By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Following the 2023 Basketball Champions League Quarter-Finals Game 2s which were full of exciting and thrilling action, this week six teams will find out their destiny, as three teams in the Bonn-Strasbourg, Hapoel Jerusalem-AEK, and Tenerife-Manresa matchups will advance to the Final Four.
On Tuesday, Telekom Baskets Bonn comes back home to face SIG Strasbourg in the decisive Game 3 of this best-of-three series. Following Marcus Keene’s three-pointer that gave the French team the advantage, Tuomas Iisalo’s team came back and force another clash. This will be the only encounter of the day, as Unicaja Malaga already advanced to the Final Four, sweeping UCAM Murcia 2-0.
On Wednesday, the tension will be palpable in Jerusalem as Hapoel hosts AEK in the do-or-die game following the incidents that occurred in Game 2 in Athens. Later that day, Lenovo Tenerife will need a win against last year’s runner-up BAXI Manresa in order to qualify for the Final Four and keep on fighting for the second straight Basketball Champions League title. The Final Four of BCL’s seventh season will be held 12-14 May in a venue yet to be announced.
Basketball Champions League Playoffs
Quarterfinals Game 1
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem – AEK 64-55
Unicaja – UCAM Murcia 83-67
Telekom Baskets Bonn – SIG Strasbourg 76-77
Lenovo Tenerife – BAXI Manresa 91-84
Quarterfinals Game 2
SIG Strasbourg – Telekom Baskets Bonn 66-76
AEK – Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem 94-78
UCAM Murcia – Unicaja 74-96
BAXI Manresa – Lenovo Tenerife 85-83
Quarterfinals Game 3
Telekom Baskets Bonn – SIG Strasbourg (18/4, 20:00 CET)
Hapoel Bank Yahav Jerusalem – AEK (19/4, 18:00 CET)
Lenovo Tenerife – BAXI Manresa (19/4, 20:30 CET)
PHOTO CREDIT: Basketball Champions League