May 22, 2013
TOP 16, 2011-12
The 2011-12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 brings the cream of the crop together to battle for eight tickets to the playoffs. Among the 16 teams are three newcomers – Gescrap BB, GS Medical Park and Unics Kazan; four Spanish clubs, including real Madrid, Unicaja and Gescrap all paired together in Group F; and three teams from Istanbul, the site of the 2012 Final Four, including rivals Anadolu Efes and Galatasaray, which will duel in Group E. As expected, all the 2011 Final Four teams – champion Panathinaikos, runner-up Maccabi Electra, Real Madrid and Montepaschi Siena – are accounted for as well as the teams with the best records in the regular season, undefeated CSKA Moscow and nine-win FC Barcelona Regal and will all lead the charge towards the playoffs.

Demond Mallet - Maccabi Electra
Top 16, Game 1
The 2011-12 Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 tipped off with exciting clashes over two days in which half the games went to the visitors and three-quarters of them were decided by fewer than 10 points! Interestingly, some of the most exciting games were won by the teams that made up last season’s Final Four: Panathinaikos, Maccabi Electra, Real Madrid and Montepaschi Siena. MORE | MVP
Henry Domercant - Unics
Top 16, Game 2
A thrilling Wednesday of Top 16, Game 2 featured six games and plenty of drama in setting up three undisputed group leaders. A breakdown of a thrilling night shows three wins by double figures and two more by a combined 3 points! Two games were won by visiting teams. Two teams won for the first time in the Top 16. And another won as it unveiled its bran new arena. MORE | MVP
Shaun Stonerook and Bo McCalebb celebrates - Montepaschi Siena
Top 16, Game 3
The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 hit its halfway mark with Week 3’s eight contests. With three games left in this phase of the competition, all teams are still alive and none have made the playoffs yet, but that could change as soon as next week. In fact, there is the potential for seven of the eight playoffs tickets to be handed out in one week’s time! MORE | MVP
Jaka Lakovic and Jamon Lucas celebrates - Galatasaray Medical Park
Top 16, Game 4
Two-thirds of the way through the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16, there is an amazing fact: All 16 teams are still alive and kicking! No team has clinched a playoffs spot yet either, though Montepaschi Siena of Group F and FC Barcelona Regal of Group H are eerily close with 4-0 records. Two weeks will pass before the Week 5 games arrive, in which seven of the eight playoffs tickets could be issued. MORE | MVP
Janis Blums and Raul Lopez - Gescrap BB celebrate
Top 16, Game 5
After what was perhaps the greatest week of games in Top 16 history, four teams are in the playoffs, five have been sent home and Top 16, Week 6 sets up for incredible drama with five games that will decide the playoff lineup – including a win-or-go-home clash for one remaining spot and a head-to-head battle for first place in another group. Among the eight Week 5 games, there were two buzzer-beaters, two more that came down to the final seconds and a pair of monumental comebacks. MORE | MVP
Pero Antic - Olympiacos celebrates
Top 16, Game 6
The Turkish Airlines Euroleague Playoffs picture was finalized after the last of the Top 16, Week 6 games ended, setting up a mouth-watering lineup for the best-of-five series, which included two teams reaching the round of eight in their debut seasons’ in the elite continental competition, a series rematching teams from last season’s playoffs and the cherry on top: a repeat of the 2011 Euroleague Final! The complete playoffs lineup is CSKA Moscow vs Gescrap BB; Montepaschi Siena vs Olympiacos; Panathinaikos vs Maccabi Electra; FC Barcelona Regal vs Unics Kazan! MORE | MVP
TOP 16 STANDINGS
GROUP E
CSKA Moscow
 CSKA Moscow, 5-1
Olympiacos Basketball
 Olympiacos, 3-3
Galatasaray Medical Park
 GS Medical Park, 3-3
Anadolu Efes
 Anadolu Efes, 1-5
GROUP F
Montepaschi Siena
 Montepaschi Siena, 4-2
Bilbao Basket
 Gescrap BB, 4-2
Real Madrid
 Real Madrid, 4-2
Unicaja
 Unicaja, 0-6
GROUP G
Panathinaikos
 Panathinaikos, 4-2
Unics Kazan
 Unics, 3-3
EA7 - Emporio Armani Milano
 EA7 Emporio Armani, 3-3
Fenerbahce Ulker
 Fenerbahce Ulker, 2-4
GROUP H
FC Barcelona Regal
 FC Barcelona Regal, 6-0
Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv
 Maccabi Electra, 3-3
NGC Bennet Cantu
 Benett Cantu, 3-3
Zalgiris Kaunas
 Zalgiris Kaunas, 0-6
Monday, March 26, 2012
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