Euroleague F4

Sgt Major · Post #1 » by **Sgt Major** » Fri May 23, 2025 3:43 pm

Started today, currently Fener and PAO are playing, with OLY and Monaco later this evening.

Post #2 » by **bisme37** » Fri May 23, 2025 4:02 pm

I keep clicking on this thinking it would be cool if I had any idea what Euroleague F4 is haha.

Sgt Major · Post #3 » by **Sgt Major** » Fri May 23, 2025 4:06 pm

bisme37 wrote:I keep clicking on this thinking it would be cool if I had any idea what Euroleague F4 is haha.

Wow sorry!

It's the Final Four Tournament of the Euroleague, the most elite international league for European teams!

Two semi-finals and a final, best of one goes through and wins each of the rounds!

FreeBird23 · Post #4 » by **FreeBird23** » Fri May 23, 2025 4:21 pm

Fener has more offensive weapons. Pana need Nunn to play hero ball since nobody can score for them

Buckets22 · Post #5 » by **Buckets22** » Fri May 23, 2025 4:25 pm

Wait, they play in Abi Dhabi?

Sgt Major · Post #6 » by **Sgt Major** » Fri May 23, 2025 4:33 pm

Buckets22 wrote:Wait, they play in Abi Dhabi?

Yeah and a team from Dubai plays in the Euroleague now.

Buckets22 · Post #7 » by **Buckets22** » Fri May 23, 2025 4:37 pm

FreeBird23 wrote:Fener has more offensive weapons. Pana need Nunn to play hero ball since nobody can score for them

Nunn got played and is fouled out...

LuDux1 · Post #8 » by **LuDux1** » Fri May 23, 2025 4:42 pm

Sgt Major wrote:
Buckets22 wrote:Wait, they play in Abi Dhabi?
Yeah and a team from Dubai plays in the Euroleague now.

Will play next season

SpreeS · Post #9 » by **SpreeS** » Fri May 23, 2025 4:44 pm

Looks like Jasikevicius time arrived against Ataman

LuDux1 · Post #10 » by **LuDux1** » Fri May 23, 2025 5:01 pm

Ataman lost. Does that means Berucka now owns his gesture?

UcanUwill · Post #11 » by **UcanUwill** » Fri May 23, 2025 5:04 pm

Very ugly game, I hope not too many NBA fans watched, because quality was suspect. I was pulling for PAO, very disappointed, basically all big names struggled, Sloukas, Nunn, Hayes, Juancho almost nowhere to be seen, Fene won by unlikely Hall, Melli and MCCollum. McCollum is 37 (CJ's brother) and this was one of his best games I have ever seen.

P.S. PAO's owner is absolute clown.

UcanUwill · Post #12 » by **UcanUwill** » Fri May 23, 2025 5:06 pm

SpreeS wrote:Looks like Jasikevicius time arrived against Ataman

Saras' overcoaching style worked today in a game where star players struggle. He hunted Nunn and Sloukas on defense any time they would step on the court.

Sgt Major · Post #13 » by **Sgt Major** » Fri May 23, 2025 5:13 pm

LuDux1 wrote:
Sgt Major wrote:
Buckets22 wrote:Wait, they play in Abi Dhabi?
Yeah and a team from Dubai plays in the Euroleague now.

Will play next season

Sorry, mixed it up with ABA

FreeBird23 · Post #14 » by **FreeBird23** » Fri May 23, 2025 5:14 pm

UcanUwill wrote:Very ugly game, I hope not too many NBA fans watched, because quality was suspect. I was pulling for PAO, very disappointed, basically all big names struggled, Sloukas, Nunn, Hayes, Juancho almost nowhere to be seen, Fene won by unlikely Hall, Melli and MCCollum. McCollum is 37 (CJ's brother) and this was one of his best games I have ever seen.

P.S. PAO's owner is absolute clown.

You look salty more than anything.
Both teams have very good shooting %, some quality defense and some big shots in the last five minutes from both teams.

UcanUwill · Post #15 » by **UcanUwill** » Fri May 23, 2025 5:17 pm

So, who you guys cheer for anyway? I was hoping for OLY-PAO finals, had a bet going haha. Well, that went not so well, I just wanted Atman to win, I like him and his squad. Now I do not know what to think of OLY vs Monaco?

Nunn still got his 19 points today, but if Sasha has a great game today, I think this years MVP will look like even bigger robbery. People talk how Jokic is robbed in the NBA, but man, that has nothing compared to EL, Sasha had best stats by far and his team is first seed, and he still didn't get it. EL are just so hungry for '''stars'', and Sasha is a star, but he is also a system rele player, he gets best stats in a league while taking 2 dribbles a game. Nunn is just electic ball handling guard, so they gave it to him IMO.

UcanUwill · Post #16 » by **UcanUwill** » Fri May 23, 2025 5:19 pm

FreeBird23 wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:Very ugly game, I hope not too many NBA fans watched, because quality was suspect. I was pulling for PAO, very disappointed, basically all big names struggled, Sloukas, Nunn, Hayes, Juancho almost nowhere to be seen, Fene won by unlikely Hall, Melli and MCCollum. McCollum is 37 (CJ's brother) and this was one of his best games I have ever seen.

P.S. PAO's owner is absolute clown.

You look salty more than anything.
Both teams have very good shooting %, some quality defense and some big shots in the last five minutes from both teams.

4th quarter fixed it a bit where teams scored 27-28 points, after 3 quarters, the score was 55-48, it was not a quality game up until that point.

Both teams shot very well from 3, but PAO took only 17 threes, it is funny to see how NBA and Euro game flipped, Euros now shoot way less 3s than NBA teams, and in the past it was complete opposite

FreeBird23 · Post #17 » by **FreeBird23** » Fri May 23, 2025 5:25 pm

UcanUwill wrote:
FreeBird23 wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:Very ugly game, I hope not too many NBA fans watched, because quality was suspect. I was pulling for PAO, very disappointed, basically all big names struggled, Sloukas, Nunn, Hayes, Juancho almost nowhere to be seen, Fene won by unlikely Hall, Melli and MCCollum. McCollum is 37 (CJ's brother) and this was one of his best games I have ever seen.

P.S. PAO's owner is absolute clown.

You look salty more than anything.
Both teams have very good shooting %, some quality defense and some big shots in the last five minutes from both teams.

4th quarter fixed it a bit where teams scored 27-28 points, after 3 quarters, the score was 55-48, it was not a quality game up until that point.

Both teams shot very well from 3, but PAO took only 17 threes, it is funny to see how NBA and Euro game flipped, Euros now shoot way less 3s than NBA teams, and in the past it was complete opposite

Second half was better than first half for sure. But ugly game is too strong.

And yes, less 3's is better imo.

UcanUwill · Post #18 » by **UcanUwill** » Fri May 23, 2025 5:31 pm

FreeBird23 wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:
FreeBird23 wrote:
You look salty more than anything.
Both teams have very good shooting %, some quality defense and some big shots in the last five minutes from both teams.

4th quarter fixed it a bit where teams scored 27-28 points, after 3 quarters, the score was 55-48, it was not a quality game up until that point.

Both teams shot very well from 3, but PAO took only 17 threes, it is funny to see how NBA and Euro game flipped, Euros now shoot way less 3s than NBA teams, and in the past it was complete opposite

Second half was better than first half for sure. But ugly game is too strong.

And yes, less 3's is better imo.

I said this many times that I prefer ''ugly'' games, maybe because I always was a fan of lower tier ball, missed shots do not bother me at all. So, I myself didn't think game was unpleasant, to me it was very exiting, but as Insecure Euroleague fan, I saw teams under 50 points after 3 quarters, so I was already projecting and preparing for some hater talk from NBA audience.

I wached OKC-Minny and this today, this game to me is more interesting, maybe also because it is single elimination, but you can't deny the shot making ability in NBA is far better. Fene was very good in reading opponent defenses there in stretches tho, one domino would fall IN PAO defense, and the ball movement was just killing for Fene, attacked desperate closeouts there couple of times or just finding open corner 3s. Team was well prepared.

I liked EUro balll more when they were shooting 3s, so I wont flip flop, I will say I like ball no matter shot selection. But yeah, Boston Celtics with 60 threes per game, that team is just very boring to watch.

Sgt Major · Post #19 » by **Sgt Major** » Fri May 23, 2025 5:54 pm

UcanUwill wrote:So, who you guys cheer for anyway? I was hoping for OLY-PAO finals, had a bet going haha. Well, that went not so well, I just wanted Atman to win, I like him and his squad. Now I do not know what to think of OLY vs Monaco?

Nunn still got his 19 points today, but if Sasha has a great game today, I think this years MVP will look like even bigger robbery. People talk how Jokic is robbed in the NBA, but man, that has nothing compared to EL, Sasha had best stats by far and his team is first seed, and he still didn't get it. EL are just so hungry for '''stars'', and Sasha is a star, but he is also a system rele player, he gets best stats in a league while taking 2 dribbles a game. Nunn is just electic ball handling guard, so they gave it to him IMO.

I dislike Saras as a coach and HATE Gypsiakos with passion, so I hope Monaco wins it all.

LuDux1 · Post #20 » by **LuDux1** » Fri May 23, 2025 6:09 pm

FreeBird23 wrote:
UcanUwill wrote:
FreeBird23 wrote:
You look salty more than anything.
Both teams have very good shooting %, some quality defense and some big shots in the last five minutes from both teams.

4th quarter fixed it a bit where teams scored 27-28 points, after 3 quarters, the score was 55-48, it was not a quality game up until that point.

Both teams shot very well from 3, but PAO took only 17 threes, it is funny to see how NBA and Euro game flipped, Euros now shoot way less 3s than NBA teams, and in the past it was complete opposite

Second half was better than first half for sure. But ugly game is too strong.

And yes, less 3's is better imo.

Euroleague teams score 34% of all points from behind the arc, NBA - 36%. Not much of a difference