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May 04, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print History will be made on Tuesday night when for the first time, three winner-take-all Game 5s will be played in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs. And all three visiting teams have a chance to add to the historic occasion. Real Madrid and FC Bayern Munich, which play respective opponents Anadolu Efes Istanbul and AX Armani Exchange Milan, can become the first teams to ever come back from 0-2 series deficits to re...

Apr 27, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print The top four teams in the standings at the end of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season had toiled for 34 rounds to earn home-court advantage for the playoffs. However, the teams placed fifth through eight were also battled-tested and deservedly reached the best-of-five playoffs. After starting with a pair of road games, now they get to go home. In three cases, those teams are playing for their seasons. Its do...

Feb 25, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print Before anything else, take a good look at all the new names and faces in the FabFive Challenge registry. Youll find Pau Gasol of FC Barcelona at the very bottom of Range 4. Iffe Lundberg CSKA Moscow is nestled into the middle of Range 3 and you will see three new players – Jeremy Evans of AX Armani Exchange Milan, Mario Hezonja of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens and Micheal Eric of CSKA Moscow – at the tail end of that r...

Feb 16, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print The FabFive Challenge returns after a week off in which many of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague teams played in domestic cup competitions. In particular, the teams that walked away victorious from those cups are riding high and the players who shined brightest in those games should all be considered as worthy selections for FabFive Challenge in Round 25. Though basing players form off of domestic games can prove tricky...

Jan 28, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print Perhaps the biggest advantage to playing the FabFive Challenge over its counterpart, the EuroLeague Fantasy Challenge, is that you can adjust your lineups until tipoff. So if you missed that Alexey Shved was out in Round 21 or Mike James was out in Round 22, you may have been burned in the latter competition, but you can always make a last-minute adjustment in FabFive Challenge. Of course, that is more helpful at certa...

Jan 26, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print Endurance is always of high importance when choosing players for the FabFive Challenge, even more so during two-round weeks. Of course, endurance matters little for our purposes if the players arent offensive weapons. Among the top scorers in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague over the past three rounds can be found multiple players from three different FabFive Challenge ranges... and all are worthy of consideration. Whic...

Jan 14, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print Because you can never get enough help making picks in the FabFive Challenge, lets examine some promising tips for Round 20. Take a good look at players from Crvena Zvezda mts Belgrade and Real Madrid. Those two teams will have fresh legs after their Round 19 showdown set for Wednesday was postponed because of the snowstorm in the Spanish capital, which made it impossible for Zvezda to arrive. Real faces an FC Bayern Mu...

Dec 28, 2020 by Euroleague.net Print Coming up on the midpoint of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season in Round 17 on Tuesday and Wednesday, its a good time to consider general FabFive Challenge strategies that might apply at any given moment. This, interestingly, is easier to do in the more difficult, lower ranges, which are populated by players who either do not tend to score or, for some reason, havent done much of it this season. The key is ...