Round 17 is almost here, which means that we are reaching another important date in the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season: the halfway mark of this round-robin battle to get to the playoffs. Rounds 15 and 16 were played last week and a lot of teams won both games: Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul, FC Barcelona, Anadolu Efes Istanbul, Real Madrid, UNICS Kazan, Zenit St Petersburg and Olympiacos Piraeus. That is, the top four teams in the standings, two more in playoffs territory and Fenerbahce, which is now on a four-game winning streak and looking good after a dangerous 3-9 start.
Four standarbearers of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague paid tribute to the late owner of Panathinaikos OPAP Athens at the Pavlos Giannakopoulos Memorial tournament in the Greek capital on Saturday, with AX Armani Exchange Milan and Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv advancing to Sunday’s final.
