By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
The Basketball Champions League Round of 16 continues on Tuesday and Wednesday with Gameday 3. Sive out of the eight matches originally scheduled will take place this week as ERA Nymburk is unable to make the trip and face Casademont Zaragoza due to a coronavirus outbreak within the team and two more games were officially postponed.
Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon, on its longest BCL winning streak, aims for six in a row with Pinar Karsiyaka at Holon Toto Hall on Wednesday. Happy Casa Brindisi and Tofas Bursa will meet in Italy on Tuesday in the other Group I game.
AEK and Turk Telekom will host SIG Strasbourg Tuesday and Nizhny Novgorod Wednesday, respectively, in Group K. The Queen has won eight of its last nine and the Turkish outlet 11 of 12 at home.
Group J featured Hereda San Pablo Burgos on a seven-game winning streak, its longest in the Champions League, visiting Igokea Tuesday but the contest was pushed back. Lenovo Tenerife will battle VEF Riga at home Wednesday.
Brose Bamberg and Dinamo Sassari were be looking to improve to 1-2 but their meeting was postponed as was the other Group L affair.
Group I
Tuesday
Happy Casa Brindisi – Tofas Bursa (20:30 CET)
Wednesday
Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon – Pinar Karsiyaka (18:30 CET)
1. Hapoel Unet-Credit Holon 4 (2-0)
2. Happy Casa Brindisi 3 (1-1)
3. Pinar Karsiyaka 3 (1-1)
4. Tofas Bursa 2 (0-2)
Group J
Igokea – Hereda San Pablo Burgos POSTPONED
Wednesday
Lenovo Tenerife – VEF Riga (20:00 CET)
1. Hereda San Pablo Burgos 4 (2-0)
2. Lenovo Tenerife 3 (1-1)
3. Igokea 3 (1-1)
4. VEF Riga 2 (0-2)
Group K
Tuesday
AEK – SIG Strasbourg (18:30 CET)
Wednesday
Turk Telekom – Nizhny Novgorod (17:00 CET)
1. Turk Telekom 3 (1-1)
2. AEK 2 (1-0)
3. Nizhny Novgorod 2 (1-0)
4. SIG Strasbourg 2 (0-2)
Group L
Brose Bamberg – Dinamo Sassari POSTPONED
Casademont Zaragoza – ERA Nymburk POSTPONED
1. Casademont Zaragoza 4 (2-0)
2. ERA Nymburk 4 (2-0)
3. Dinamo Sassari 2 (0-2)
4. Brose Bamberg 2 (0-2)
Photo Credit: Basketball Champions League