By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
A few weeks after Denmark beat both Lithuania and the Czech Republic improving its 2022 EuroBasket Qualifiers bid, the torch passed on to the Bakken Bears for a major upset as the finishing touch on the Basketball Champions League Regular Season Gameday 7.
The Danish club blew out Dinamo Sassari preventing both the Italian club and Iberostar Tenerife from officially advancing to the next round of the 2020-21 season through Group A. The Spanish side took down Galatasaray a day earlier.
Group C got much more complicated as well with Cholet defeating AEK in its BCL home debut. The road win for Hapoel Holon over Tsmoki-Minsk knotted the two sides at 2-2.
Group D action saw Casademont Zaragoza go 3-0 by taking down Falco Szombathely. Nizhny Novgorod defeated Pszczołka Start Lublin and jumped to 2-1.
One game in Group B as ERA Nymburk destroyed Keravnos. The Czech club improved to 3-1. The home side down 0-4 was officially eliminated.
Group A
Galatasaray – Iberostar Tenerife 89-104
Dinamo Sassari – Bakken Bears 71-93
Standings
1. Dinamo Sassari 7 (3-1)
2. Iberostar Tenerife 7 (3-1)
3. Galatasaray 5 (1-3)
4. Bakken Bears 5 (1-3)
Group B
Keravnos – ERA Nymburk 69-102
Standings
1. ERA Nymburk 7 (3-1)
2. JDA Dijon 6 (3-0)
3. Tofas Bursa 4 (1-2)
4. x-Keravnos 4 (0-4)
Group C
Cholet – AEK 79-70
Tsmoki-Minsk – Hapoel Holon 71-75
Standings
1. AEK 7 (3-1)
2. Tsmoki-Minsk 6 (2-2)
3. Hapoel Holon 6 (2-2)
4. Cholet 5 (1-3)
Group D
Casademont Zaragoza – Falco Szombathely 85-76
Pszczołka Start Lublin – Nizhny Novgorod 66-85
Standings
1. Casademont Zaragoza 6 (3-0)
2. Nizhny Novgorod 5 (2-1)
3. Falco Szombathely 4 (1-2)
4. Pszczołka Start Lublin 2 (0-3)
Group E
Standings
1. SIG Strasbourg 5 (2-1)
2. VEF Riga 5 (2-1)
3. Peristeri 4 (1-2)
4. Rytas Vilnius 4 (1-2)
Group F
Standings
1. Brose Bamberg 6 (3-0)
2. RETAbet Bilbao 4 (1-2)
3. Pinar Karsiyaka 3 (1-1)
4. Fortitudo Bologna 2 (0-2)
Group G
Standings
1. Turk Telekom 5 (2-1)
2. Limoges CSP 4 (1-2)
3. Igokea 3 (1-1)
4. Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 3 (1-1)
Group H
Standings
1. Hereda San Pablo Burgos 5 (2-1)
2. Happy Casa Brindisi 5 (2-1)
3. Darussafaka Tekfen 4 (1-2)
4. Filou Oostende 4 (1-2)
x-eliminated from playoff contention
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