By Cesare Milanti / info@eurohoops.net
Basketball Champions League has always been a league full of experience. This week’s action is another proof of it since tons of veteran players stepped up for their respective teams.
Errick McCollum, for example, dropped 21 points and 6 assists against future NBA prospect Nolan Traore to keep pushing Pinar Karsiyaka, which looks strong on paper. In the same group, the Shermadini-Fitipaldo duo was huge in helping Tenerife keep Kolossos at 47 points scored.
Moving to Group F, both Zoltan Perl and Gytis Radzevicius lived a great Wednesday night, respectively dragging Falco-Vulcano and Rytas Vilnius in Hungary and Lithuania; Reggiana and Slask Wroclaw came out on the losing side.
Elsewhere in Europe, Maccabi Ramat Gan and NINERS Chemnitz found their first-ever victories in the competition, against VEF Riga in Group E and SL Benfica in Group G.
Finally, two players you should keep your eyes on also shone this week. Darius McGhee displayed a Steph Curry kind of performance, putting in buckets from infinite range to help Telekom Baskets Bonn get over AEK. Christian Vital was also huge against Manresa, as Derthona is still unbeaten at 2-0.
👨🏫 He schools them so much, he should be called the Professor – 21pts, 6ast for @ErrickM3!#BasketballCL I @KSKBasket pic.twitter.com/lBEgGTeKCA
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BCL Week 3 Results and Standings
Group C
Karsiyaka – Saint-Quentin 84-74
Kolossos H Hotels – La Laguna Tenerife 47-71
Standings
1. La Laguna Tenerife 4 (2-0)
2. Karsiyaka 3 (1-1)
3. Saint-Quentin 3 (1-1)
4. Kolossos H Hotels 2 (0-2)
Group E
Maccabi Ramat Gan – VEF Riga 78-71
Telekom Baskets Bonn – AEK Betsson 93-74
Standings
1. VEF Riga 3 (1-1)
2. Telekom Baskets Bonn 3 (1-1)
3. Maccabi Ramat Gan 3 (1-1)
4. AEK Betsson 3 (1-1)
Group F
Falco-Vulcano Szombathely – UnaHotels Reggio Emilia 78-71
Rytas – WKS Slask Wroclaw 98-75
Standings
1. Falco-Vulcano Szombathely 4 (2-0)
2. UnaHotels Reggio Emilia 3 (1-1)
3. Rytas 3 (1-1)
4. WKS Slask Wroclaw 2 (0-2)
Group G
Bertram Derthona Tortona – BAXI Manresa 102-85
Niners Chemnitz – SL Benfica 103-75
Standings
1. Bertram Derthona Tortona 4 (2-0)
2. Niners Chemnitz 3 (1-1)
3. BAXI Manresa 3 (1-1)
4. SL Benfica 2 (0-2)
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