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Valencia continued its great winning series by beating Zaragoza on road 84-76. Pedro Martinez’s players won for 14th time (7-0 wins in the Eurocup and 7-0 wins in Liga Endesa) this season. Justin Hamilton was great with 20 points and 9 rebounds.
Gran Canaria missed the chance to qualify to the next round after its road loss 92-89 in the overtime by MHP Riesen Ludwigburg. Brad Newley tied (81-81) the game, 7 seconds before the end but the hosts were better in the extra period and won the game 92-89.
Olimpija Ljubljana is still alive after the win 78-65 over Nanterre thanks to the great game by Lapornik (16 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals). Also, Neptunas has a big advantage to qualify to the Last 32 after the thriller-win vs Hapoel Jerusalem (87-85), while the Israelis missed the chance in the last seconds after two missed shots by Rowland and Duncan.