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2018 ABA League Playoffs
The 2018 ABA League Playoffs is the play-off tournament that decides the winner of the 2017–18 ABA League First Division The 2017–18 ABA League First Division was the 17th season of the ABA League with 12 teams from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Macedonia participating in it. It was the inaugural season as the fi ... season. The playoffs started on March 18, 2018 and ended on April 14, 2018. The winner of the play-offs qualifies for the 2018–19 EuroLeague. Qualified teams Bracket Semifinals 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg Finals 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg See also * 2018 ABA League Second Division Final Four * 2017 ABA League Playoffs * 2017–18 KK Crvena zvezda season References External links Official websiteABA Leagueat Eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:ABA * 2017–18 in Serbian basketball 2017–18 in Croatian basketball 2017–18 in Montenegrin basketb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABA League
The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia). Due to sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as the Goodyear League from 2001 to 2006, the NLB League from 2006 to 2011, and as the AdmiralBet ABA League from 2021. The league coexists alongside scaled-down national leagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. All but one of Adriatic League clubs join their country's own competitions in late spring after the Adriatic League regular season and post-season have been completed. In the past, the league has also consisted of clubs from Bulgaria ( Levski), the Czech Republic (ČEZ Nymburk), Hungary ( Szolnoki Olaj), and Israel (Maccabi Tel Aviv) that received wild card invitations. The Adriatic League is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemanja Gordić
Nemanja Gordić (; born September 25, 1988) is a Bosnians, Bosnian professional basketball player for U-BT Cluj-Napoca of the Romanian Liga Națională (men's basketball), Liga Națională. He also represents the senior Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internationally. Gordić also holds Serbian citizenship. Professional career Gordić made his professional debut with KK Budućnost, Budućnost Podgorica in the 2005–06 season. In December 2010, Gordić moved to Pallacanestro Virtus Roma, Lottomatica Roma in Italy, where he would spend the next two seasons. In November 2012, after only three months at BC Azovmash, Azovmash of Ukraine, Gordić signed with KK Partizan, Partizan until the end of the 2013–14 season. In June 2013, he parted ways with Partizan. In October 2013, he signed a one-year deal with KK Igokea. In June 2014, he signed a three-year deal with KK Cedevita, Cedevita Zagreb. After two seasons he left Cedevita and returned to his former club Budućno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemanja Vranješ
Nemanja Vranješ ( sr-cyr, Немања Врањеш}; born May 11, 1988) is a Montenegrin professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ... player currently playing for Mornar Bar of the Montenegrin League. External linksProfileat aba-liga.comProfileat eurobasket.comat fiba.comProfileat kscg.me 1988 births Living people ABA League players Greek Basket League players KK Budućnost players KK Mornar Bar players KK Sutjeska players OKK Borac players Montenegrin expatriate basketball people in Greece Montenegrin men's basketball players Pagrati B.C. players People from Sanski Most Sportspeople from Una-Sana Canton Shooting guards {{Montenegro-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above mean sea level, above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city had a population of 767,131. The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is 1,071,150, approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia. Zagreb is a city with a rich history dating from Roman Empire, Roman times. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Ščitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol, Zagreb, Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851 Janko Kamauf became Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dom Sportova
Dom sportova (), is a multi-purpose indoor sports arena located in Zagreb, Croatia. The venue was built in 1972 on Trešnjevka, in the western part of the city. It has 32,000 m2 of floorspace, and it features six halls. The seating capacity of the biggest two halls is 5,000 and 3,100. It is used for basketball, handball, volleyball, ice hockey, gymnastics, tennis, as well as concerts. It is the venue for the PBZ Zagreb Indoors men's tennis tournament. It also hosted the final tournament of the 1989 European Basketball Championship, in which the home team of Yugoslavia won the gold medal, the 2000 European Men's Handball Championship, the 2003 World Women's Handball Championship, the 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship as well as the 2008 and 2013 European Figure Skating Championships. Concerts In 40 years the venue hosted many foreign and domestic concerts from celebrated artists, some of them include: * Santana performed a show during their Borboletta Tour on 4 O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Ivanović
Nikola Ivanović (born February 19, 1994) is a Montenegrin professional basketball player for Crvena zvezda of the Adriatic League and the EuroLeague. Standing at , he plays at the point guard position. Professional career Early career Ivanović started his career in local club KK Joker Podgorica. He then played for Mornar Bar during the 2010–11 season, averaging 10.1 points, 4.5 assists and 3.8 steals per game. While in Mornar he also averaged 11.3 points, 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game during 2010–11 BIBL season. Budućnost Podgorica In 2011, Ivanović transferred to the biggest Montenegrin basketball club, Budućnost Podgorica, signing his first professional contract in February 2012, after he turned 18. In his first season with the team, he averaged 6.9 points, 1.4 assists and 1 steal per game in 16.2 minutes per game played in the 2011–12 ABA League season. During the 2013–14 season, Ivanović was handed a chance with being the first point guard option for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Doellman
Justin Joseph Doellman (born 3 February 1985) is an American-born naturalized Kosovan former professional basketball player who last played for Baxi Manresa of the Liga ACB. Standing at , he plays at the power forward position. College career Doellman played four years of Division I college basketball at Xavier University, playing with the Xavier Musketeers. He averaged 10.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game in the NCAA. Professional career Doellman started his pro career in France, where he spent three years in the LNB Pro A. In 2010, he signed with Liga ACB squad Meridiano Alicante, where he averaged 13.1 points and 6.2 rebounds in the Spanish League, and in the next summer, he played for Assignia Manresa, where he became the second top scorer of the Spanish league, with 16.8 points per game. He was also voted the Spanish League's MVP of the Month for the month of January. In 2012, and after a great season, Doellman left Manresa to join Valencia, where he signed for the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyle Gibson (basketball)
Kyle Edward Gibson (born May 22, 1987) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball for the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Biography He played college basketball at Louisiana Tech (2006–2010). Gibson signed with Budućnost on July 6, 2017. He inked with Beşiktaş on August 28, 2018. On August 20, 2019, he signed with Boulazac Basket Dordogne of the LNB Pro A. Gibson averaged 11.8 points and 2.6 assists per game. On November 6, 2020, he signed with Śląsk Wrocław of the Polish Basketball League. Gibson joined the Brujos de Guayama in Puerto Rico in 2021, but left the team in August. On August 21, 2021, he signed with Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Premier League. The Basketball Tournament Kyle Gibson played for Team CitiTeam Blazers in the 2018 edition of The Basketball Tournament The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is an open-application, single-elimination tournament played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Johnson (basketball, Born 1985)
Chris Johnson (born July 17, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Taipei Fubon Braves of the P. League+. He played college basketball for the LSU Tigers before having multiple stints in the NBA between 2011 and 2013. High school and college Born in Washington, D.C., Johnson attended Colonial Beach High School in Westmoreland County, Virginia, where he averaged 22.2 points and 12.5 rebounds in his final season. He was then part of Laurinburg Institute's prep school national championship team under coach Chris Chaney in 2005. He averaged 8.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game as a senior and shot 42 percent from three-point range. Johnson played college basketball for the LSU Tigers from 2005 to 2009. In 85 games, he made 59 starts and averaged 7.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in 20.4 minutes per game. With 176 blocks, he finished his four-year career as the second all-time leader in blocked shots at LSU behind Shaquille O'Neal (412). P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podgorica
Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro formed, as the Socialist Republic of Montenegro in honour of Marshal of Yugoslavia, Marshal Josip Broz Tito. The city was largely destroyed during the bombing of Podgorica in World War II and accordingly the city is now dominated by architecture from the following decades of communism. Further but less substantial damage was caused by the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, 1999 bombing by NATO forces. The surrounding landscape is predominantly Mountain range, mountainous terrain. The city is just north of the Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Historically, it was Podgorica's position at the confluence of the Ribn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morača Sports Center
Morača Sports Centre ( Montenegrin: ''Sportski centar Morača'', Спортски центар Морача) is a multi-sports venue that is located in Podgorica, Montenegro. The venue is located in the new part of Podgorica, on the right bank of Morača River, after which it got its name. Construction of the sports complex began in 1978, and various sporting facilities are scattered within it, across a five hectare area. Besides being a sports venue, Morača Sports Centre also hosts various concerts and events. History The new venue was inaugurated with a friendly basketball game between the Yugoslav national team and Wichita State University. The complex's main indoor hall hosted six preliminary-round games of EuroBasket 2005. The venue underwent a major refurbishment for the tournament in order to meet the arena standards imposed by FIBA. With the immense growth of the popularity of water polo in Montenegro, two brand new open-air swimming pools were added to the facility ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demetris Nichols
Demetris Nichols (born September 4, 1984) is a retired American professional basketball player. He can play at both the small forward and power forward positions. Nichols played college basketball with the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team, and has been a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Chicago Bulls, and New York Knicks of the NBA. High school career Nichols was coached by Mike Hart at St. Andrew's High School, where he helped his club to a 28-8 record and won the New England Prep School Athletic Conference title, tallying 15 points and 13 rebounds in the championship game against Lawrence Academy. His senior year, he averaged 18.6 points and 8.9 rebounds a game. He was a three-time Street & Smith's Magazine Honorable Mention All-American, a 2003 third-team ''Parade'' All-American, the 2003 Rhode Island Gatorade Player of the Year, and the EA Sports Roundball Game All-American. He was rated 50th overall and 14th among small forwards by ESPN.com. He was successfully recr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
