Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic continues to share his predictions for the 2023-24 EuroLeague regular season. After revealing the teams he thinks will make the EuroLeague Final Four, Doncic was asked to name his MVP favorite. "Facundo Campazzo," Doncic said confidently while talking with the official EuroLeague channel.
Real Madrid welcomed great news as team stars Edy Tavares and Sergio Llull are set to make their returns. Carlos Sanchez Blas reports that both Real players recovered from injuries and will definitely play in the upcoming Copa del Rey tournament in Malaga.
Two days after a win in the EuroLeague, Real Madrid delivered some worrisome news for their fans. The club announced that two players - Edy Tavares and Sergio Llull - are out indefinitely due to injuries. Namely, Tavares has been diagnosed with an injury to the external lateral ligament of his right ankle. Meanwhile, Llull is sidelined with an injury to his right foot's plantar fascia.Â
Dallas Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic continues to share his predictions for the 2023-24 EuroLeague regular season. After revealing the teams he thinks will make the EuroLeague Final Four, Doncic was asked to name his MVP favorite. "Facundo Campazzo," Doncic said confidently while talking with the official EuroLeague channel.
Real Madrid welcomed great news as team stars Edy Tavares and Sergio Llull are set to make their returns. Carlos Sanchez Blas reports that both Real players recovered from injuries and will definitely play in the upcoming Copa del Rey tournament in Malaga.
Two days after a win in the EuroLeague, Real Madrid delivered some worrisome news for their fans. The club announced that two players - Edy Tavares and Sergio Llull - are out indefinitely due to injuries. Namely, Tavares has been diagnosed with an injury to the external lateral ligament of his right ankle. Meanwhile, Llull is sidelined with an injury to his right foot's plantar fascia.Â
Sergio Llull, a EuroLeague and Real Madrid mainstay, broke the club record for most games played by a single player. In total, the Spanish player played an outstanding number of 1047 games with the club, his last game being today's (December 9) away game against FC Bayern Munich.
Euroleague Basketball's annual mid-season survey polls EuroLeague general managers on a series of fan-centric questions about the competition. Just before the halfway point of the regular season, the GMs were asked about their likely Final Four participants, the most surprising team, the best pure shooter, and the most uncomfortable opponent, among other questions.
Real Madrid captain Sergio Llull found himself in the spotlight for the wrong reasons during Sunday's ACB League game against UCAM Murcia at the WiZink Center. Llull slapped the visiting team's head coach, Sito Alonso, twice on the back and the back of the head as both teams headed to the locker room at halftime.
If their defeat by Latvia and Brazil's win over Canada were not enough, Spain are dealing with another problem ahead of their crucial game against Canada that will decide which of the two will advance to the World Cup quarter-finals.
Spain suffered their first loss in their World Cup prep games, losing 98-88 to Team USA in Malaga. The reigning world and European champions had a solid chance to win the contest, but collapsed on both ends in the final stretch. Now, Spain has two more friendlies to play in Granada, against Canada and the Dominican Republic, before focusing on the trip to Jakarta.
The Spanish national team is facing one more issue while preparing for the upcoming FIBA World Cup. With Ricky Rubio putting a stop to his basketball career, head coach Sergio Scariolo had to call up Juan Nunez to replace him. Several days into the preparation camp, Sergio Llull is now dealing with an injury.
As Spain gathered to training camp before the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, Sergio Llull discussed several topics, including Walter Tavares' future in Real Madrid. The 35-year-old Spanish guard believes that Tavares deserves to retire at Real Madrid and hopes this is exactly what will happen.
Real Madrid comfortably defeated Dreamland Gran Canaria in the first game of the Spanish Liga Endesa (ACB) quarterfinals. During the match, Sergio Llull broke two club records. With a triple in the second quarter, he scored his 900th three-pointer with a Real Madrid jersey, a first in the club's history. Llull now has 909 triples in his ACB career, placing him third on the all-time list.Â
Veteran guard Sergio Llull reached a significant milestone on Wednesday night, as he celebrated his 1,000th game defending the Real Madrid shirt in a 79-77 victory against Betis.
After winning their third EuroLeague title, Real Madrid duo Sergio Llull and Rudy Fernandez aren't going to stop. Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) president Jorge Garbajosa confirmed he received commitments from both veterans for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup.
The 2023 EuroLeague Final Four championship game had all the drama one can imagine, with Real Madrid rallying late to edge Olympiacos Piraeus 79-78 on Sunday in Kaunas. The game hero was Sergio Llull, whose only basket of the night – a high-arching mid-range jumper over Moustapha Fall with 3.1 seconds left – secured the title after Real had trailed for the previous 16 minutes.
11 minutes. That's how long it took for Real Madrid to make a decisive push towards the EuroLeague Final Four in a crucial Game 5 against Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade. And it wasn't Edy Tavares, Dzanan Musa, Mario Hezonja, or any other usual suspect. It was the members of the old guard – Sergio Rodriguez, Sergio Llull, and Rudy Fernandez.
Former Real Madrid forward Jeffery Taylor has defended his ex-teammates Guerschon Yabusele and Sergio Llull, who faced criticism after a brawl with Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade players.
The EuroLeague has explained the reasons that led to sanctioning of only two players from Real Madrid, and two from Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade, following last Thursday's incidents at the Wizink Center. Guerschon Yabusele received the biggest sanction of all four players - he was given a 5-game ban in the tournament. The case with the remaining three players gets more interesting.
Kevin Punter made a flashy dribble, and Sergio Llull produced a harsh foul hitting the Partizan playmaker in the abdominal area. The rest is history. The infamous Real-Partizan brawl in Game 2 went viral, while EuroLeague's hashtag was trending on Twitter. Real Madrid's actions caught the attention of the European basketball community as an improper way to behave in a losing situation.
Current and former EuroLeague players expressed their opinions on the EuroLeague sanctions imposed on Real Madrid and Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade players, who participated in the infamous brawl between the two teams in Game 2 of the playoff series on Thursday night.
On Thursday night, Real Madrid and Partizan Mozzart Bet players engaged in a physical altercation that had nothing to do with basketball. The on-court brawl eventually led to the game being suspended, with Partizan now leading the series 2-0 and another (or even two) games in Belgrade coming up.