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May 26, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print Point guard Vasilije Micic, a driving force in Anadolu Efes Istanbul's staying power among the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague elite, has been chosen the MVP of the 2020-21 season following voting by fans, media and – for the first time – head coaches and team captains. Micic, 27, ranked fourth in scoring among all EuroLeague players, with 16.3 points per game, and ninth in assists, at 4.8 on average, leading Efes in both categories. As the only EuroLeague player to make 70 or more three-point shots and 100 or ...

May 05, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print Just how great were the 2021 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs? So much so that the three teams that lost Game 5s on Tuesday to end their respective seasons can all turn to at least one play in the series that had it gone differently, they could be preparing for the Final Four in Cologne, Germany, too. In Tuesday's early game, Real Madrid forced Anadolu Efes Istanbul guard Krunoslav Simon into a long, tough three-pointer with the shot clock winding down in the final minute and the score tied. A Simon miss and Los ...

Efes edges Real to take series Anadolu Efes Istanbul held off a feisty Real Madrid squad to clinch a spot at the 2021 Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Final Four in Cologne, Germany. Efes won 88-83 on Tuesday at Sinan Erdem Sports Hall to take their best-of-five EuroLeague Playoffs series 3-2. The game was not decided until the final minute and featured six lead changes and five ties in the fourth quarter alone. Krunoslav Simon broke an 80-80 tie with a desperation three-pointer with 38.6 seconds remaining and after Sergio Llull missed from downtown on the next possession, Chris Singleton gathered...

May 03, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print It is the pinnacle of playoffs basketball the world over, the essence of do-or-die drama. Indeed, just saying Game 5 says it all. And on Tuesday, for the first time in Turkish Airlines EuroLeague history, there will be three such showdowns on a single night to decide three Final Four places from among six highly deserving contenders. Up until now, the history of Game 5 is all about the home teams. There have been 10 winner-take-all fifth games under this playoffs format started in 2009. There have been one or no Game...

May 01, 2021 by Euroleague.net Print After missing almost the whole 2019-20 season with a torn ACL, CSKA Moscow's Will Clyburn was back with a vengeance this season and he sealed that with a career performance that allowed his team to go to its ninth straight Final Four and earn him the MVP of the Week honor for Games 3 and 4 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs. Clyburn shined in Game 3 with a PIR 38 at Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul and led CSKA to a series sweep that punched its ticket to be in Cologne in late May to play for the title. It was a nig...