By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
The number of Basketball Champions League playoff participants increased to seven as three more teams secured a ticket on Gameday 12.
Dinamo Sassari is one of them after, despite some ups and downs, getting a road win over SIG Strasbourg which has only a slim hope remaining. Manresa lost their first game at home this season but is still in a good place with a 7-5 record at the third spot in Group A. UNET Holon gave them the loss and now chases Filou Oostende which is looking to advance to the playoffs for the first time.
In Group B, Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem is the first to advance while also keeping a perfect 6-0 record in front of the home crowd. The only team without a home loss this season. San Pablo Burgos put on an impressive performance in the win over AEK as they get past them at the second spot with a tiebreaker advantage.
Group C didn’t get any new playoff teams as the things stay heated for the remaining two spots. Nizhny Novgorod lost to Nymburk and stayed at seven wins while Peristeri winmasters are behind with the same record and Brose Bamberg is on a mission to complete things for them after improving to 6-6 with win over VEF Riga.
Casademont Zaragoza is the third team to get a playoff ticket this week after a statement road win over JDA Dijon which advanced last week. Telekom Baskets Bonn and Besiktas Sompo Sigorta follow with 7-5 and 6-6 records but nobody is out in this group yet, although PAOK is in a tough spot with 4-8 at the bottom.
Basketball Champions League Regular Season Gameday 12 results and standings:
Group A
Polski Cukier Torun – Lietkabelis 81-85
BAXI Manresa – UNET Holon 65-67
Filou Oostende – Turk Telekom 67-85
SIG Strasbourg – Dinamo Sassari 83-88
1. y-Turk Telekom 21 (9-3)
2. y-Dinamo Sassari 21 (9-3)
3. BAXI Manresa 19 (7-5)
4. Filou Oostende 18 (6-6)
5. UNET Holon 18 (6-6)
6. Lietkabelis 17 (5-7)
7. x-SIG Strasbourg (4-8)
8. x-Polski Cukier Torun 14 (2-10)
y-advanced to the playoffs
x-eliminated from the playoffs
Group B
Teksut Bandirma – RASTA Vechta 82-70
Telenet Giants Antwerp – Anwil Wloclawek 99-87
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem – EB Pau-Lacq-Orthez 98-76
San Pablo Burgos – AEK 93-76
1. y-Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 21 (9-3)
2. San Pablo Burgos 19 (7-5)
3. AEK 19 (7-5)
4. Teksut Bandirma 18 (6-6)
5. RASTA Vechta 18 (6-6)
6. Anwil Wloclawek 17 (5-7)
7. x-Telenet Giants Antwerp 16 (4-8)
8. EB Pau-Lacq-Orthez 16 (4-8)
y-advanced to the playoffs
x-eliminated from the playoffs
Group C
Peristeri winmasters – Mornar Bar 72-67
ERA Nymburk – Nizhny Novgorod 76-72
Brose Bamberg – VEF Riga 91-53
Gaziantep – Iberostar Tenerife 65-88
1. y-Iberostar Tenerife 22 (10-2)
2. y-ERA Nymburk 22 (10-2)
3. Nizhny Novgorod 19 (7-5)
4. Peristeri winmasters 19 (7-5)
5. Brose Bamberg 18 (6-6)
6. x-Mornar Bar 16 (4-8)
7. x-Gaziantep 15 (3-9)
8. x-VEF Riga 13 (1-11)
y-advanced to the playoffs
x-eliminated from the playoffs
Group D
Falco Szombathely – Besiktas Sompo Sigorta 79-83
Happy Casa Brindisi – PAOK 93-91
JDA Dijon – Casademont Zaragoza 73-105
Neptunas Klaipeda – Telekom Baskets Bonn 93-68
1. y-Casademont Zaragoza 20 (8-4)
2. y-JDA Dijon 20 (8-4)
3. Telekom Baskets Bonn 19 (7-5)
4. Besiktas Sompo Sigorta 18 (6-6)
5. Happy Casa Brindisi 17 (5-7)
6. Neptunas 17 (5-7)
7. Falco Szombathely 17 (5-7)
8. x-PAOK 16 (4-8)
y-advanced to the playoffs
x-eliminated from the playoffs
Photo Credit: Basketball Champions League