By Stefan Djordjevic / info@eurohoops.net
The third week of the Basketball Champions League will feature action in four groups with a total of six games while two matches have been postponed to November 11th.
As the new format of the competition includes teams playing in alternate weeks, this time around, Groups A, B, C, and D will step on the court.
A few newcomers will search for their first wins in their debut seasons but most attention will go to the clashes between the names already familiar with the competition.
JDA Dijon and ERA Nymburk are up for quite likely a high-scoring contest as they look to continue their perfect starts to the season. Dijon won all five of its games in the French League and the first game in BCL while Nymburk holds a 6-0 record in the Czech League and this will be their first clash in BCL this season. These squads played against each other twice in 2018 and Dijon won both times.
Meanwhile, Dinamo Sassari and Iberostar Tenerife will close the action this week and the two title-contenders will face off for the first time ever. Both won in the first BCL week while the Italian hold a 4-2 and Spaniards 6-1 record in their respective domestic leagues.
Group A
Dinamo Sassari – Iberostar Tenerife (November 4, 20:30 CET)
Galatasaray – Bakken Bears (postponed to November 11, 18:00 CET)
| GAMES | STREAK | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | Last 5 | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 | Iberostar Tenerife | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
|
98 | 73 | 25 | 98 | 73 | 2 |
| 2 | Dinamo Sassari | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
|
93 | 84 | 9 | 93 | 84 | 2 |
| 3 | Galatasaray | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
84 | 93 | -9 | 84 | 93 | 1 |
| 4 | Bakken Bears | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
73 | 98 | -25 | 73 | 98 | 1 |
Group B
JDA Dijon – Era Nymburk (November, 18:00 CET)
Keravnos – Tofas Bursa (November 3, 18:30 CET)
| GAMES | STREAK | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | Last 5 | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 | JDA Dijon | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
|
91 | 79 | 12 | 91 | 79 | 2 |
| 2 | Keravnos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
79 | 91 | -12 | 79 | 91 | 1 |
| 3 | Tofas Bursa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | ERA Nymburk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group C
Tsmoki-Minsk – Cholet (November 4, 18:30 CET)
AEK – Hapoel Holon (November 4, 18:30 CET)
| GAMES | STREAK | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | Last 5 | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 | AEK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Cholet | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Hapoel Holon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tsmoki-Minsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Group D
Falco Szombathely – Pszczolka Start Lublin (November 3, 18:00 CET)
Casademont Zaragoza – Nizhny Novgorod (postponed to November 11, 20:00 CET)
| GAMES | STREAK | GAME POINTS | POINTS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | L | % | Last 5 | For | Agt | +/- | FA | AA | |
| 1 | Casademont Zaragoza | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
|
86 | 85 | 1 | 86 | 85 | 2 |
| 2 | Pszczólka Start Lublin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
|
85 | 86 | -1 | 85 | 86 | 1 |
| 3 | Falco Szombathely | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Nizhny Novgorod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Photo Credit: Basketball Champions League