By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Plenty of excitement was generated through the regular part of the Basketball Champions League Round of 16 Week 4. A couple of rescheduled games remaining will wrap up the action tomorrow, Thursday.
Lenovo Tenerife rolled Hungary champion Falco Szombathely to become the only team rising to 4-0. The Spanish outlet is now one win away from clinching a berth in the Quarterfinals. The four-team group features a couple of teams sitting at 2-2 since Rytas Vilnius bested SIG Strasbourg on the road.
In Group I, both Hapoel U-NET Holon and MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg caught JDA Dijon at two wins with a game in hand. The Israeli outlet is set to make up the gap by visiting winless Galatasaray Nef in a pushed-back Gameday 1 affair tomorrow.
The Monday Game of the Week featured Baxi Manresa dominating NutriBullet Treviso in Italy, while the reverse fixture, originally part of Gameday 1, will come up tomorrow. Darussafaka edged Tofas Bursa in the all-Turkish meeting.
Prometey withdrawing from the competition left three active teams in Group K. Unicaja took command with a convincing away win opposite U-BT Cluj Napoca.
Basketball Champions League Week 4 results and standings:
Group I
Hapoel U-NET Holon – Galatasaray Nef 98-89
JDA Dijon – MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 72-84
Galatasaray Nef – Hapoel U-NET Holon (10/3, 18:00 CET)
Standings
1. JDA Dijon 6 (2-2)
2. Hapoel U-NET Holon 5 (2-1)
3. MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg 5 (2-1)
4. Galatasaray Nef 2 (0-2)
Group J
NutriBullet Treviso – Baxi Manresa 88-103
Darussafaka – Tofas Bursa 75-74
Baxi Manresa – NutriBullet Treviso (10/3, 21:00 CET)
Standings
1. Tofas Bursa 7 (3-1)
2. Darussafaka 6 (2-2)
3. Baxi Manresa 5 (2-1)
4. NutriBullet Treviso 3 (0-3)
Group K
U-BT Cluj Napoca – Unicaja 70-86
Standings
1. Unicaja 5 (2-1)
2. U-BT Cluj Napoca 5 (2-1)
3. Filou Oostende 2 (0-2)
-. Prometey (withdrew from the competition)
Group L
SIG Strasbourg – Rytas Vilnius 71-73
Lenovo Tenerife – Falco Szombathely 87-62
Standings
1. Lenovo Tenerife 8 (4-0)
2. SIG Strasbourg 6 (2-2)
3. Rytas Vilnius 6 (2-2)
4. Falco Szombathely 4 (0-4)
-Top two teams of each group advance to the Quarterfinals
Photo Credit: Basketball Champions League