Hello everyone @ MySpace,

Well, here I am, fresh from a very exciting Euroleague game last night. CSKA beat Joventut in Badalona and I think it allowed 3-4 easy shots in the _entire_ game. That's the way CSKA wins game, as it is one of the best defensive teams in the world - you can ask the LA Clippers about it. CSKA was without David Vanterpool and superstar Theo Papaloukas did not have a good game, but Matjaz Smodis and J.R. Holden took care of business and their defense did the rest.

I got the chance to meet David Vanterpool before and after the game. He is a terrific guy and we know each other well since the 2004 Final Four in Tel Aviv when he played for Montepaschi Siena. If the Euroleague ever wants to promote the competition and try to attract a new group of fans, David is the man to do it. He's handsome, charismatic, outgoing and knows how to speak in public. Hope he gets well soon from his back injury and returns to court just in time to help CSKA in the most decisive phase of the season.

What else happened around the league? Luis Scola became the all-time Euroleague top scorer. A good prize for a hard-working, hard-nosed guy who deserves the Euroleague title like few others around. Tau beat Maccabi while Pau-Orthez got its first Top 16 win since 2004. Olympiacos had to battle hard to beat Partizan, too. And tonight we have a pivotal game between Benetton Treviso and Unicaja, plus three other games, including Efes - Panathinaikos. Nice!

Like I said, I will be going to see my family and check my team in Sevilla next week. I told Belén  - my wife - that she shouldn't go to Euroleague games that often, because then she will see Caja San Fernando and dislike it. Should be a nice weekend in Sevilla to go out, see some friends and luckily enough, smell some orange tree flowers. Sevilla is full of them and that smell shows Spring is almost here. With global warming around, I just hope flowers will be out there now and not in July...

Peace to everyone! And thanks to Fara for getting me introduced to MySpace. She is the one to blame for this blog, believe me.

Javi