History was made in the ACB League as Marcelinho Huertas, the veteran point guard and Brazilian basketball legend of Lenovo Tenerife, achieved a tremendous milestone in the Canary Islands derby against Gran Canaria on Sunday.
Brazil got on the right foot in the 2023 FIBA World Cup, as they left Iran with much to be desired in a sweeping 100-59 win. However, Selecao's win was marred by Raul Neto 's injury. Neto went down with 7:51 to go in the third quarter, and Brazil leading 62-25.
FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 games are set to kick off on Friday. Despite initial disappointment stemming from the absence of some of the brightest stars, there's excitement building around the presence of true legends from the FIBA and Olympic basketball scenes in Asia. Remember the Olympics in Beijing? How about the World Championship that took place in Japan back in 2006?
History was made in the ACB League as Marcelinho Huertas, the veteran point guard and Brazilian basketball legend of Lenovo Tenerife, achieved a tremendous milestone in the Canary Islands derby against Gran Canaria on Sunday.
Brazil got on the right foot in the 2023 FIBA World Cup, as they left Iran with much to be desired in a sweeping 100-59 win. However, Selecao's win was marred by Raul Neto 's injury. Neto went down with 7:51 to go in the third quarter, and Brazil leading 62-25.
FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 games are set to kick off on Friday. Despite initial disappointment stemming from the absence of some of the brightest stars, there's excitement building around the presence of true legends from the FIBA and Olympic basketball scenes in Asia. Remember the Olympics in Beijing? How about the World Championship that took place in Japan back in 2006?
Lenovo Tenerife's guard Marcelinho Huertas has recently turned 40 years old. He's one of the oldest active professional basketball players in Europe but he's still at the top of his position. He was second in assists in the Basketball Champions League and fourth in the Spanish Liga Endesa. He was also second on the teams in points and PIR in both tournaments.
Lenovo Tenerife have reached an agreement with Marcelinho Huertas to extend the Brazilian guard's contract for two more years, the Spanish club announced.
At halftime, BAXI Manresa were leading 50-49 against Lenovo Tenerife, and it looked like that Basketball Champions League final will go back and forth until the very end. However, Tenerife, with Marcelinho Huertas in front, had other ideas. Tenerife opened the third quarter with a 14-4 run and gained a 9-point lead after Sasu Salin's 3-pointer. Huertas made three assists during that stretch. After ...
The Basketball Champions League trophy once again will remain in Spain after Lenovo Tenerife beat Hapoel U-Net Holon 78-71 and BAXI Manresa edged MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 63-55. Since the first season in 2016-17, Spanish clubs missed the final only once (in 2017-18) and won the title thrice (Tenerife in 2016-17, and San Pablo Burgos in 2019-20 & 2020-21). In the first semifinal, Tenerife showed ...
Lenovo Tenerife outscored Joventut Badalona in the first game of the Spanish Copa del Rey by just two points (64-62). The Aurinegros had a maximum of 17 points margin in the second half (51-34), but the Catalan team managed to come back with a spectacular 18-3 run with Vladimir Brodziansky and Joel Parra. However, it was not enough. Sasu Salin hit a 3-point shot in the last minute of the game, ...