In Euroleague Weekly Show, Boki talks about his expectations about the upcoming Euroleague Final Four in Milan from 16th to 18th May. Boki and his teammates will face Real Madrid in semis, while Maccabi Tel Aviv will play against CSKA Moscow.
Another solid win in ACB
In the 29th round of spanish ACB league FC Barcelona defeated Fuenlabrada 81:63. Boki played 15 minutes and scored 2 points with 2 rebounds. This was 21st win for Barcelona this season and it currently ranks them in 3rd place, leading Unicaja by 1 win. In next round Barcelona will play at home against Laboral Kutxa. The game will begin on Sunday, 4th of May at 19.00 CET.
Photo: FC Barcelona
Barcelona sweeps the series, goes to Final Four
After winning a close game against Galatasaray 75:78 and sweeping the series, Barcelona will take part in its fifth Final Four in six seasons! However it was not an easy task at all. Galatasaray led as much as 10 points in the 1st quarter, but Barcelona kept on fighting and trying to reach the opponent.
In the last quarter, Barcelona managed to make 9-1 run and take the lead. Galatasaray tried to answer back with three pointers in the closing minutes, but Barca stayed calm and sealed the win.
Boki played 13 minutes and scored 8 points off the bench.
Barcelona takes 2-0 lead over Galatasaray
FC Barcelona moved within one victory of returning to Final Four after defeating Galatasaray 84:63 at Palau Blaugrana on Thursday night. Barca takes now a 2-0 series lead as they head into game 3, which will be played this Sunday at 19.00 CET in Istanbul.
It has been shown throughout the season, that Barcelona has a deep roster. Every game a different player steps up and helps his team to achieve another victory. Boki played 12 minutes and scored 2 points with 3 rebounds and 2 assists. Brad Oleson and Alex Abrines were scoring team leaders with 14 and 13 points apiece.
If Barcelona wins game 3 in Istanbul, they become 1st team to reach Final Four this season.
Boki writes a new blog during Euroleague Playoffs
Bostjan likes to play basketball, make talkshows with his podcasts and occasionally writes blog for Euroleague.net. In his latest "eddition", Boki talked about the playoffs, the importance of winning home games and Google glasses. You can read more here.
Miha Čmer will participate again as coach at BN Basketball Camp
MIha Čmer is a former basketball player and a current basketball coach with a lot of basketball experience. He played in 1st Slovenian division for may years for teams such as Hopsi Polzela, Zlatorog Laško, Luka Koper and Elektra Šoštanj.
He also played abroad in Lithuania, Finland, Iceland and spent his high school years in Nevada, USA.
Currently, Miha works as a basketball coach for youth teams in Zlatorog Laško.
Barcelona takes blowout win over Galatasaray
FC Barcelona struck first in its best-of-five playoffs series by downing Galatasaray Liv Hospital Istanbul 88-61 in Game 1 at home. Barcelona was behind throughout the first half, but got its first lead shortly after Galatasaray star Carlos Arroyo left the game injured right before halftime. In the second half, the hosts surged behind the three-point shooting of Jacob Pullen, Bostjan Nachbar and Brad Oleson to win easily.
Final score was 88:61. Game 2 starts on Thursday, 17th of April at 21.00 CET in Barcelona.
Photo: FC Barcelona
20th win in ACB league
FC Barcelona won the 20th game in Spanish ACB league. They defeated Rio Natura 77:62. Top scorer for Barcelona was Boki, who played only 16 minutes and managed to score 20 points, including 5 three pointers. You chan check the highlights here.
Barcelona will now enter the most important stage of the season, the Euroleague playoffs. Hopefully, Boki and his teammates will play as well as they have been playing recently. Catalonians will face Galatasaray at home, game 1 will begin on Tuesday, 15th of April.
Barcelona dominant only for 20 minutes
In the last round of Euroleague TOP16, FC Barcelona lost at home to Laboral Kutxa 86:97. Barcelona played extremely well in the first half, with high shooting percentage and led as much as 19 points, but Laboral Kutxa exploded in 3rd quarter (10:31) and managed to make a huge comeback and win the game.
Barcelona played without Lorbek and Oleson, got the good bench production from Boki, who scored 18 points and grabbed 3 rebounds in 25 minutes, but just wasn't strong enough defensively to maintain the led for the rest of the game.
In the quarterfinals Barca will face either Galatasaray Istanbul or Lokomotiv Kuban. The winner will be known tonight after the match between Galatarsaray and Partizan.
Zaragoza surprises Barcelona
In round 26 of Spanish ACB league, CAI Zaragoza defeated FC Barcelona 85:79. Home team led throughout the whole game and Barcelona only came near in the closing minutes. Zaragoza led the first half 42:31, but Boki and his teammates tried to crawl back into the game.
In the last minutes of the game Barcelona had a chance to tie and even take the lead, but home team was very accurate on the offensive end and knocked down some crucial three pointers and sealed the win.
Boki returned to the lineup after missing 2 games due to injury and was immediately effective from the bench. He played 21 minutes, scored 11 points and grabbed 3 rebounds. You can see the highlights from the game, by clicking here.
Barca lost 1st game with a blowout
FC Barcelona is going to have to wait for the "lucky win no. 13". Playing without Boki and Juan Carlons Navarro, Catalonians didn't play well enough to beat good Italian team. Final score was 91:63.
Barcelona was playing well in the 1st quarter, but already fell behind in the 2nd. It was 43:34 at halftime for Milano. The biggest lead came in the 3rd quarter where Barcelona scored only 6 points, but the home team scored 26.
The last Euroleague game for Barca will be at home on April 10th at 20.45 CET. They will play against Laboral Kutxa, the team that is already eliminated from reaching playoffs.
Photo: FC Barcelona
Easy win in ACB
FC Barcelona is playing with high intensity on both fronts. After an "easy" win against Panathinaikos last Friday, Barcelona showed another solid performance against Bilbao Basket in ACB league. Final score was 104:75. This was 19th win for Barca and is currently in 3rd place, trailing Valencia with 3 wins.
Boki didn't play in the last game due to back injury, which occurred in the last quarter against Panathinaikos. His return to the court is diagnosed as day to day. Boki said that he feels better and hopefully will be ready to help his team reach 13th win in TOP 16 on Tuesday, 2nd against Emporio Armani in Milano.
The game will begin at 20.00 CET.
Photo: FC Barcelona
Another huge win in TOP 16
FC Barcelona won their 12th game in TOP 16. Yesterday, they were better than Panathinaikos, beating them 84:62. Pao was only able to stay close and stay in front in the 1st quarter (14:15). Barcelona managed to share the ball well on offense and apply good pressure on the opponent on the defensive end in 2nd and 3rd quarter, which turned out very well for the hosts.
It was 42:32 for Barcelona at half time. Due to good teamwork all the players for Barcelona contributed offensively and were able to score points. Boki was one of them as well. He played 17 minutes, scored 3 points and grabbed 2 rebounds.
Barca will play on the road their 13th game in TOP 16 against Armani Emporio Milan. Game is scheduled on April 2nd at 20.00 CET.
Photo: FC Barcelona
Head coach at Boki Nachbar Basketball Camp, Grega Nachbar
Grega Nachbar has been a head coach at Boki Nachbar Basketball Camp for many years. He is in charge of basketball program and works as a coach in practices as well. Gregas' responsibility is organizing practices and making sure, that players do the drills according to their basketball skills.
During the school year, Grega works as a basketball coach in local basketball club ŠD Koš in Koper and is working with teams from U-14 to U-18.
"Every summer we try to make our basketball camp better. I believe it's very important that we prepare ourselves thoroughly and bring in the coaches who are capable to do their job. It is vital that they are basketball wise educated and that they have playing and coaching experiences. Therefore they are able to show and execute the drills more efficiently, which makes it easier for kids to learn new skills." says Grega Nachbar.
Photo: Boki Nachbar Basketball Camp
Barcelona wins on the road
FC Barcelona clinched another road win in spanish ACB league. They defeated Gipuzkoa Basket 75:86. Barca managed to stay in front almost throughout the entire 40 minutes and pushed the lead up to 21 points in the 3rd quarter.
Boki started the game and played 22 minutes. He scored 4 points, dished out 3 assists and grabbed 2 rebounds. This was the 18th win for Barcelona and is currently ranked 3rd in ACB league.
Photo: FC Barcelona
Boki leads Barca past Unicaja
FC Barcelona remains undefeated in TOP 16 Group F and is one step closer to clinch no. 1 seed by downing Unicaja Malaga 61:77. Boki paced the winners with 16 points in 17 minutes of playing time and grabbed 5 rebounds. The game was played in a very high tempo, but Barcelona managed to stay in front in the first half 31:37.
In the second half Catalonian squad managed to make a run, especially in the 4th quarter with Bokis' back to back three pointers and pushing the lead to 14 points (47:61). Barca managed to control the lead for the rest of the game.
Barcelona will play next TOP 16 game at home against Panathinaikos. The game will be played on Friday 28th, at 20.45 CET in Palau Blaugrana.
Photo: FC Barcelona
Head coach of Boki Nachbar Basketball Camp active as a basketball analyst
Grega Nachbar, who is head coach of Boki Nachbar Basketball Camp is back on his commentator seat. He is working as a basketball analyst for national tv station RTV Slovenia. Grega will join his colleague Miha Mišič in broadcasting basketball games in Slovenian league and during the FIBA Basketball World Cup which will be held in Spain, this September.
Grega has already worked as a basketball commentator for RTV Slovenia in the previous Fiba Eurobasket, which was last year in Slovenia.
Barcelona keeps on rolling
FC Barcelona is still playing on the high level as they defeated Olympiacos 70:56. The game was very phisical and both teams didn't score many points in the 1st half of the game (33:27). In 2nd half Barcelona managed to make a run in the 4th quarter and push the lead to 16 points (65:49) after 2 consecutive three pointers from Brad Oleson. At that points, the game was pretty much over.
This was 10th consecutive win for Barcelona as they face Unicaja in Malaga next Friday, 21st at 20.45 CET.
Photo: FC Barcelona
Boki in 3rd place of Euroleague TOP 10 plays of the week
Barcelona played as a team and managed to defeat Fenerbahce in round 9 in Euroleage. One of the plays includes Boki and made it No. 3 in TOP 10 plays of the week. You can check out the plays in this video below.
Blowout and a new record
FC Barcelona chipped another win, this time against CB Valladolid. Final score was 66:111. Boki played 16 minutes and scored 3 points, but the MVP of the game was his teammate Jacob Pullen who scored 42 points and set a new league record with 12 three-pointers. You can check all his shots here.
Barcelona will play next ACB game at home on Sunday, March 16th at 12.30 CET against Bruixa D'or.