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Three games out of eight games were decided by one point and eight points was the biggest win margin in the four tournament’s semifinals of the Basketball Champions League qualifiers.
French club Cholet is among the teams with chances to make it to the regular season who failed, after losing to Petkim Spor (76-70), and also Morabanc Andorra is out after losing to Telekom Bonn Baskets (99-91) in what was the most highly anticipated game of those matchups.
It didn’t disappoint with Darius Mc Ghee putting on a show with 37 points for the winning side. Frank Bartley of PAOK with 27 points also had a big game against Oradea and his last big three (81-78) proved to be enough for a 81-80 win.
Tournament 1
Semifinals
Benfica – Rilski Sportist 89-88
Fribourg Olympics – Norrkoping Dolphins 80-79
FINAL
Benfica – Fribourg Olympics (21/9)
Tournament 2
Semifinals
ERA Nymburk – Trepca 84-78
Kalev/Cramo – Patrioti Levice 84-76
FINAL
Tournament 3
Semifinals
PAOK mateco – CSM Oradea 81-80
Cholet – Petkim Spor 70-76
FINAL
PAOK mateco – Petkim Spor (21/9)
Tournament 4
Semifinals
Telekom Baskets Bonn – MoraBanc Andorra 99-91
Dinamo Sassari – Juventus 77-73
FINAL
Telekom Baskets Bonn – Dinamo Sassar (22/9)
Photo credit: FIBA