playoffs spot by taking down Zalgiris Kuanas.

Unicaja Malaga shook things up in Top 16 Group E with a road victory against Spanish rival Real Madrid.

Panathinaikos Athens cruised to a huge win at home over visiting Alba Berlin.

And finally, FC Barcelona Regal extended its winning run to nine games at the expense of Besitkas JK Istanbul.

As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights 

SDH Presents Thursday's Top Performers of Euroleague Basketball's Top 16 Week 11 (3/15/2013)

The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 playoffs trudges on with eight teams continue to fight tooth and nail in order to reach Championship glory.  Here are the top performers from Thursday night's action starting with the Game of the Week where Maccabi's Ricky Hickman was not only selected as the Player of the Game,

but also had the Play of the Game as well with this great drive down the lane for the slam.

Hickman's teammate, Nik Caner-Medley, also stole the show with Thursday's Block of the Night.

Thursday's Nightly Notable comes courtesy of Olympiacos for their amazing comeback effort.  Montepaschi were ahead 53-44 late in the third quarter but the Greek side fought back with 1-12 run to go back ahead at PalaEstra.  

The Assist of the Night comes courtesy of Brose's Matt Walsh for the pinpoint pass to his teammates cutting through to the basket.

Anadolu's Stanko Barac earns Thursday's Dunk of the Night for this emphatic slam.

And the Play of the Night goes to Caja Laboral's David Jelinek for the steal and half court basket.

As always, you can join in "Feel(ing) the Devotion" by watching live streaming video of all the top 16 teams on http://www.euroleague.tv and do not forget to check on Slap Dog Hoops for all the scores, recaps and highlights