By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net
Another Basketball Champions League Regular Season is in the books, and the Play-Ins are coming. This week’s action was unpredictable and teams throughout the competition delivered straight away, from Tuesday. AEK, for example, overcame the odds and won by 31 over Bonn to qualify for the Sweet 16.
Sticking with Group E, VEF Riga needed to win by eight points or more against Maccabi Ramat-Gan, but they ultimately found themselves on the losing side, as the Israeli team joined the Germans in the Play-Ins. Later, Unicaja extended their winning streak to six games, beating the winless King Szczecin.
In Group B, Breein Tyree confirmed the tendency got in his first game, getting a 25-point effort against his former team Filou Oostende. No surprise for Galatasaray confirmed at 2nd in Group D after beating the now-eliminated RASTA Vechta; Promitheas, instead, advanced by breaking Nymburk’s streak.
Madness was reserved for last as a dessert on Tuesday night. Group G indeed witnessed BAXI Manresa winning by 18 points and getting directly to the Sweet 16, leaving Derthona with the home-court advantage in the Play-Ins. Benfica had a bittersweet win over Chemnitz, where Uguak delivered a beauty.
Moving to Wednesday, the competition was opened by Group H shenanigans, where both UCAM Murcia and Manisa Basket were successful, respectively thanks to the teams’ duos composed of Dylan Ennis-Marko Todorovic and Hugo Besson-Saben Lee. Peristeri advanced as 3rd.
Later on, in Group A there could have been the four-way tie possibility with all four teams at 3-3. Instead, while Nanterre cruised past Hapoel Holon to get the home-court advantage in the Play-In, Wurzburg came back in fashion to leave Igokea hopeless and book a Sweet 16 spot.
Group F saw two very different results, in contrast to each other. On one end, Pallacanestro Reggiana lost the opportunity to celebrate in front of their fans and will get to the Play-In as 3rd while Falco grabbed the home-court advantage. Rytas Vilnius, instead, rolled past Slask in Wroclaw for the Top 16.
La Laguna Tenerife concluded tonight’s Basketball Champions League action with the 25th straight victory at home in the competition, advancing to the Round of 16 with a perfect 6-0 run in the Regular Season. Karsiyaka, instead, beat Saint-Quentin on the road to get through as 2nd.
Regular Season Week 10 Schedule and Standings
Group A
Igokea m:tel – FIT/ONE Wurzburg Baskets 83-85
Nanterre 92 – Hapoel Netanel Holon 87-77
1. y-FIT/ONE Wurzburg Baskets 10 (4-2)
2. x-Nanterre 92 9 (3-3)
3. x-Hapoel Netanel Holon 9 (3-3)
4. Igokea m:tel 8 (2-4)
Group B
Filou Oostende – Aliaga Petkimspor 76-85
King Wilki Morskie Szczecin – Unicaja 67-91
1. y-Unicaja 12 (6-0)
2. x-Aliaga Petkimspor 10 (4-2)
3. x-Filou Oostende 8 (2-4)
4. King Wilki Morskie Szczecin 6 (0-6)
Group C
Saint-Quentin – Karsiyaka 67-93
La Laguna Tenerife – Kolossos H Hotels 92-73
1. y-La Laguna Tenerife 12 (6-0)
2. x-Karsiyaka 10 (4-2)
3. x-Saint-Quentin 8 (2-4)
4. Kolossos H Hotels 6 (0-6)
Group D
ERA Nymburk – Promitheas Vikos Cola 75-85
Rasta Vechta – Galatasaray 64-74
1. y-ERA Nymburk 11 (5-1)
2. x-Galatasaray 10 (4-2)
3. x-Promitheas Vikos Cola 8 (2-4)
4. Rasta Vechta 7 (1-5)
Group E
AEK Betsson – Telekom Baskets Bonn 96-65
VEF Riga – Maccabi Ramat Gan 93-94
1. y-AEK Betsson 10 (4-2)
2. x-Telekom Baskets Bonn 10 (4-2)
3. x-Maccabi Ramat Gan 9 (3-3)
4. VEF Riga 7 (1-5)
Group F
UnaHotels Reggio Emilia – Falco Vulcano Szombathely 79-88
WKS Slask Wroclaw – Rytas 88-98
1. y-Rytas 11 (5-1)
2. x-Falco Vulcano Szombathely 9 (3-3)
3. x-UnaHotels Reggio Emilia 9 (3-3)
4. WKS Slask Wroclaw 7 (1-5)
Group G
BAXI Manresa – Bertram Derthona Tortona 100-82
SL Benfica – Niners Chemnitz 79-68
1. y-BAXI Manresa 11 (5-1)
2. x-Bertram Derthona Tortona 11 (5-1)
3. x-Niners Chemnitz 7 (1-5)
4. SL Benfica 7 (1-5)
Group H
UCAM Murcia – Peristeri Domino’s 83-76
Manisa – FMP Soccerbet 103-84
1. y-UCAM Murcia 11 (5-1)
2. x-Manisa 10 (4-2)
3. x-Peristeri Domino’s 8 (2-4)
4. FMP Soccerbet 7 (1-5)
– Top seed of each group advances to the Round of 16
– Second and third seeds of each group move to a best-of-three Play-In series
y-clinched berth in the Round of 16
x-clinched berth in the Play-Ins
PHOTO CREDIT: Basketball Champions League
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