By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
From the Play-Ins to the Round of 16 of the Basketball Champions League, four more teams are left to book the remaining spots in the next round. Those tickets will be decided in a winner-take-all Game 3 of four best-of-three series on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Seeking a path to Group L, Nanterre 92 and Filou Oostende collide on Wednesday. The hosts can become the fourth team to advance despite losing Game 1 at home and the visitors can instead become the first team going from a road win in Game to elimination for a second time.
ERA Nymburk and UCAM Murcia sitting in Group L as top seeds of their respective groups of the Regular Season, will also get their second new opponent, the winner of the clash between Falco Vulcano Szombathely and Maccabi Ramat Gan in Savaria Arena on Tuesday.
A perfect tally of 2-0 in previous Play-In Game 3 outings, Hapoel Netanel Holon is heading to Baku to face Aliaga Petkimspor, hoping to make it 3-0. The winner of Wednesday’s game will join Group K.
The fourth Group J team will be Galatasaray of Saint-Quentin. Game 3 will be held in Istanbul’s Basketball Development Center on Tuesday.
Play-Ins
| G1 | G2 | G3 | ||
| A | Nanterre 92 – Filou Oostende | 78-88 | 76-67 | 22/1 (20:00) |
| B | Aliaga Petkimspor – Hapoel Netanel Holon | 82-81 | 62-65 | 22/1 (18:00) |
| C | Karsiyaka – Promitheas Vikos Cola | 77-81 | 68-84 | – |
| D | Galatasaray – Saint-Quentin | 84-63 | 79-90 | 21/1 (18:00) |
| E | Telekom Baskets Bonn – UnaHotels Reggio Emilia | 91-94 | 70-73 | – |
| F | Falco Vulcano Szombathely – Maccabi Ramat Gan | 88-81 | 69-76 | 21/1 (18:00) |
| G | Bertram Derthona Tortona – Peristeri Domino’s | 69-59 | 73-65 | – |
| H | Manisa – Niners Chemnitz | 87-86 | 87-84 | – |
Tipoffs in CET
Round of 16
Group I
FIT/One Wurzburg Baskets
AEK Betsson
Promitheas Vikos Cola
Bertram Derthona Tortona
Group J
Unicaja
Rytas
Winner D
Manisa
Group K
La Laguna Tenerife
BAXI Manresa
Winner B
UnaHotels Reggio Emilia
Group L
ERA Nymburk
UCAM Murcia
Winner A
Winner F
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